Yes, this is my goal.bender wrote:Assuming you are wanting to record this live in one take as opposed to overdubbing, you'll need to be able to hear the guitar while you record.
Plugging the guitar into the interface, can you set monitor output to the guitar track input only and plug that into your guitar amp? Thereby, getting the live guitar sound as normal while recording the guitar track on the way through, which can then have amp & cab sim applied in the DAW prior to listening back???bender wrote:a) Plugging straight into the interface means using software amp sims. If you monitor through your recording software, you're going to have to deal with latency (the delay from the input source, through the processor and back out again). The way you avoid latency when tracking is to usually to monitor the input rather than the actual record track. You usually do this by muting the track in your DAW and monitoring the input on the interface using its software control panel (this basically sends the input that you're plugged into directly to the monitor outs without going through the computer). Some interfaces (e.g. Antelope Zen Tour or Discrete 4, or UA Apollo) have DSP amp sims built in so you can monitor live through the processor with near zero latency, but they're getting pretty pricey.
There's a 16 ohm Mesa Cab Clone on Rockshop website for $359 (I have 16 ohm speaker). Probably not much more than a mic and mic stand, yeah? I don't think I need one of those $2.5k OX boxes! Or do I?!bender wrote:b) Cab Clone or Load box is an ok answer- but you still need to send that to speakers somehow. That's a lot easier than the above as you can simply mute the track in the DAW and monitor through the software control panel for the interface. You'd have to buy one though, and they're not cheap.
What mic would you recommend for a guitar amp?
Yep, thanks Ben. I appreciate your help here.bender wrote:I'd suggest keeping it as close to how you're actually practicing/performing and figuring out how to simply capture that without changing too many things. The simplest way to do that is to load the loops into your computer, mic yourself up as usual, send that to the interface and then mic the amp. You hear the amp live in the room and your voice through the PA, meaning the only thing you need to hear out of the computer is the drum loops. No tricky routing required. That's my thinking anyway.
Henriksen Bud.bender wrote:What's your vocal PA?