Hey guys, I know we got a few users that are musicians... I'm just hoping some have recorded or at least have knowledge about recording.

In the past when I've recorded tracks, I've always used a Shure SM58, which is obviously the wrong mic for the job as it's a dynamic mic I believe.

I was looking at recording my demo in the very near future, though obviously it won't be done in a proper studio, so I was wondering what type of mic (condenser mic?) would be best for recording guitar (I don't like direct recording, even though some of the Line6 stuff these days is funky).

I shove an SM57 right into the cab off-axis & use a RODE NT2A about 6 feet away as the room mike.

In Protools I record both simultaneously and can vary the sound by changing the mix between the two tracks (57 has more attack, NT2A has more bass). For guitar I always throw down a 100~120Hz high pass filter followed by a Joe Meek EQ & compressor.

Are we talking about recording vocals, guitar amp, acoustic guitar or what?

Guitar, predominantly I'm concerned first with electric guitar (it will be through a Peavey 5150 and Roland JC120 respectively for the channels), then later down the track acoustic.

I record all my electric guitar with a digital coaxial cable straight from my GT6. Sorry - don't know much about mic'ing amps:(

I was considering using a Line6 PodXT to record, but considerng it's going to be a solo guitar album, I don't think direct recording will give me the flexibility I need in my tone.

Have you got any examples of recordings using your Boss pedalboard?

Your posts is interesting bassman... I really got to clue myself in on protools, I got absolutely ZERO knowledge... all my previous muckaround tracks have been with CoolEditPro :(

last edited by CHUB at 09:31:01 18/May/07

Glad you asked;)

Listen to "Let Go" - I tried to make a Jeff Buckley Hallelujah patch... sounds pretty good IMO but a little quiet... I should have also uped the gain so there was a bit of break up in the louder sections.

http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=3975

Have a listen to the electric solo in the song "Would You See". I seriously did about 100 takes to get it to sound perfect with the fake feedback and everything, but I seriously cream myself every time I hear it;)

http://myspace.com/billyhardball

All the others are acoustic songs.

SM57's are excellent, When I was involved with recording, it was from a budget perspective, and we were generally using two mics, a 57, and a JTS mic that I've forgotten the model of.

It really all comes down to how much you're concerned with the sound, We also experimented with DI boxes and using a program called Amplitube2. There is also the more popular GuitarRig, but Amplitube is better, I think.