Acoustic recording at home, but how?!

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Hey everyone, Noob calling for help -.-

I've been playing guitars for quite a while now and have also recorded an instrumental, by dubbing, with a couple of friends on the Macbook Pro using it's internal mic. Turned out pretty well after polishing the entire track with ProLogic or whatever it is.

Unfortunately, I'm completely on my own now and have inadequate knowledge in home recording. Let me lay down what I've got and I'll be really thankful if anyone could help me with what is required, keeping in my mind that my priority goes for mainly acoustic guitar recording and............ my budget is tight :mad:

- Ibanez acoustic guitar
- B.C. Rich electric guitar
- Ibanez MiMx 65 amplifier
- Toshiba satellite Pro serving as the recording station.

What I do know is that I require a condenser mic, but which one? SDC or LDC? the one that works on USB or power supply?

A good editing/recording software, but which one? Reminding you that I do not own a Macbook, so recommending any Mac exclusive softwares wouldn't help.

However, I will record my electric guitar too at times but do I really some sort of an interface for that? or for acoustic for that matters? I'm looking to produce some quality, good and bright sounding music and I do realize that editing is the root to that but that will be taken care of as long as I get my hands on the appropriate gear for recording.

I'd appreciate any reply in details. Thanks! :guitar:
 
Hi there, and welcome.

Just a couple of things.

You say you'll be recording the electric guitar too.
If you plan to record DI (ie, no miced amp), then you'd need to go with an audio interface with an instrument input.

If you're micing the amp a USB condenser might be all you need, but many people prefer dynamic mics on guitar cabs.
It'd be worth thinking/reading about, at least.

If you think you might expand down the road, maybe recording multiple tracks at once, or trying different mics for different applications, I'd definitely recommend looking at some interfaces instead of a USB mic.


Also, and this is kinda picky, but you say you realise that editing is the root to producing quality, good and bright sounding music.
I agree that it's important, but really the source and the sound of your dry recordings are the root.
 
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