EP77 - Mic'ing an Acoustic Guitar and Aux Tracks in Pro Tools

[heathandmillerco]

Thanks for the tips you guys Merry Christmas!!!

[headcheesee]

can you guys do better quality recordings of yourselves its really unbearable to watch ur videosi like the info you give tho

[19BARD85]

@headcheesee i'd have to agree, i'm sitting through it for the info but the sound is horrid, and you're teaching audio recording ... sadly ironic

[Danlally91]

6....6 claps

[lagiator]

what's the tuning of the guitar?

[BradyKenniston7895]

@lagiator Its Drop D, and this is epic!

[evillemonkey]

Is double tracking or quad tracking where you go back and record the same guitar line again and pan accordingly or is it where you just make a copy(s) of the single guitar track and pan accordingly?

[LimitlessStudios]

@evillemonkey Yeah when we talk about double and quad tracking guitars we're referring to recording the same guitar part over again and panning them hard left and right.

[wattage2007]

@evillemonkey Double/triple/quad tracking sounds big because of the slight differences in each take. Copying a track, pasting and panning it achieves nothing more than if you had the one track and turned it up.

[DJyorkei]

@evillemonkey i'd like to add that you should never copy the signal... all you're going to get is level gain.... nothing special

[iSNEVEET]

Why are like most of your videos comments disabled? Are people harassing you that badly? I feel sorry for you guys, your posting good videos with helpful tips and all these douche bag ignorant kids on YouTube are like making fun of you or something. Don't listen to them, just keep making your videos. :)

[TheUnbornBand]

Great episode guys! Very informative and nice mixing with the videos! What program are u using for mixing your videos?  I use power director, but I still feel like there could be something better out there for me.

[WaldebeatZ]

clap your hands heheh

[BrinkOfInsanityMusic]

The best thing about this video was the video clip at 6:22 to 7:10. That was amazing haha. Good tips also though :D

[VALKRYE2009]

i tried micing my acoutic guitar but i couldn't get my shure c606 to pick it up

[kenspocket]

turn off the washing machine lol :)

[InhumanTom]

Where's the video about how to use cab impulses ?

[adameisterc]

GO CARDS!

[sportsguyblake]

@adameisterc UK!!! haha

[MetalObsessed1]

I use an M-audio Nova to record Acoustic.

I run it through a ART Tube Preamp into an Audio Interface and i use a compressor plug in on garage band. i mic it 4 1/2 inches way from the 12th fret. How do you get a smoother sound?? the sound im getting right now sounds really harsh and isnt easy listening to.

[NapoleanXV]

is there anyway we could hear some clips with full bodied strummed chords?

[LimitlessStudios]

@NapoleanXV On our Myspace page we have a couple songs from an acoustic band with lots of chords.

Our Myspace is at myspace dot com / LimitlessStudios

[MrBIOSkunk]

would the hiss not just go away with a post eq?

[RareAirSupply]

@MrBIOSkunk no

[Aragorn266]

\m/ Heavy metal intro \m/ :P

[Jubiejai]

nice video, very informative!

[thesoundcanal]

Hi,

I have a Behringer C3 mic. When I place it near the 12th fret and 4 inches away from the fretboard, I get a very low signal. When I boost the level in the post production, I get the Hiss. Any tips on getting a good signal?

Thanks.

[AcousticTransmission]

@thesoundcanal

adjust the gain on your recording device, adjusting the gain in the software always adds hiss, start wit a loud enough signal dont try to create one

[thesoundcanal]

@AcousticTransmission

Thanks for the response. What I use is the M-Audio audio interface and I have my gain cranked up to 3 o' clock. Anymore than that, I get the Hiss.

[AcousticTransmission]

@thesoundcanal yeah the hissing sucks, so even at 3 oclock still not loud enough.

[filipopolis1976]

Again, very good video!

[simonsaidwhat]

Great job you guys!