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Timebomb
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Ok, I'm just recently getting into the massive home recording experience. Last year I got a 4-track as a birthday gift and I haven't been able to get much out of it. This message might be long because I'm going to explain everything I've been doing
I began recording by trying to stick the guitar directly into the Track 1 imput of the multitrack. Obviously it was extremely crappy/harsh sounding and, needless to say, I was very disappointed.
Over the past few days I've become interested again and have printed out almost 100 pages of research stuff that I've found on various websites, including this wonderful one. I've gotten a lot of technical information, but still I haven't been able to find a basic list of equipment I need or wiring diagrams. If anyone can provide these it would be greatly appreciated.
Right now, I only have a Fostex XR-3 Multitrack. It has punch in/punch out (i dont know how to work that, i need a pedal for it i'm assuming, like a foot switch type/volume thing, right?) and it also has Dolby Noise Reduction on it. I can only record on two tracks at a time though because they doubled them up, 1 and 3 on one fader/input, 2 and 4 on another.
Today I tried recording again. I recorded two guitar tracks to a song by NOFX called Linoleum, it has like medium, punk sounding distortion on both tracks, so i plugged my guitar into my stompbox, then plugged that through to my amp, a small Marshall Valvestate VS15 (the only amp I have, it sounds ok at best, i'm aiming to get a nice big one with a preamp when i get the money). I had a friend's mic that i borrowed near the amp, i tried having it like 2 inches away from the grill, and then in different distances/positions, but they all sounded pretty crappy.
The mic is a PRO-2ax by Audio-Technica (i've never heard of it either). Its a Cardoid Dynamic with "universal impedence."
That's all I used to try and record two guitar tracks, but they both sounded harsh and yucky. Is it the mic? Will a good mic like a Shure 58 sound that much better?
What other equipment do I need? Do i need a compressor? What's the cheapest compressor I can get that will be decent? What about EQ and casset decks?
Do i need a preamp for the mic going into the 4 track or anything?
As you can see I really have no clue what I'm doing, but I want to learn. What do i hook everything up to also?
Can someone please take the time to answer the many questions or direct me somewhere where they can be answered without a lot of technical/confusing information? Thank you so much
I began recording by trying to stick the guitar directly into the Track 1 imput of the multitrack. Obviously it was extremely crappy/harsh sounding and, needless to say, I was very disappointed.
Over the past few days I've become interested again and have printed out almost 100 pages of research stuff that I've found on various websites, including this wonderful one. I've gotten a lot of technical information, but still I haven't been able to find a basic list of equipment I need or wiring diagrams. If anyone can provide these it would be greatly appreciated.
Right now, I only have a Fostex XR-3 Multitrack. It has punch in/punch out (i dont know how to work that, i need a pedal for it i'm assuming, like a foot switch type/volume thing, right?) and it also has Dolby Noise Reduction on it. I can only record on two tracks at a time though because they doubled them up, 1 and 3 on one fader/input, 2 and 4 on another.
Today I tried recording again. I recorded two guitar tracks to a song by NOFX called Linoleum, it has like medium, punk sounding distortion on both tracks, so i plugged my guitar into my stompbox, then plugged that through to my amp, a small Marshall Valvestate VS15 (the only amp I have, it sounds ok at best, i'm aiming to get a nice big one with a preamp when i get the money). I had a friend's mic that i borrowed near the amp, i tried having it like 2 inches away from the grill, and then in different distances/positions, but they all sounded pretty crappy.
The mic is a PRO-2ax by Audio-Technica (i've never heard of it either). Its a Cardoid Dynamic with "universal impedence."
That's all I used to try and record two guitar tracks, but they both sounded harsh and yucky. Is it the mic? Will a good mic like a Shure 58 sound that much better?
What other equipment do I need? Do i need a compressor? What's the cheapest compressor I can get that will be decent? What about EQ and casset decks?
Do i need a preamp for the mic going into the 4 track or anything?
As you can see I really have no clue what I'm doing, but I want to learn. What do i hook everything up to also?
Can someone please take the time to answer the many questions or direct me somewhere where they can be answered without a lot of technical/confusing information? Thank you so much