recording electric guitar

[3za]

im looking at recording some guitar tracks for a friend, and im just looking for any tips you have.

equipment im using;
FL Studio
Guitar Rig
Shure SM58/57
Cakewalk ua-25 ex

thanks 3za.

[Dubbel Shot]

That might be of use for you. Plenty related videos aswell

[skimpi]

Yeah I'd use the sm57 if i were you, if you have two use both get a stereo image of the amp.
If you place the mic at the edge of the speaker cone you should get a brighter, crisper sound, and if you place it at the centre you should get a deeper bassier sound. so if you have two you could place one at the centre and one at the edge then when mixing you can blend the bassy with the crispy.

but just mess about with the placement until you get a sound you like.

[3za]

That might be of use for you. Plenty related videos aswell

thanks for that vid.

can i plug the guitar straight in to my sound-card? and how much gain will i need to use?

or so can i plug the guitar in to a amp then into my sound-card? if i can would i use the gain on the amp and bypass the pre?

i don't what to blow anything

[gnome]

Turn everything down. Then turn it up to the desired volume you want. A cool trick i once read when recording an acoustic track is to place the guitarist in another room and mic up the neck of the guitar so you hear his picking as well as the amp.

[Dubbel Shot]

can i plug the guitar straight in to my sound-card? and how much gain will i need to use?

or so can i plug the guitar in to a amp then into my sound-card? if i can would i use the gain on the amp and bypass the pre?

i don't what to blow anything

This might help http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep06/a ... 0906_2.htm

I've plugged a guitar and a bass (separately) straight into the sound card before and had no problems. Although obviously it will sound better through an amp first. Just do some reading before plugging anything in and blowing something

[3za]

thanks for all the help peeps.

think im going to just plug the guitar straight in to my interface, and use the pre amp to get the level up. then use the amps and efxs in guitar to dirt it up a bit. then i might try some micing of the amp, but i don't think im going to go guitar, amp, then interface that just sounds too scary for me.
peace.

[back2onett]

Unless you're going for a specific amp/mic sound DI is the way to go

[3za]

Unless you're going for a specific amp/mic sound DI is the way to go

recording and signal chain are two of my biggest weakness. does DI mean just pluging the guitar straight into my interface and using the pre-amp?
3za.

[NRHc]

thanks for all the help peeps.

think im going to just plug the guitar straight in to my interface, and use the pre amp to get the level up. then use the amps and efxs in guitar to dirt it up a bit. then i might try some micing of the amp, but i don't think im going to go guitar, amp, then interface that just sounds too scary for me.
peace.

I would go with what skimpi said,use both,try different mic placements to get the best sound(although what he said about one in the center and one a lil bit on the edge always does the trick place them in a "y" shape if you know what I mean!)
And always try to record at the loudest possible without clipping,you mix it after!

[3za]

thanks for all the help peeps.

think im going to just plug the guitar straight in to my interface, and use the pre amp to get the level up. then use the amps and efxs in guitar to dirt it up a bit. then i might try some micing of the amp, but i don't think im going to go guitar, amp, then interface that just sounds too scary for me.
peace.

I would go with what skimpi said,use both,try different mic placements to get the best sound(although what he said about one in the center and one a lil bit on the edge always does the trick place them in a "y" shape if you know what I mean!)
And always try to record at the loudest possible without clipping,you mix it after!

thanks man.

has any one got any advice when it comes to mixing electric guitar? my plan at the moment is to not use much compression, a little delay/reverb and a fair bit of eq, probley some roll off at about 150 and maybe a boost at about 3K. i know when mixing you treat every case by case, but their are always things that seem to work in most cases.

[NRHc]

thanks for all the help peeps.

think im going to just plug the guitar straight in to my interface, and use the pre amp to get the level up. then use the amps and efxs in guitar to dirt it up a bit. then i might try some micing of the amp, but i don't think im going to go guitar, amp, then interface that just sounds too scary for me.
peace.

I would go with what skimpi said,use both,try different mic placements to get the best sound(although what he said about one in the center and one a lil bit on the edge always does the trick place them in a "y" shape if you know what I mean!)
And always try to record at the loudest possible without clipping,you mix it after!

thanks man.

has any one got any advice when it comes to mixing electric guitar? my plan at the moment is to not use much compression, a little delay/reverb and a fair bit of eq, probley some roll off at about 150 and maybe a boost at about 3K. i know when mixing you treat every case by case, but their are always things that seem to work in most cases.

At the recording,try to put as little effects as possible,because when it's recorded,you can't go back..So try to keep it as minimal as possibleat the mixing,you can put as much effects as you want,on recording you might want a little reverb and a little bit of Eq at 3K sounds good! But as I said,don't over do it on recording!
-Frank

[dreadheaded]

i have always been a fan of 3 different mics, placed around the cone in a triangle (like the predator lazer ), then to get the sound you want, you mix the levels of the 3 mics, but this works best with good mics

i have done it with an sm57 before, but the other 2 mics were both large diaphram cardiod mics, you want to try and get different characteristics from all the mics

that way when your done you shouldnt have to do much eqing or processing at all if you have done it right