recording problems

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I am trying to record my band live through a mixer. My problem is the guitars have a very fuzzy sound when we record through a mixer. Why wouldn't it record the sound coming through the amp??
 
Use microphones.

A guitar speaker is designed in such a way that it rolls off the high end pretty severely. If you want to hear a crappy guitar sound, try running a guitar head through a PA or home stereo speaker. That's basically the sound you're getting when you run your guitar amps direct into the mixer without running them through a guitar speaker first.

Alternately, you can buy a speaker simulator, like the one ADA used to make, I still see those on eBay all the time... or a POD...
 
londat78 said:
I am trying to record my band live through a mixer. My problem is the guitars have a very fuzzy sound when we record through a mixer. Why wouldn't it record the sound coming through the amp??
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I second what charger said... something else you might want to try... i don't know your recording situation but where i live (in a townhouse) i couldn't exactly have the marshall stack I love so dear and stick a 57 or two in front of it... but what I do use, and which produces excellent results (often better than micing IMHO) is using something like a POD (I use the Johnson J-Station) and then pick up a nice tube mic/instrument pre-amp.

I use the PreSonus BlueTube. I run my j-station into the bt, and then run that into a channel on my mackie 8-bus. I also insert my t1951 4-band parametric eq to tighten up the bottom and shelve off some of the highs (to make a more rounder sound).

I get a nice full, thick and rich/warm guitar sound (playing my les paul standard).

Of course.. a shure sm57 in front of the amp is a good thing too :)
 
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