Hi all,
Im very noob to this so please have patience
Ive recently got enough space to have a small jam room in my basement and have some buddies over to jam with and record covers.
I use Logic Pro x with a zoom R16 as a controller and input. guitars are run from either an amp with emulated output into the r16 or a pod HD500X. Mics are run straight into the r16 and all are then sent to logic through the usb cable from the r16.
I have an issue I cant seem to get around. When recording several crunch guitars into logic and the r16 and several mics for vocals I find that the signal from the guitars can be very muddy and low compared to the other inputs. For example when recording a guitar through my POD HD500X into the R16 with a driven amp setting in the POD the sound from the guitar compared to the vocals from the mics is very muddy and not loud. The R16 input is in the red with lots of peaking even when I cut back the master input from the HD500 and turn down the amp sim volume. It just sounds messy and muddy. Where am I going wrong? Ive tried reducing all volume levels into the R16 but it still sounds muddy and low volume compared to the vocals and backing track I use.
Any suggestions? Sorry if I havent explained it very clearly but as I said this is pretty new to me so I’m not up with the lingo.
Thanks for any help in advance
Carl
Im very noob to this so please have patience
Ive recently got enough space to have a small jam room in my basement and have some buddies over to jam with and record covers.
I use Logic Pro x with a zoom R16 as a controller and input. guitars are run from either an amp with emulated output into the r16 or a pod HD500X. Mics are run straight into the r16 and all are then sent to logic through the usb cable from the r16.
I have an issue I cant seem to get around. When recording several crunch guitars into logic and the r16 and several mics for vocals I find that the signal from the guitars can be very muddy and low compared to the other inputs. For example when recording a guitar through my POD HD500X into the R16 with a driven amp setting in the POD the sound from the guitar compared to the vocals from the mics is very muddy and not loud. The R16 input is in the red with lots of peaking even when I cut back the master input from the HD500 and turn down the amp sim volume. It just sounds messy and muddy. Where am I going wrong? Ive tried reducing all volume levels into the R16 but it still sounds muddy and low volume compared to the vocals and backing track I use.
Any suggestions? Sorry if I havent explained it very clearly but as I said this is pretty new to me so I’m not up with the lingo.
Thanks for any help in advance
Carl