How Can I Get Started? Home Recording for Electric Guitar

You might not know this, but similar to our GT processors, these amps are able to act as a recording interface as well, which means easy USB recording without ... Skiptocontent Search GUITAR ACOUSTICGUITAR AMPLIFIERS EFFECTS LOOPSTATION BASS TONETIPS DRUMS PARENTS LATEBEGINNER RETURNINGPLAYER GIGGINGMUSICIAN EXPERT HYBRID&PERCUSSION PIANO PARENTS LATEBEGINNER RETURNINGPLAYER GIGGINGMUSICIAN EXPERT INTERIORDESIGNER SYNTH SYNTH&SOUNDDESIGN HOMEPRODUCER GIGGINGMUSICIAN STUDIOMUSICIAN SONGWRITER DJ VIDEO EVENTPRODUCTION STREAMING CORPORATE EDUCATION WORSHIP FIXEDINSTALLS 'HowTo'Articles HowCanIGetStarted?HomeRecordingforElectricGuitar It’sreallymightbethebesteratobeaguitarplayer.Technologyhasmadealmosteveryaspectofplayingguitarsomuchmoreconvenient.FromlearningonYoutubeorviaSkypelessonswithyourfavouriteguitaristontheothersideoftheglobe,toaccessiblewirelesssystemsforalllevelsofplayers,andsuperversatileampsthatcan(andwill!)doalmostanything–itreallyissuchaneasytimetolettechnologydotheheavylifting,allowingyouthefreedomtocreate. Recordingyourelectricguitarathomeisnodifferent.Let’sfindouthowyoucangoaboutstartingthatalbumyou’vebeenthinkingabout,usingthegreattoolsatyourdisposaltoday! ContributedbyEdLimforRolandCorporationAustralia YOU’LLNEEDADAW WhatonearthisaDAW,yousay?Well,DAWstandsforDigitalAudioWorkstation.TheadventoftheDAWisoneofthekeydriversoftheeraofeasyhomerecording,givingyouaccesstopowerfulrecording,editingandmixingtoolsallwithintheconfinesofyourlaptoporhomecomputer.It’scompletelyreplacedbigbulkyrecordingconsolesandtape-basedrecordingmedia,andadditionally,largelysupercedesoutboardeffectsprocessorssincetheyalsoincludeeffectsfunctionalityviadigitalplugins.Inshort,itisafullblownstudiorecordingsetup,shrunkdowntoaprogramthatlivesonyourcomputer.WhichDAWshouldyouchoose?ThereareafewbigmainstreamplayerslikeLogicProXandProTools,buttheseprofessionallevelDAWswillrequireafairlysignificantupfrontinvestment.Ifyou’rejuststartingoff(andwouldrathersaveyourmoneyforfunguitargear!),apopularDAWlike Reaper couldbejusttheticket.It’sfreetoevaluate,andif/whenyoudecidetobuyalicenseit’sveryaffordablecomparedtomostothers,andismorethancapableofmostthingsthatsomeonerecordingelectricguitarathomemightthrowatit.Okay,solet’sgetontohowtoactuallyrecordyourguitaramp! USEAMICROPHONE+INTERFACE Ofcourse,themosttried-and-truewayofrecordingaliveguitarampisusingamicrophone(suchastheindustrystandardShureSM57)infrontofyourspeaker.Now,youknowalreadythatyourDAWisyourvirtualrecordingdesk–buthowdoyougetthesoundfromthemicrophoneintoyourDAW? That’swherea recordinginterface comesin.Aninterfaceactsasthebridgebetweenthemicrophoneandyourcomputer,takingtheanalogsignalcapturedbythemicrophoneandconvertingitintoadigitalformthatyourDAWcanunderstandandrecordontoatrack.Ifyou’reonlyplanningtotrackoneinstrumentatatime,youdon’tneedabiginterfacewithlotsofinputs.Somethingwithtwoinputsshouldbeplentytotrackinstrumentsandvocalsaslongasyouplanondoingthemseparatelyandaren’tplanningonmikingafulldrumkitforyourband! USEYOURMULTI-EFFECTSPROCESSOR Oneofthepotentialpitfallsofthetraditional“micongrill”methodofrecordingisrepeatability.Ifyou’verecordedafewtracksofguitar,saveyourprojectandthenyouwanttocomebacktoitdays,weeks,monthslater? Yourpedalboardsettingshaveprobablychanged,yourampsettingsarealldifferent,andeventhoughyoumarkedthemicrophonelocationonyourcabwithtape,itjustdoesn’tsoundthesameasthelastsession. Additionally,you’veprobablygotatmost,oneortwostaplemics,whileafullblownrecordingstudiowouldhaveaccesstoawiderrangeofmicsformoretonalvariety. Luckily,technologycomestotherescueonceagain. Ifyouhaveamulti-effectsprocessorlikethe GT-1 or GT-1000,notonlydothesecontainahugevarietyofampsoundsandeffectsallatyourfingertips,buttheyalsohaveaplethoraofvirtualmicrophoneoptionswhichyoucanadjustthepositionandsoundof. Andthebestpart?Whateversettingsyousavewillbepreservedexactlysothatifyouwanttoresumeaprojectatanypointdowntheroad.Aslongasyou’vesavedyourpresetsorhaveabackupofyoursettingssomewhere,you’llbeabletoseamlesslycontinuewithyourprojectwheneveryouchoose. What’smore,allGTmulti-effectsprocessorscanalsoactasarecordinginterface!Whichmeansthatifyou’reonlyintendingontrackingguitars,youdon’tevenneedaseparatestandaloneinterface.AllyouneedtodoishookupyourGTtoyourcomputerviaUSBandvoila! USEYOURAMP Wait…wasn’tthatthefirstthingwecovered?Well,sortof.Atthebeginningwediscussedrecordingwithamicrophoneandthepotentialpitfallsaroundrepeatabilityandconsistencyofsoundwhendoingitthatway.Butwhatifyoucouldjustrecordstraightfromyouramp?Areyoustartingtoseearecurringthemehere?Moderntechnologysteppingintomakeyourlifeasaguitaristeasierthaneverbefore!Our Katana,NextoneandBluesCubeamps areallequippedwithRecordingOutjacks,whichmeansthatyoucanrecordacabinet-simulatedsoundstraighttoyourinterface.Youcandothiscompletelysilently,whichopensupnewpossibilitiesforgettingmusicalideasdownwheneverinspirationstrikes,regardlessofwhetherit’s2aminthemorningandthekidsorneighboursareasleep.Here’sagreatexampleoftheBOSSKatanaheadrecordeddirecttoaninterface: Butwait,there’smore!Youmightnotknowthis,butsimilartoourGTprocessors,theseampsareabletoactasarecordinginterfaceaswell,whichmeanseasyUSBrecordingwithoutevenneedinganinterface. USEALOADBOXWITHYOURTUBEAMP Wemightbeallaboutpushingthelimitsofmodernamplifiertechnology,butthere’snodenyingthatthere’salwaysgoingtobeanalluretothebigglassbottlesglowingwarmshadesofredinthebackofanold-schooltubeamp.Andthere’sabsolutelynothingwrongwiththat!However,thecommonissuewithtubeampsisthatthey’reoftenjusttooloudforhomeuse,letalonebeingabletocrankthemtotheirtonalsweetspotforrecordingathome.Neverfear,we’vegotthesolutionforthattoo!Let’sgetacquaintedwiththeWazaTubeAmpExpander: Firstandforemost,it’saloadbox,whichessentiallymeansthatitisabletotakethefullblownoutputofyourtubeampwithoutbeingconnectedtoaphysicalspeaker–withoutlettingthemagicsmokeoutofyouramp,whichisalwaysabonus.It’salsogotonboardcab-simulationaswellastheabilitytoloadimpulseresponses,whichmeansthatonceagain,you’rereadytorecordinajiffywhetherit’susinganinterfaceorjustdirectlyviaUSB!Inadditiontothat,withaslewofonboardeffectsandfullMIDI/footswitchcontrol,theWTAEcanliveinbothworlds–liveperformanceANDstudio.LearnmoreabouthowtheWTAEmodernisesthetubeampexperience:https://www.boss.info/au/promos/waza_tube_amp_expander/ ENDLESSPOSSIBILITIES Likewesaidatthebeginning,it’sprobablythebesttimeinhistorytobeaguitarplayer.Ifyou’vegottimeonyourhandsandyouwanttogetintotrackingelectricguitaronyourown,anyoneoftheseoptionscouldworkforyou.Happyhomerecording! 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