Micing an amp

[Guitarcarl]

I have a sure sm57 and am trying to mic my amp for recording purposes. I have played around with settings etc but can't seem to get any return when the mic is plugged in. I may be bing a biff! but could anyone offer some advice. I am using Magix Studio deluxe for recording.

 

[scrubs]

I have a sure sm57 and am trying to mic my amp for recording purposes. I have played around with settings etc but can't seem to get any return when the mic is plugged in. I may be bing a biff! but could anyone offer some advice. I am using Magix Studio deluxe for recording.

Are you saying that the mic is not picking up any sound? How do you have it all connected? You need to be running the mic into a microphone preamplifier to boost the signal for recording. Check all the cables and make sure you don't have a bad connection somewhere.

 

[Guitarcarl]

I am running the Mic directly into the mic slot on the computer. Its connected with a mic lead with jack plug into an extension to fit it into the computer slot.

Is this wrong?

 

[scrubs]

I am running the Mic directly into the mic slot on the computer. Its connected with a mic lead with jack plug into an extension to fit it into the computer slot.

Is this wrong?

Well, that mic-input is designed to drive little headset mics for gaming. It should get some signal (go to the audio control panel and adjust the input level), but it will probably sound lousy.

 

[Guitarcarl]

I have seen them there DI boxes with a USB port would one of these work?

 

[scrubs]

A DI box is for recording instruments directly (or for long cable runs). You need a mic preamp. The Studio Projects VTB-1 is an inexpensive choice (under $100). If you don't have that much, look into the Audio Buddy or Art Tube-MP preamps.

There are USB and FireWire interfaces/soundcards that contain preamps and will bypass your onboard soundcard, too.

Also, you didn't say if you had tested everything to make sure that is working. Buying new stuff isn't going to help if you mic is broken.