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Angels Wrath

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Alright so I'm using a focusrite scarlett 2i2 for the interface and recording in REAPER. No matter what I do my guitars sound muffled and overly digital. They just don't sound real to me. Just wanted to pick your brains on this subject.
 
Welcome to the forum.

Respectfully - you're leaving out quite a bit of information. Electric guitar I assume? Are you just plugging in straight - unprocessed, no effects, just cable into interface? No plugins on the signal in Reaper? Provide as much info about your current setup and what it is that you're hoping to accomplish.

Maybe fill in those blanks and that could be a better starting point to help get you where you want to be. :-)
 
Something that I found was that my guitars and bass don't sound good using the direct input of my Tascam interface via cable, but when I used my Joyo wireless, it was massively better. I'm sure it's due to an impedance issue. I usually would use my old PODxt or my Strymon Iridium, or use the pedal board which has buffered pedals if I didn't mic the amp.

You don't say if you are using a mic, or what your chain is. That's important.

Also, you need to understand that guitar amps in a room have a different sound that if you stick a mic 2 inches in front of the speaker. Standing in a room, you have all kinds of reflections and room modes. It's the same reason that people rarely get an amp in a random room to sound just like a record that was recorded with a mic in front of a speaker or in a treated studio. The closest you'll usually get is using an impulse response (IR) where they actually record the characteristics of a setup, like an SM57 and a Royer ribbon in front of a Marshall with a 4*12 cabinet.
 
Alright so I'm using a focusrite scarlett 2i2 for the interface and recording in REAPER. No matter what I do my guitars sound muffled and overly digital. They just don't sound real to me. Just wanted to pick your brains on this subject.
Explain your Guitar - and Your Headphhones - and what you have on the track (processing).
 
A short sound clip would really help us. Explaining guitar sound in words is always difficult. I think I might know what overly digital means, but we could both be thinking differently? Post a clip so we can hear what you are hearing.
 
Interesting....Bass Electric, Acoustic piezo, or a Electric 6 string..... seeking a "amp sound" or a crisp-acoustic tone?
Might be a setup issue in the software, I know mine has clean channel and to get the real time I have to click in the software to use plugins.
And soundcard settings sometimes adds the dreaded latency blurr.

:eatpopcorn:
 
Alright so I'm using a focusrite scarlett 2i2 for the interface and recording in REAPER. No matter what I do my guitars sound muffled and overly digital. They just don't sound real to me. Just wanted to pick your brains on this subject.
so what do you think you need to do? And what have you tried so far?
 
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