Recording with guitar head directly into computer..

[satchvaisoul]

ok im using the Line 6 HD-147 head and im running it from the back of the head using XLR Direct outs striaght into my soundcard..im sure there are many other amps with this ability..but i only have one mic cable and the head has two XLR inputs .. the left(which has mono on it) then one on the right.. i'vv been trying to get a decent sound for a long time now ..(since my Delta 44 is on backorder and i dont have a mic preamp or microphone!..but within the next 3 weeks i will!!!).. anyway when i record into my computer it only records mono and when i play it back on mono it sounds so.. i guess "natural sounding..or 'out' there" and it doesent sound like guitar tracks you would hear on a cd ..could this be because im not recording in stereo?..or mabey i need to mic. my cabinet just right? ..i just want a good thick stereo guitar tone...i also understand if i had stereo i could pan left and right with layers of guitar tracks and make it "thicker" or "fuller" if you will...any ideas will be helpful! - Kyle

www.veilingiris.com - Veiling Iris (check out my band! )

 

[starch]

First off, your website is great and I liked what I heard of your audio clips. Well done! How did you get the tones for those songs?

As for the tones from the line 6. I don't have much experience with the HD-147, but have used other line 6 products in recording. I have had success with them, but I usually need to work with the tones and tweak a while until I find a tone I am happy with. So part of the prob is that the amp sounds different from the DI than it does through an amp. Keep tweaking. I think you should be able to get a very usable tone.

To make the sound "thicker" or "fuller", try doubling the guitar part by recording the same part twice. Maybe use some opposing eq and pan away from each other. You may even double the part using different tones. (one clean, one distorted) This should help "fatten up" those guitar tracks.

 

[satchvaisoul]

dude..im glad you like the band and our music... lets see..for the guitar tones on the cd im really not to sure about because at the time we recorded it i wasnt paying attention to what the guy used for guitar tones...he had the amp in a separate room and i never got to go back there haha ..but i do know for most of the distortion tracks we used a Mesa Boogie Solo head and it sounded allright.. but i would have had a more heavier tone on some tracks and little effects such as delay or chorus on some dull clean parts but i was scared to speak up at the time because i had never done anything like that before..plus i was only 15 at the beginning of 2003 when we recorded it so he probably wouldnt have listened to me anyway..hehe..but also at that time i wasnt into recording and didnt know anything about mixers, soundcards ,what mics he used,..ect..ect..and so on. Starch..do you record at home,or have your own studio or what?

 

[starch]

It's funny how we always look back on previous recordings and talk about what we should have done differently. I think some of that is that some of us are perfectionists, and some is that we are getting better at hearing things. Anyway you are way ahead of your time for having such insight at your age.

I own a remote recording company. I specialize in location recording and I have a mixing room at home. I track mostly to hard disk and have removeable hard drives that I take back to the mixing studio and mix. I have tracked at my house, heck, I've tracked just about everywhere, but I have had the priviledge to track some great bands (mostly local, Phoenix, Az) on location.

Thanks for asking and keep up the great work.