TexRoadkill,
right now im on my computer, hooking up my triton and vocals to my sound card. mic to mixer(mic amp) to computer. i can pretty much get most of my sounds the way i like them straight outa the keyboard, no mic on keyboard.
however, i do vocals over my tracks, and acassionally i do some live guitar and mandalin so i do need a mic. i plan on investing on a daw, i had a cheap
zoom mrs-4, i 30 day trialed it, i actually got a few banging tracks out of it, but it was just to much a pain(a hassle, smartmedia, file converstion, sample rate, mixing with it, etc.) but my success with that was due to my good sounds out of my triton, so i went back to the computer. ive been using my friends, he has an audiophile soundcard, and sonar xl, pentium 3, windowxp).
i do plan on purchasing an 8 track, or maybe 16 in the furture, i like the hardware better. i initially used an old eq/mixer thing i had for shaping some of the sounds that came out of my keyboard, (the drums, adding some ruffness to them, actually going for that cheaper fuzz to them, hiphop thing) i like to do this alot, to get my sound, this is my main interest in a decent eq.
so its not worth going cheap with an eq?
i do want one anyways to shape some sounds and better mix my kick drums and bass, using it for sampling too, but
i was looking for a better one since i wanted to start improving my sounds on the guitar.
what would you suggest for adding body to my guitar? ive had very little success with the guitar, so ive left it out mostly, but i figured a decent eq, would help; i also get alot of hiss, so i wanted something to rid of it.
what about a plugin for sonar?
if its strictly mic placement, where is a good start, or a good post about this? my mic does work well with vocals.
i like clean blues guitar, bb king style, no distortion, no hiss.
please give me some suggestions about the guitar thing.
also, not on the subject, how do plug adapters effect sound quality? personally i hate adapters, but working with computers, and so much gear sometimes they are inevitable.
peace
