Recording Electric Guitar Direct

When running a guitar directly into the mic input of a mixer plug the guitar into a direct box first then plug the direct box into the mixer.

Recording electric guitar direct.

There are actually at least two ways to do this. Tools like spire studio s verb 65 are a great way bypass your amp leaving less in the way between you and getting your ideas down. Recording the sound of your electric guitar by miking your amp is a great way to simulate studio quality sound. Decide between mic recording or using a direct box di.

The software method offers great flexibility you can record your part and modify the tone later at the mixing stage. But the hidden cost is recording latency. We recently wrote about the separate guitar tracks. With the advent of higher quality amp simulations it s easy to get a great sound without an amp on hand.

For the sake of understanding some of the more fundamental variables involved in recording the electric guitar we ll first plug directly into the mixer. Modeling amps and cabs in the box will tax your system especially as you begin to layer guitars. Published in pre mastering tips on. Electric guitar might be the first instrument to come to mind when recording direct.

The first is called re amping which means taking a direct signal you ve recorded through your computer and sending it to an amp where you then record. You already have an amp you like and some pedals to boot. Recording electric guitar direct and through an amp.