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Recording... plug-ins or miked amp?
Recording... plug-ins or miked amp?
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ResidentRenzo
7 posts
Jun 13, 2009
5:38 PM
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Hi,
Been tinkering with some guitar plugins like Waves GTR Solo, Amplitube Jimi Hendrix, Ampitube Fender more than plugging in my 75 watt tube amp.
It's easier in a quick recording situation, to open a new session on any music editor software like ProTools or Nuendo, just select a plugin and start playing... if I want to use my amp I have to set up my mic, check signal/noise ratio, set gain properly... and I'd still need to play loud so the tubes give their best sound (we all agree nothing beats a nice loud tube amp!)
So what do you think, emulation or the real thing?
Last Edited by on Jun 15, 2009 8:25 AM
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Eric E
Moderator
41 posts
Jun 13, 2009
7:46 PM
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That's the way to do it now, but I'm definitely more comfortable getting my sound out of my amp rather than through the computer. I did a session recently at a large studio. They wanted a nice big full arch top jazz sound but insisted that I play through my amp with EQ flat and no reverb. While they miced my amp, they got the final mix sound through plug ins with protools. To make me comfortable they threw a little reverb in my headphones, but it was very dry and dull sounding. I have to work harder to dig in and play when I don't like my sound and that was the case for this session. It turned out ok anyway, but I always play better when I like my sound from the start. I should just get used to playing dry and getting sounds in protools.
--Eric E
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Progrock
24 posts
Jun 14, 2009
10:04 AM
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I have the first amplitube,amplitube metal and revalver mkIII amp plug-ins. I get some real nice tones out of them. It's so much easier to just plug in play instead of like you said having to set everything up and mike it. For what I use it for it works great. If I was to do an album I may want to mic up an amp and do it with that.
You can do this with these programs though. When you record with them if records the dry signal. You can re-amp the sound. You could do all the tracks with the amp-sim and then run the dry signal back through the real miced amp.
I've heard some recordings with other people that recorded with these plug-ins and they actually sound pretty proffesional. As with anything it comes down to someones personal preference.
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ChrisDowning
50 posts
Jul 24, 2009
12:38 AM
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You can do this either way - the main this is what you're hearing when playing is acceptable. Playing dry and no EQ may be great for the rrecording engineer - but it leaves you feeling a bit flat as a player. The main thing is to keep it simple. There's a lot that will get in the way of just playing well if you go down the pug-in, pedal-board, multi-processor, studio effects emultaion......stuff! You'll end up spending more time tinkering with the computer setting than getting the recording down. Some of the best recordings I have heard also have the absolute minimum of processing. Ray Flacke the country player says he's down to amp and guitar nowadays - no effects, no reverb, no delay - just fingers, a tele and an old Gibson amp.
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