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guitar pre or di?
Hi all,
I was wondering how you all record electric guitars. I'm playing rhythm electric guitar in pop/rock style music. Pre, or di... ?
I'm currently recording into two tracks on my Fostex vf-=16. Alembic skylark Guitar ---> Fulltone Full-drive 2---->split....then one through the safesound p1 and the other into a blues jr. mic'd with an sm-57 and a studio projects B1. I then mix the mic'd and the direct together.
I'm still learning settings on the p1... In the manual it gives a diagram setting for bass, and vocal recordings, which I start on then tweak as needed. But, with guitar I'm kind of just turning knobs and trying to see what works. I'm not too into the sound I've gotten through the safesound with guitar. With vocals and bass I love it. I'm wondering if it's because I don't know the settings to use. Have any of you used a safesound with electric guitar? Would you recommend not using it at all for that?
suggestions? Should I cut anything out of the chain? What are some budget preamps you all like for electric guitars, or you think a fishman or sansamp would be better?
thanks
evt
Hi all,
I was wondering how you all record electric guitars. I'm playing rhythm electric guitar in pop/rock style music. Pre, or di... ?
I'm currently recording into two tracks on my Fostex vf-=16. Alembic skylark Guitar ---> Fulltone Full-drive 2---->split....then one through the safesound p1 and the other into a blues jr. mic'd with an sm-57 and a studio projects B1. I then mix the mic'd and the direct together.
I'm still learning settings on the p1... In the manual it gives a diagram setting for bass, and vocal recordings, which I start on then tweak as needed. But, with guitar I'm kind of just turning knobs and trying to see what works. I'm not too into the sound I've gotten through the safesound with guitar. With vocals and bass I love it. I'm wondering if it's because I don't know the settings to use. Have any of you used a safesound with electric guitar? Would you recommend not using it at all for that?
suggestions? Should I cut anything out of the chain? What are some budget preamps you all like for electric guitars, or you think a fishman or sansamp would be better?
thanks
evt
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