Another recording guitar question for anyone who would answer it.

[Det Som Engang Var]

Thank you thank you.

So I'm able to monitor the frequency "I guess?" level of the guitar tracks while and after I record them. It looks like a black bar rising up and down, you know? I understand I want to keep my recording and guitar input volume low enough to where the bar doesn't go all the way up and the red LED blinks, or else I get that damn muffling sound when I palm mute.

But I notice a lot of time, even at a low recording volume, any time I try to palm mute a chord "not just chugging open E" I have this muffling sound problem. Obviously, I can just keep lowering my recording and guitar input volume until it doesn't happen but it makes the guitar tone in general even shittier than it was before.

I don't think there's anything I can do to help this, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask my experienced friends at the Neverboard.

 

[ShadowsWithin]

what kind of interface are you going through?

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Little screen on the Boss Recorder. Would that I still had my computer.

 

[ShadowsWithin]

can you put effects on your guitar? i know that if you compress it too much it can give you that problem other than that i don't know i deal in MIDI and sequencing.

 

[derek]

No answer, but love ya anyways, and rock 'n' roll, my man.

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

Can you post a sound clip of said problem?

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Thanks guys.

You can hear it to a lesser extent on the last song I put up if you put your volume loud enough.

myspace.com/empiricmetal

 

[JBroll]

You're monitoring the volume of the track so that you don't clip?

The 'muffled' thing, if I understand you correctly, has more to do with the big volume difference involved. If you aren't distorting guitars, throw on a compressor. Another option, if you have $20-30 to spare, is to pick up an external overdrive (TS7) or compressor and record through that - either of these two will reduce the intensity of any volume 'spikes' you run into.

Jeff

 

[ShadowsWithin]

it also could do with too much low end causing it to get that farting clipping sound, so mabye running it through an EQ and cutting the bottom end a bit will get rid of the clipping at the cost of making it less bass-y, but a compressor is a better idea.

 

[JBroll]

If it's getting distorted later anyway, the TS is a better idea - it tames bottom and top end nicely. Since he's using a device that's presumably designed to record all sorts of sources, I doubt that's the problem.

Jeff

 

[Shpongled]

Thanks guys.

You can hear it to a lesser extent on the last song I put up if you put your volume loud enough.

myspace.com/empiricmetal

THis is the first time I've actually been able to check out the song. I really really like it and I think there's a ton of potential there. Just keep on keepin' on man. Good work.

 

[derek]

+1.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Thanks so much guys. I finished an Alice In Chains cover with vocals but I wanna put it up at the same time as the next metal song I'm making.

But thanks.

Hey Jeff, can you link me to a good external distortion source? I hate my guitar tone with that damn recorder it's sadly the only acceptable high gain model on the thing.

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

Not a bad little song you got posted there. Interested to hear the completed version.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

That's it haha. I know it's short but I was completely out of ideas and so tired of working on it I just wanted to wrap that song up and use it as filler.

I have a pretty good singer from New Zealand from another board "he's no Dan" who's taking his time recording vocals on that, but I'm hoping to do better with the next one I'm working on. Won't have any tin whistle and be more riffy.

 

[ShadowsWithin]

song reminded me of Pine Woods by Korpiklaani with the whole tin whistle instrumental thing