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mydingaling

Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice? I want to start recording myself playing guitar.I have an electo acoustic guitar and amp.I would like to record myself playing rhythm and then play lead over it.I don't have a big budget so I'm not looking for state of the art equipment.I have never tried this before so I don't even know what equipment I need.Any help would be much appreciated.

omen80

Acoustic guitars always sound better mic'd up rather than using their on board pickups..........not matter how good the pickup is! The pickup is useful when playing live through a PA but when recording don't use it!!
Use a condenser mic about 12 inches away from the soundhole.....or use 2 mics for a stereo recording.
When you have your acoustic track recorded put a high-pass filter at around 80Hz if no other instruments are being used. Boost the highs at around 3kHz and 5kHz. Use slight compression also - no more than 2:1 ratio. Add reverb to taste.

That's the basics really.........oh and don't record it using old dull strings!

NewNo2

Omen speaks words of truth!

I would suggest to you sir that you consider one of these;

http://www.thomann.de/ie/maudio_essential_recording_studio.htm?sid=655e14e2bf5333f67acdd483604e8207

I had one of them before I upgraded. Fantastic little thing when you're starting out with just guitar and vox. I'm not sure about the protools software you get with it, as in I'm not sure if its a full version or demo. When I got mine I got an Ableton Live Demo CD.

You should also check thomann and the likes of Waltons for mics. Something maybe in the JTS range if you don't have a big budget. I would suggest if you do go for JTS, splash out on the nx range something like the nx-7 is actually a nice little mic.

mydingaling

thnx 4 the info, I'll look into that.:)

mydingaling

I got myself a Boss rc-30 loopstation.It is super.Does the job!