This is my first post here, I've been a long time lurker but never registered or posted on here.
Anyway, I'm trying to record my guitar and I'm not having much success doing it. My amp setup is a Crate Blue Voodoo 100-watt tube head with a Mesa oversize 4x12 cab with celestion V30 speakers. I'm using a SM58 mic with the grille removed (which I read is essentially an SM57) going into a Presonus Eureka (modified) pre-amp then into a Steinberg MR816X interface. I use Cubase 5 as my DAW software. I also have a couple other mics in my collection including an AKG 200, Audio-Technica ATM25, Audix i5, and some omni condensers from Naiant.
So here is my raw guitar sound, 44.1kHz/24-bit wave file:
GTR1L.wav 5.7MB
I did some tweaks in Cubase 5 and I also double-tracked the guitars. Here is the end result in a mix, it just a tone test mix, not supposed to be good musicianship or anything:
tonemix.mp3 504KB
The thing is in my room the guitar tone is a lot better than in the recorded file. The room must be having a big effect on the sound. In the recording I'm getting the fizzy top end, which I had to remove by employing a 16kHz filter, and a boomy low end which I lessened with a 160Hz HP filter at 12db/octave.
Can you guys give me an helpful tips for sculpting the guitar tone? If you want to try EQing/processing it yourself then have at it, I wouldn't mind hearing some of your own attempts.
Thanks.
Anyway, I'm trying to record my guitar and I'm not having much success doing it. My amp setup is a Crate Blue Voodoo 100-watt tube head with a Mesa oversize 4x12 cab with celestion V30 speakers. I'm using a SM58 mic with the grille removed (which I read is essentially an SM57) going into a Presonus Eureka (modified) pre-amp then into a Steinberg MR816X interface. I use Cubase 5 as my DAW software. I also have a couple other mics in my collection including an AKG 200, Audio-Technica ATM25, Audix i5, and some omni condensers from Naiant.
So here is my raw guitar sound, 44.1kHz/24-bit wave file:
GTR1L.wav 5.7MB
I did some tweaks in Cubase 5 and I also double-tracked the guitars. Here is the end result in a mix, it just a tone test mix, not supposed to be good musicianship or anything:
tonemix.mp3 504KB
The thing is in my room the guitar tone is a lot better than in the recorded file. The room must be having a big effect on the sound. In the recording I'm getting the fizzy top end, which I had to remove by employing a 16kHz filter, and a boomy low end which I lessened with a 160Hz HP filter at 12db/octave.
Can you guys give me an helpful tips for sculpting the guitar tone? If you want to try EQing/processing it yourself then have at it, I wouldn't mind hearing some of your own attempts.
Thanks.