Online Guide Recording e-guitars Amplifiers and Microphones

 

It’s all very well having a great guitar set-up and spending a short lifetime getting the exact sound you want, but if you record it with a poorly positioned or low quality microphone, you’ll have wasted your time. Likewise, using an expensive mic with a top-notch valve preamp to record a mediocre set-up will also give you poor results. As always with any sort of audio chain, the end result is only as good as your weakest link. Ideally, all items should be of a similar standard from source to output. The same applies to the rest of your studio; spending a small fortune on mics and pre-amps is a waste of money if you’re monitoring on low quality speakers with a limited frequency response. Small Amp and Mic Setup Large guitar amplifiers are great for live work, but it’s often smaller models that perform best in the studio where space is more limited. Having a large cab blasting deafening volumes doesn’t guarantee a great sound when recording.

 

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