Oct 27, 2013

Recording the electric guitar.

There are plenty of ways in which to get the sound out if an electric guitar into the recording gear whether this is a digital or analog piece of equipment.

Method 1 - Record the actual sound coming out of the amplifier with a microphone and into a microphone pre amp.  Then, from the pre amp, which could be built into an interface or part of a board, into the storage medium (DAW's hard drive for example).

Effective method for getting rid of transients:
Method 2 - Record from the guitar into a Direct Injection box or DI.  Then take the signal straight into the input of the interface you might be using with a built in gain knob (or into a stand alone pre amp).  And then straight into the DAW or storage medium.

The DI box in method 2 makes the signal compatible for recording the guitar directly.  Keep it simple, use a passive DI.  

In scenario 1, the mic is doing the transduction.  In scenario 2, the guitar is going straight in.

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