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It depends on the product. Carvin-great guitars, not so great pa's & amps Peavey-great amps, not so great guitars Behringer- really varies. Guitar & bass amps-don't trust em. Some pedals are awesome and others are cheap tone suckers. I LOVE the powered near field monitor. Sounds fabulous and at...

When you say detail, I'm assuming you are a tone freak. You want to pick up nuances that your specific amp/guitar combo creates. Unfortunately, most mics are colored and will accentuate various tonal modes. Mic choice, placement and volume will vary sounds a lot. I have rarely been able to get...

I've always been fond of the single coil strat sound but simply HATE the volume knob placement. I like to hug the pup mount with the pinky and the dang thing's always in the way. I bought my buddy's Carvin guitar with coil taps. gets the fantastic strat sound and plays like a dream.

One of my fav mics is the Sennheiser E835. Its got the goods.

This will fall into the realm of amp modelers. No fooling the pro's. Of course I doubt any pro would buy this or even try it out. It's meant for the novice, I'm sure. I've used the Anteres mic modeler and it does resemble the mic being modeled, but in NO WAY does the Nuemann U47 modeler actually...

If you tweak & tweak it, you can get a decent tone from software, but a good ear will catch it every time. I'm amazed on how some people can listen to a track and know it was not a real mic'd amp. Cheap gear will always result in cheap sounds. Get a decent condenser ( I love the Blue "Bluebird)...

Blue's "Bluebird" is a fantastic mic. Pro quality through and through. $300 new maybe $200 on Ebay if you get lucky. I use it for everything. Even recording distorted guitar amps. I have several mics, but this one outshines them all every time!

If you put your ear right up to the amp, even a good tone will sound nasty. But when you back up, it sounds better. I like to use a condenser mic and set it back about 2 feet and keep the amp volume down. Sticking an sm57 right up to an amp might be ok for live but never seemed to work for me...

So look away from the screen and use your ears. When you hear a wave that sounds wrong, then fix it with the techniques given here...again, without looking. Great advice here! The ears don't lie. Compression can help fix the problem, but may soften the signal and ruin the tone leading to...

www.garageband.com This is decent. It FORCES people to listen to your song when reviewing it. Mind you, there are a lot of killer bands there and the reviewers can be brutal, but if you have a good tune and the listener wants to purchase the song, it will direct them to CD Baby (providing you...

I did mean to re-record the track, not copy & paste it.

Ah... the treble. It does get a bit harsh in laptop and small speakers. In a car stereo and/or home stereo it seems fine. The bass...Instrument issue. The e & a strings are fine. When I hit the others, they have a trebly tone. I hate it. If I back it off the low strings sound muddy. Might be...

Try this... Go into the cakewalk projects folder. Copy the project. Open the copy. Delete the drum track, See if it plays. If it does, then the track has some issues. Undo the "delete track" and mess with it, changing different things until it plays. That way you still have the original...

OK. I think I did rather well on this, but with the mixing geeks on HR, I'm sure I can get some quality comments on where I can improve. Best place to hear it is here... http://www.garageband.com/artist/thunderharp Click the green arrow next to the track "All about the money" You'll have to...

To me, the loss is probably in the loss of critical frequencies. The bass likes the 250hZ and guitars generally fall in the midranges, maybe 3-4K hZ. I tend to boost those frequencies in the track and they do liven up. Doubling the track & panning is definitely a good suggestion. Compression...

I was only referring to the quality of recording a simple acoustic guitar track, not the entire process of a song. The numbers change then.

I was only referring to the quality of acoustic GUITARS, not the entire process. The numbers change then.

So long as you have a good guitar, my thought is that the mic is about 80% of the quality while the other 20% is the EQ'ing and other effects. Large diaphragm mics will perform best for you. Don't be afraid to get a used one. Make sure to read lots of reviews of a mic before putting out money...

I agree. I have recorded vocals in a bedroom, and a crappy basement. It all sounds the same. I have even recorded with the live monitors running (low) and it made no difference. The ambience of a room can play a part with a loud instrument and a sensitive mic.

"Just scream"...Never thought of that! Here's an idea nobody else on planet earth (other than Bob log) thought of. This is got to be the weirdest, yet coolest thing I have ever heard. To get that fuzzed out tone, this dude wears a motorcycle helmet with an old school telephone handle cut into...