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tf5_bassist
The LouDogg
Alright... Been a while since I've been on here, but might as well try and get back into the swing of things, so i've got a bit of a problem with my recording rig. First off, it's really lame and cheap. In all honesty, it should work fairly well... *should* being the key word. here's the setup...
Mics/guitars go to my old ancient SoundTech M660 powered mixer... then that goes stereo rca through the tape out to my mic/line input on my computer. I've got a Rolls mini mic pre (the mp13) which i can use for 1/4" or xlr uses. I'm recording with Cubase VST, and can't get a decent sound for the life of me. Now, by decent sound, i mean either a SEVERELY quiet sound (guitars mainly), or when I turn it up to get a good amount of gain, it goes very brittle and thin and distorted (mainly when using my distortion pedal, a very high-gain DOD Death Metal Pedal... yeah yeah, i know it's not the best). I can get an "okay" clean tone, but it really doesn't have much clarity or strength to it without turning it up, and then i get somewhat of a tube-driven sound... although not as cool. Anyways... if there's any suggestions out there (aside from buying new gear... i'm jobless now), such as how i should be setting the levels in terms of relative levels (low at the mixer, high on the comp, vice versa, use the mic pre, don't use the mic pre, etc etc), I'd love to hear 'em.
Oh yeah. my sound card (on-board sound... grrr..) has a +20db boost selection on that... i can turn that on, get the gain i want, but hardly any headroom at all... turn it off, and i get absolutely shit and have to crank up the PA channel or whatnot. Basically, I'm just fed up with futzing with it, and am running out of ideas. I know that it's kinda' a lame question, but any help at all would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
oh yeah... sorry this is so long.
Mics/guitars go to my old ancient SoundTech M660 powered mixer... then that goes stereo rca through the tape out to my mic/line input on my computer. I've got a Rolls mini mic pre (the mp13) which i can use for 1/4" or xlr uses. I'm recording with Cubase VST, and can't get a decent sound for the life of me. Now, by decent sound, i mean either a SEVERELY quiet sound (guitars mainly), or when I turn it up to get a good amount of gain, it goes very brittle and thin and distorted (mainly when using my distortion pedal, a very high-gain DOD Death Metal Pedal... yeah yeah, i know it's not the best). I can get an "okay" clean tone, but it really doesn't have much clarity or strength to it without turning it up, and then i get somewhat of a tube-driven sound... although not as cool. Anyways... if there's any suggestions out there (aside from buying new gear... i'm jobless now), such as how i should be setting the levels in terms of relative levels (low at the mixer, high on the comp, vice versa, use the mic pre, don't use the mic pre, etc etc), I'd love to hear 'em.
Oh yeah. my sound card (on-board sound... grrr..) has a +20db boost selection on that... i can turn that on, get the gain i want, but hardly any headroom at all... turn it off, and i get absolutely shit and have to crank up the PA channel or whatnot. Basically, I'm just fed up with futzing with it, and am running out of ideas. I know that it's kinda' a lame question, but any help at all would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
oh yeah... sorry this is so long.
