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I usually only record guitar stuff, but I'm helping a friend record some vocals. My current setup: Shure SM58 -> Presonus TubePre -> Profire 610 -> Garageband. He sings softly and quietly and we can barely get a decent signal unless we crank the volume and gain, etc, to the max, in which case...

I know I will probably get flak for this. But 12 years ago when I home-recorded a lot on a low-budget setup, I powered/monitored my mixes using an old-school stereo receiver and large stereo speakers. This made it really easy to hear the music sound more faithful to how it would sound to the...

I've mostly been using stuff like Devi Ever pedals, but I'm interested in trying more plugins that work with GarageBand. I'm not looking for chorus or delay or any standard effects, I'm looking to truly mangle the sound so it's barely recognizable as guitar. Are there any audio units or plugins...

I'm trying to write music for an EP that is all guitar music. All percussion, etc, will just be from beating on the guitar, raking strings, making loops etc. But I also want drone-y sounds so I'm using a second guitar with heavy gauge strings for bowing with a psaltrey bow. Has anyone had good...

I have an issue where I'm tracking in a very small room with a loud amp. I've stuck the amp in a closet with some padding and the problem is a little better. But I'm divided about 2 sets of potential headphones to fix the problem - Audio Technica ATHM50 - good quality, 38ohms rating Vic...

I'm new to home recording. I'm about to put down a few new songs of my own, mainly just electric guitar and vocals, and I like the production of this band - Nerve City - Armory - YouTube Nerve City - Sleepwalker - YouTube Nerve City - Concentrate - YouTube It's probably very few people's...

(This is a newb question, sorry if it's all obvious...) Pretty standard setup - I'm mic'ing a Fender Twin with an SM57. Amp is medium-loud. Mic is plugged into the Profire. Input faders on Profire app are turned all the way up. But the guitar signal still only peaks at about 35-40% of the...

I figure this is a common problem, but I don't know how to define it in order to Google it. Anyway, the scenario is: 1. I create a track in Garage Band and drag in a drum loop sample 2. I turn off my monitors, put on my headphones, create a new track, and record an electric guitar overdub 3...

I'm fairly new at recording and have all my gear set up in a small 10'x10' room. Right now there is nothing to dampen the sound. Plus, I play a Fender Twin very loud which is making it hard to overdub & hear properly through headphones. Anyway, I have a bunch of egg cartons that I was going to...

I'm trying to record electric guitar through a Fender Twin at a fairly loud volume. The problem is, when overdubbing, the overdub guitar in the room overwhelms what I'm hearing in the headphones. I'm using a Profire 610 box and the headphone volume knob is all the way up, but still too quiet...