Recording Woes!

[heathermiller]

As you can hear from my entry, my guitar sounds rather like it's in a tin can/space warp kind of situation, which I did not intend or particularly like (for my style at least).

I'm using GarageBand. Same mic for guitar and vocals. I tried plugging the guitar in and it was also unsatisfactory. If anyone has any ideas or hints I'd be super grateful!!

[Admin]

What kind of mic are you using? I find different mics react very differently to my voice and guitar, so I use a different mic for each. You are right to resist plugging in.

Also, I suggest placing your mic about 4-6 inches away from the twlfth fret.

[caravanray]

Jul 5, 2012 16:09:14 GMT -5 heathermiller said:

As you can hear from my entry, my guitar sounds rather like it's in a tin can/space warp kind of situation, which I did not intend or particularly like (for my style at least).

I'm using GarageBand. Same mic for guitar and vocals. I tried plugging the guitar in and it was also unsatisfactory. If anyone has any ideas or hints I'd be super grateful!!

Yeah - your sound detracted from a good song.

I'm surprised - using Garageband - even with the cheapest of mics - you should still be able to get a decent result. Did you use some standard Garageband presets for the vocal and guitar tracks? They usually give a decent result.

I use Garageband too - if you want to email me some mp3s of your raw vocal and guitar tracks - I'd be happy to see if I can find a way to improve them

[heathermiller]

Thanks for the responses folks! I'll have to try those things!

At the moment I can't really shell out for a second mic and I feel like I didn't have this problem before, but maybe my standards just got higher since the last time I recorded myself??

This is my mic:
www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Aries.html

I have the M-Audio Mobile Pre pre-amp, but an older version from like 2005, so it looks more like this: www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B0000TP57E/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0&isremote=0

I've got a super busy next couple of days but I will totally take you up on your offer caravanray, once I have a minute to sit and look at the files and send them to you! Thanks!!

[caravanray]

That gear looks fine. With that and Garageband you should be able to get a good result. I'm curious to see what the problem is.

[traderjack]

sounds like reverb, some recording setups add it automatically. I know my digital recorder does unless I turn it off. Are you maybe recording in a tiny resonant space also? Or a chorus effect, the sustain seems unnatural.