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sdmig
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Alright let me try and lay this down as easy as I can. I mostly used my V-amp2 to do all my guitar tracks and some random effects. I Usually just ran the V-amp to my mixer board, then output to Aux for recording. It always sounds great, clean and smooth with good levels.
But I've come to that point now that I would really enjoy doing some recordings from my amps, (a Marshall Valvestate and VoxBM) The thing is, the recordings sound horrible and disgusting. I usually run a 1/4" jack from the "emulated" recording output to one of the line-in ports on my mixer, and then to the soundcard it goes. Am I missing... a Direct Input box? is that the key? The recordings just sound harsh and brittle, recorded at any level. I've noticed this with headphones too in the headphone jacks of my amps, it sounds literally clipped and nasty with those. Forgot to mention, the recordings only sound horrible with distortion, clean is fine.
I know its not my soundcard (Audigy2 Platinum) I know a lot of guys don't like them, but you need to be realistic here. I use the inputs on this for all my vocals which sound flat out perfect.
If you need a list of equipment/soft:
I have heard something about using unshielded cables for something, they mention not to use guitar cables. Any idea what that refers to? I cannot remember the source. Could this be an issue aswell?
I appreciate any advice towards this, as I am left totally confused.
Thanks for any help,
'mig
But I've come to that point now that I would really enjoy doing some recordings from my amps, (a Marshall Valvestate and VoxBM) The thing is, the recordings sound horrible and disgusting. I usually run a 1/4" jack from the "emulated" recording output to one of the line-in ports on my mixer, and then to the soundcard it goes. Am I missing... a Direct Input box? is that the key? The recordings just sound harsh and brittle, recorded at any level. I've noticed this with headphones too in the headphone jacks of my amps, it sounds literally clipped and nasty with those. Forgot to mention, the recordings only sound horrible with distortion, clean is fine.
I know its not my soundcard (Audigy2 Platinum) I know a lot of guys don't like them, but you need to be realistic here. I use the inputs on this for all my vocals which sound flat out perfect.
If you need a list of equipment/soft:
- Behringer UB1002 mixer
- Audigy2 Platinum
- Adobe Audition
I have heard something about using unshielded cables for something, they mention not to use guitar cables. Any idea what that refers to? I cannot remember the source. Could this be an issue aswell?
I appreciate any advice towards this, as I am left totally confused.
Thanks for any help,
'mig
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