Guide to Using Your Computer To Record Your Guitar

[kimball492]

Hi Keloooe ,so is it just for recordings or live. If it's recording do a combination of the acoustic sound plugged in , and then mic it the nice thing if you record an acoustic with out any sound is you can then use affects , on the recording afterwards .try and double up your track that way if you mess up any time you always have the pure acoustic sound to go back to . I personally love the combination of a miked acoustic , mixed with the sound of a guitars built in pickup if it has one . When miking up try recording with Mike pointing upwards to the twelfth fret . Then record another take but with the Mike slightly above pointing down at the twelfth fret .Then add one guitar to the other with slider see which one sounds best as the dominant guitar.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Kimball, I'm currently in an acoustic band and I would be interested to use some of my pedals in the recordings, can I just mike the axe, then reamp it with the rig?

Also, currently I'm using Garageband (*cough* on my phone *cough*) to get the tracks recorded, then sent out to Music Creator 6 (nice DAW for the price!) for editing. Currently too low on $$$ for mics and interfaces

What platform are you running your recording software on?, PC or Mac?, if you're running your software on a PC there's a way you can use your pedals to record with without doing any re-amping, here's what you do:


Download and install a plugin called NadIR (it's an Impulse Response speaker cab simulator), next download some impulse response files from the internet and copy them into a folder which you create in the folder for your NadIR installation, next fire up your DAW and set up an audio track for recording, next load up an instance of the NadIR plugin for the track and then load up an impulse response in NadIR, you can then connect your pedals directly to the Line In on your Audio Interface, your guitar will sound like it's being played through an amp.