Recording

[SJR]

I have to ask... what stuff would I need to record my guitar on my pc, and more importantly, how it all works?

[Agent420]

You need an audio interface and some recording software. If you have the GT10, you already have an interface via it's usb connection. Otherwise you need a sound card.

Reaper (http://www.reaper.fm/) is a great recording app that is on par with the big boys.

[Disasterxpieces]

Hey, already told you about my recording rig but it sounded bad. Didn't have any success using an SM57 but I think my problem was not having the space to turn my amp up.

[senseix]

I still don't prefer reaper over Sonar 8. The final sound quality just seems a bit short, when comparing to Sonar.

I do use reaper for quick/scratch type recordings and for that i prefer, as it's lighter and faster to get a quick record in.

[Agent420]

I still don't prefer reaper over Sonar 8. The final sound quality just seems a bit short, when comparing to Sonar.

Do you attribute that to the included plugins / eq / etc ?

I haven't done any head to head comparisons, but I haven't noticed any significant quality issues. Though I do tend to use a lot of 3rd party plugins that I think sound nice. And it's probably a personal preference, but I seem to get around more quickly in Reaper than I did in Sonar.

One the one hand, you might expect the more expensive Sonar to produce better quality results, but on the other hand there is no technical relationship between cost and quality. Certainly the guys behind Reaper have been in the audio processing business a long time.

[xcortman]

I have to ask... what stuff would I need to record my guitar on my pc, and more importantly, how it all works?

I have been recording like this for years....I use audacity which is a free program available (just do a google search)...I record on my laptop which has a very basic soundcard, just a mic in and a headphones out socket. I plug my gt8 directly into the mic input from the L/R. I get a reasonably OK sound, but looking to buy a good firewire audio interface soon...

If you have any more questions fire away...

Jake

[JasonDDI]

One the one hand, you might expect the more expensive Sonar to produce better quality results, but on the other hand there is no technical relationship between cost and quality. Certainly the guys behind Reaper have been in the audio processing business a long time.

+1 to this. If you guys go into the IRC chat of theirs, they are damn experienced. Studio Producers, to low level at home artists are on there, and they know their stuff. I talk with the guys who produce plug-ins for reaper almost every night, and watch what they talk about. Great stuff on there, and it blows my mind how they create VST's and plug-ins.

As for recording... well I can't say you won't get a great sound recording straight from the GT10, but you probably won't be satisfied doing it this way. If you have a loud amp, and I mean a loud amp, you need the space plus an above normal room volume for recording into a mic, that's probably the most ideal sound.

I'd say for recording equipment, depending on how you want to record for laptop, without issues the M-Audio Fast Track Pro serves people very well with only 2 simultaneous inputs and its rather cheap(Mine brand new off of ebay for $120). Pair this up with an SM57 and an AT2020 Condensor, have a good voice and good guitar playing skill and you can make it sound very good.

If I had a desktop I'd honestly go with presonus, THEY DO work with laptop with a TI chipset Firewire Card, I just never bothered to deal with that , but the Firebox and the Firepod have served people very well.

As for how it all works.... well you hook up the mics and mic a cab or plug your unit straight into the Firepod/Firebox/Fast Track, whatever and you play and get sound onto a DAW lol.

As for Reaper, I'm not biased but I am certainly a PROUD user of reaper, I use this and Pro Tools and am learning quite a bit about each, but Reaper is very user friendly and doesn't have a steep learning curve, plus as I said they have a good IRC chat with people who know what they are talking about, even if you have questions about pro-tools they'll help you out. Some of the themes they come up with are pretty sweet too.

With all this being said I read a really interesting quote a few weeks back that made me laugh, went something like this:
'You could have Bob Rock fart into a mic onto a recording, it'd probably sell, or you could have a Noob with a $1 Million Dollar studio produce something that sounds like a fart.'

Hope this helped you out a bit

-Jason of DDI-

[senseix]

I am not talking about using plugins, what my experience has been with my setup is. Straight recording from my setup to Reaper, and Straight recording from my setup to Sonar 8. I prefered the Sonar 8's version over the Reapers.

If i was to add all my favorite plugins, we'll i would assume most would work in either daw, so i don't see that being a factor in my preference.

I will add that it has been over a year since i've done the comparision test. Maybe i can try again in the near future and see how it pans out:)


Do you attribute that to the included plugins / eq / etc ?

I haven't done any head to head comparisons, but I haven't noticed any significant quality issues. Though I do tend to use a lot of 3rd party plugins that I think sound nice. And it's probably a personal preference, but I seem to get around more quickly in Reaper than I did in Sonar.

One the one hand, you might expect the more expensive Sonar to produce better quality results, but on the other hand there is no technical relationship between cost and quality. Certainly the guys behind Reaper have been in the audio processing business a long time.