Recording Electric Guitar Direct

You already have an amp you like and some pedals to boot.

Recording electric guitar direct.

When running a guitar directly into the mic input of a mixer plug the guitar into a direct box first then plug the direct box into the mixer. We recently wrote about the separate guitar tracks. Even if i strongly encourage you to record your electric guitars with any of the traditional ways i ve mentioned in the previous articles i must admit that direct recording the performance of a musician is by no means a bad idea. Tools like spire studio s verb 65 are a great way bypass your amp leaving less in the way between you and getting your ideas down.

Today we will discuss direct recording an electric guitar. Modeling amps and cabs in the box will tax your system especially as you begin to layer guitars. Decide between mic recording or using a direct box di. For the sake of understanding some of the more fundamental variables involved in recording the electric guitar we ll first plug directly into the mixer.

But the hidden cost is recording latency. Electric guitar might be the first instrument to come to mind when recording direct. With the advent of higher quality amp simulations it s easy to get a great sound without an amp on hand. The software method offers great flexibility you can record your part and modify the tone later at the mixing stage.

Published in pre mastering tips on. There are actually at least two ways to do this. Recording the sound of your electric guitar by miking your amp is a great way to simulate studio quality sound.