First time recording myself playing. Give feed back please

[Rockstar216]

I recorded this last night. I was really did it to figure out how to record myself playing but make it sound good as well. I used garage band on my mac and the emulated out on my Blackstar HT40. I think it came out well. Give some feed back good and bad.

 

[Funkfingers]

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I find the overdrive a bit fizzy. (As if it is pre-amp out rather than Speaker Emulated.) This may be the way that you choose to set your tone controls. What audio input device did you use?

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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^^ this +1

 

[DankStar]

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very delicate style, which is interesting.

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: First time recording myself playing. Give feed back please

I find the overdrive a bit fizzy. (As if it is pre-amp out rather than Speaker Emulated.) This may be the way that you choose to set your tone controls. What audio input device did you use?

I used my HT40 as a pre amp you could say then used the guitar rig sim from Garage band on top of the dirt from my amp. This was my first time actually trying to set up a decent rig and settings but for the music that tone is acceptable I do agree with you. I like a smoother more fluid tone for lead work.

Oh and I went guitar to front of amp then from Emulated out into lap top via USB cable into Garage Band DAW

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Sorry, I could not make it through the whole thing; it is painfully thin sounding.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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Oh and I went guitar to front of amp then from Emulated out into lap top via USB cable into Garage Band DAW

I'm amazed you got anything at all recorded, if I'm understanding you correctly. The Emulated output is an analogue audio output, where USB is a digital connection. This shouldn't work unless there is something in the signal chain you're not telling us about, like an audio interface of some kind.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: First time recording myself playing. Give feed back please

I used my HT40 as a pre amp you could say then used the guitar rig sim from Garage band on top of the dirt from my amp.

For overdriven sounds, I suggest using one pre-amp or the other, never both. The output from a pre-amplifier is intended to pass through a power amp stage then loudspeakers. These elements filter a lot of frequencies away.

This was my first time actually trying to set up a decent rig and settings

No need to apologise. Critical listening has to begin somewhere.

I went guitar to front of amp then from Emulated out into lap top via USB cable into Garage Band DAW

Presumably, in the DAW software, you select Audio input rather than built-in microphone socket.

If GB has a separate Mixer View page, select the channel strip for the guitar recording. Look for an Insert Effect "button". If available, select EQ. Mess about with the frequency bands, the cut/boost and the Q width. See if you can make your recording sound more like the smooth tone that you had in your head.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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I'm amazed you got anything at all recorded, if I'm understanding you correctly. The Emulated output is an analogue audio output, where USB is a digital connection. This shouldn't work unless there is something in the signal chain you're not telling us about, like an audio interface of some kind.

I'm still puzzled by this - care to enlighten an enquiring mind?

 

[Ball&Chain]

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Your vibrato is not there at all which makes it feel very steril. You need a good solid pivot point and I'm not seeing any pivot point at all. Its possible to get a good vibrato with your thumb behind the neck with a good base between your thumb and index finger at the knuckle joint, but you might find it easier with the thumb over the neck. I would work on that relentlessly before I went on to anything else.

 

[Rockstar216]

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I'm still puzzled by this - care to enlighten an enquiring mind?

Yea I take pics of my set next time I record.

 

[Rockstar216]

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Your vibrato is not there at all which makes it feel very steril. You need a good solid pivot point and I'm not seeing any pivot point at all. Its possible to get a good vibrato with your thumb behind the neck with a good base between your thumb and index finger at the knuckle joint, but you might find it easier with the thumb over the neck. I would work on that relentlessly before I went on to anything else.

I couldn't get the dynamics I wanted recording the way I did. I used vibrato but it didn't come through very well but ill try to fix for my next vid.

 

[sosomething]

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I couldn't get the dynamics I wanted recording the way I did. I used vibrato but it didn't come through very well but ill try to fix for my next vid.

He's not pointing out anything that could be blamed on your recording method. He's saying (accurately) that your vibrato technique needs some development. It does.

That's ok, though.

I didn't care for the tone (or the song, really. Just some guy kind of weirdly shouting over a '90s-sounding gospel song) but your playing is pretty fluid and your timing was nice and accurate.

To my ears, you had about 3x as much gain as you needed and a lot of other things that have already been spoken to in other posts.

Still, a good start! Keep working at it!

 

[Ball&Chain]

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I couldn't get the dynamics I wanted recording the way I did. I used vibrato but it didn't come through very well but ill try to fix for my next vid.

Yea, Like Sosomething said, I wasnt saying you didnt use it. It's apparent you were trying, but yea, its either really undeveloped, or just an afterthought as part of your style. My guess was the former.

 

[Rockstar216]

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Yea, Like Sosomething said, I wasnt saying you didnt use it. It's apparent you were trying, but yea, its either really undeveloped, or just an afterthought as part of your style. My guess was the former.

Your probably right and what I thought was the right amount wasn't really enough. But ill definitely work on it.

 

[Lazarus1140]

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I enjoyed your note choice and fluid style, but didn't care for the tone at all. More specifically, I don't think the tone fits the song.In my opinion a much cleaner tone would have been more appropriate. The distorted tone would have fit better with the tone rolled back.

 

[Ascension]

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Tone was painfully thin and harsh with you recording direct. I have never really gotten a solid tone doing that unless i was running some thing like a POD and would try micing my amp rather than running direct. You also need work on setting up so the guitar is not so out in front as the mix was way off. Both together made the track hard to listen to and I will guess what you were hearing as you played was not even close to what was recorded and we are hearing.
Was that Kurt on the tune?
That type of material is not easy for a guitar player I know from a LOT of experience!