Straight Recording

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:40 pm

No this is not an anti-lesbian film credict. I was wondering how many people on the forum use direct plug-n-play devices when recording...

If so, which one?? How do you reckon it sounds compared to say your gigging tone??

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:41 pm

It depends mostly on what you're using, on the DI box end and also your soundcard.

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:17 pm

I have an ADA Microcab. It sounds okay but has nothing on a decent mic. My Line6 212 amp used to sound great for direct recording. As did my Marshall TSL.

If you are thinking of buying something, I have heard that Behringer make a reasonably priced D.I with a very good sounding speaker emulator.

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:19 pm

Here it is.

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:24 pm

I got myself a Korg Pandora PX-3....Not looking for super tone..Just looking to help me remember things...and improve my writing skills

Last time I had a go recording was with a Digitech RP80 and it came out rubbish.....actually it hardly came out at all....

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:25 pm

Imo if you have a weak sound card like mine, even a cheap mic will sound vastly better than DI.

Post by Bg » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:09 pm

hmmmm I use a Pod XT and the sound quality is as good as my live tone

Timi · Post by **Timi** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:20 pm

The Bad Monkey has a second output with speaker sim, even when the effect is in bypass. I use that quite often for getting ideas into ProTools quickly.

As a bass player I also find this handy for soundguys who insist on using a DI.

offender · Post by **offender** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:05 am

I got the Boss MicroBR about six weeks ago & Im using it all the time. Its fantastic for remembering stuff or putting things together from a simple riff/pattern you may come up with.

Its also got a bunch of other stuff (mp3 player/trainer, onboard effects, a fairly good drum machine).

I'm totally blown away with it. It does have a few downsides, but I guess everything does.

Homepage is here:
http://www.roland.com/products/en/MICRO_BR/index.html

A fairly good review of the good/bad points with lots of comments here:
http://colartz.com/blog1/boss-micro-br-review/

I read reviews of other things like the Korg one and also the zoom one with the two microphones angled at the top, but this came out best for size/price & features.

You can see a few of things I've recorded with it in the toneclips section

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:12 am

Griffin i mic for me - simply because it's the cheapest thing I could find

It's actually not far removed from plugging directly into a line in on your PC, and I then have to add a software amp sim.

Sounds completely different from my amp - but far more varied

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:00 pm

That Boss MicroBR looks pretty good....Oh well to late now
Anyone have experience with the Korg Pandora series??

Tsuken....were you the one using a zoom to record??

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:07 pm

I was initially; eg: http://www.owen.net.nz/raf/mp3/Rain%20Thing%201.mp3

Now I'm not, cos software > Zoom; eg: http://www.owen.net.nz/raf/mp3/RainSong07.mp3

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:12 pm

What was the setup during the time in which you used the zoom?? Was it just straight into soundcard??

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:52 pm

a friend's band, This City Sunrise, have ditched amps in favour of PODs for guitar recording, check it out

http://www.myspace.com/thiscitysunrise

dylan · Post by **dylan** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:39 pm

i plug guitars into my (impedance matching) joe meek preamp then into the computer.

then i software ampsim it - i have tried everything, and like Nomad Rocl Amp Legends.

The guitar tones on my covers tend to be crap, but thats because of my lack of guitar tone shaping skills rather than the gear i think:)