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another stupid question
if everyone says to record clean with no fx...then why would i buy an external effects processor? :confused:
 
I've kinda wondered the very same thing...

Maybe as a general rule of thumb, unless you are absolutely sure you want it there...? (obviously I'm guessing... help???)
 
because after it has been recorded clean you can archive/preserve the track clean. Then you make a copy of the track and try running it back out to your external effects processor and record teh output from the processor. You can do this over and over again until you like the sound you get.

Or, you run your guitar/vocal/acoustic etc through your mixer and record it clean, but monitor it wet. Like many people, I need to hear the effects on my guitar to play the part properly, but I don't want to record those effects because I might find a setting that is better after the fact.

or maybe you also jam, and want to have an effects processor to use when you jam or play a gig.

Or maybe you run a submix (say all vocals including backing vox) through the effects processor after recording them clean to apply a common reverb effect to them all, or the drum kit or the guitars...

there are many reasons to have an external effects processor. It is also a very good idea not to record your initial tracking through a processor because then you are committed to that effect and can't remove it if you decide later that it isn't quite right.
 
cstockdale said:
because after it has been recorded clean you can archive/preserve the track clean. Then you make a copy of the track and try running it back out to your external effects processor and record teh output from the processor. You can do this over and over again until you like the sound you get.
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wouldnt that cause feedback?
 
no: you run your soundcard output to your mixer, route the signal to teh FX unit, back to the mixer and into your soundcard input and record it into a separate track, it is no different than an fx loop in a guitar amp or a mixer.
 
ah, ok ok
so i just mute the track im recording

thanks cstockdale
 
no, you don't need to mute anything, this will not give you a feedback loop, you are taking one source (one track), and running it out through a soundcard, through a mixer and recording it to a different track. If you mute it, it won't have any signal to record. You don't need input monitoring on or anything like that, maybe that would cause feedback.
 
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