Recording Problem

jizzo · Post by **jizzo** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:19 am

i use cool edit pro 2.1........and i bought one of the converters from radio shack and plugged it into my mic plug-in at the back of my comp and it still sounds distorted...

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:20 am

jizzo wrote:i use cool edit pro 2.1........and i bought one of the converters from radio shack and plugged it into my mic plug-in at the back of my comp and it still sounds distorted...

"it" being your amp or your guitar?

Roastbeef · Post by **Roastbeef** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:22 am

Check your Record Volume level in your Sounds and Audio Devices control panel. Mine is set to the lowest level. Pehaps yours is set too high and it's clipping and distorting...

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:22 am

Roastbeef wrote:Check your Record Volume level in your Sounds and Audio Devices control panel. Mine is set to the lowest level. Pehaps yours is set too high and it's clipping and distorting...

also check for a +20 dB Boost. It would be under "advanced" under the microphone slider. Uncheck it if it's checked.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:28 am

jizzo · Post by **jizzo** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:44 pm

thanks for the help guys...im at school right now but ill try to lower the recording volume next....i had already unclicked the Db booster thingy and it helped a bit maybe i should borrow my buddys amp and try that.

This is exactly how I've got it set up now

guitar>patch cord>amp>patch cord out of amp>radio shack cord converter>mic plug-in in the back of computer.

thanks again for all the help

peace

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:52 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:
Trippin Hillbilly wrote:For the most natural sound just mic your guitar...
costs dinero for a good mic

yeah but I used to a use a £12 behringer mic a while back and it worked just fine.... you cant be THAT broke..

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:17 pm

Hey man, $18 is nothing to sneer at

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:24 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:Hey man, $18 is nothing to sneer at

ok...

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:37 pm

Trippin Hillbilly wrote:
TrippnBill686 wrote:Hey man, $18 is nothing to sneer at

ok...

lol

Roastbeef · Post by **Roastbeef** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:16 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:

I'm a moron. I never checked this setting before and I just discovered it was checked. Could be why my recordings have been called by some "sonically heavy". Now I have the Microphone volume setting cranked and the Mic Gain Boost off and the B-Band sounds a lot cleaner and more natural. Thanks TrippnBill686!