B
badegg
New member
is there a difference in quality as far as recording a guitar/bass straight into a mixer or sound inter face?
or mic'ing the guitar/bass amp?
or mic'ing the guitar/bass amp?
What Bozmillar says there is important as he is going against the recording fraternity status quo.......Yeah, beware lopsided rules/opinions. Every person has their preferences at different times. It doesn't follow that the only good guitar sound is that of an amp mic'd. It's one way of getting a good sound out of an electric guitar. A very effective way. A superb way. Incidentally, my fave way. But not the only way. Ultimately, you'll have to try different things and see if your ears are cool with it. Some of my DI'd sounds with guitar have been OK. Some of them have been abysmal !a big depends.
It all depends on what kind of sound you can get out of each setup. I use direct in because I like that it's easy, quiet, and I actually prefer the sound in many instances.
poorly miced amp < amp simulator < well miced amp
I think it's more like this:
poorly miced amp < amp sim < well miced amp < well setup amp sim < great sounding amp set up and miced well < etc...