Sonar 8, guitar amp mic

[Franknfilms]

Hello, anyone here using Sonar? I mic'd my amp with a really cheap mic (I'm still shopping for sm57) and recorded some clips to try and figure out how to use Sonar with my digital interface which is a firewire device called Fireone. It has left and right xlr plugs, I plugged the mic in the right xlr plug and recorded these clips. I wasn't able to use the Pan feature in Sonar to change it to stereo.

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Can anyone help me record in stereo? That way I can just pan left or right as needed. I'm sure it is a simple solution but I am new to mic recording so any help at all will be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Re: Sonar 8, guitar amp mic

To get a 'stereo' sound out of a mic'd amp like that, you need to double track it, and pan each performance left/right.

Tone sounds cool, but you need to tune your low string down a few cents - you're picking it sharp in that first bit.

 

[Franknfilms]

Re: Sonar 8, guitar amp mic

for what ever reason the Sonar panning tool didn't allow me to pan it left or right, it was permanently right. If I plug the mic into the left and record another track I'll have one right and one left which is great, but I won't be able to control the panning. I think I just need to go through Sonar help files to fix this.

 

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: Sonar 8, guitar amp mic

for what ever reason the Sonar panning tool didn't allow me to pan it left or right, it was permanently right. If I plug the mic into the left and record another track I'll have one right and one left which is great, but I won't be able to control the panning. I think I just need to go through Sonar help files to fix this.

I suspect you need to record to a mono track in Sonar not a stereo track, then pan the mono track left or right. Just a guess.

 

[Franknfilms]

Re: Sonar 8, guitar amp mic

I suspect you need to record to a mono track in Sonar not a stereo track, then pan the mono track left or right. Just a guess.

Thanks I'll give that a shot, for some reason I thought the opposite, that it had to be stereo. I'm sure this will work.

 

[Franknfilms]

Re: Sonar 8, guitar amp mic

Just got a brand new sealed in the box shure sm57 for $65, free shipping (negotiated). Woo hoo!

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