I began record of the album of my band in expensive studio. I’d recorded some main guitars. But I haven’t a lot of money to continue the record in this studio but I plan to play a lot of guitars.
And I decided to continue at home. I plug my Strat Plus into Vox ToneLab that plugged into
M-Audio Audiophile 192 of my computer. If I need drive or distortion I add Marshal Guv’nor pedal before Vox. I use Vox as amp and cabinet modeler. And I like tremolo, u-vibe, delays and reverbs of ToneLab. If crunch is needed I add some GAIN till the noise (hisssss) appeared. So, I like it tubeness of sound. Did anybody record the way like I do? Can anybody tell me can I reach professional quality of guitar sound using equipment of my home studio? Thanks! moscvad@yandex.ru
ToneLab+M-Audio. Is it professional quality???
Sun, 2008/03/23 - 5:54am — VADVOXGUITAR
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I think "professional" might
Sun, 2008/03/23 - 1:49pm — Will CI think "professional" might be a stretch. Does it sound good to you and those in your close circle? I have a Presonus Firebox as an audio input for my computer with my Vox TLSE for my guitar rig. It sounds pretty good for a $800 setup. Professional studios have pricey equipment that I can't even dream of affording and thus they can capture high quality recordings. I would suggest laying the tracks at home like you're planning and then, if you can afford to, take those tracks to a professional audio mixer person for the final mix down. Or just do it yourself, save the money, and learn the art! I'll admit that I find it quite a challenge...
Good luck and post some of your guitar tracks if you have a chance. We can give you constructive feedback if you want it! Plus it's fun to hear what other's are playing and creating with their Tonelabs.
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Will
Hi! Thank you for your
Sun, 2008/03/23 - 11:06pm — VADVOXGUITARHi!
Thank you for your reply!
Yes, I’m gonna record my guitar tracks at home, and then I’ll bring them to high class audio mixer person. I’d recorded rhythm guitars in the studio where I’d found a good sound with the vintage VOX heads and cabinets. And we’d converted analog audio to digital (PRO TOOLS) with $15000 converters. But, as I said before, I have no money to relax in very expensive studio.
I hope I can reach the “perfect track” at home. And sometimes, when I’m playin’ guitar and record it, some bad thoughts is getting’ my head. M-Audio costs about $200.
Compare $15000 and $200!
Some people say “ This cheap sound tracks will be lost in the mix!”
I hear the difference between the sound I play and sound of playback the records.
And I set my ToneLab little bit “more”. More treble, more presence, more bass.
M-Audio is stealin’ some brightness and density. “Body” of the sound.
I’ll post my recordings but only after release of the album. I have no rights to do it before.
But now I can post the links of my demos.
Thank you!
Good luck!
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my firepod doesn't hurt my
Mon, 2008/03/24 - 7:33am — nomad100my firepod doesn't hurt my tone as far as i can tell very transparent.
I don't like the sound of the tonelab vs my real amps enough to record with. The tonelab is a good practice tool, and is convenient for church use. I've used my Mesa from the FX loop into my tonelab only using the cab sims and get a far better sound than the amp models.
So, I like my ToneLab,
Tue, 2008/03/25 - 1:29pm — VADVOXGUITARSo, I like my ToneLab, because recordin’ at home I can try and try again. I have no chance for long experience in expensive studio. All of my wahs(Dime Cry Baby), delays and rhythmical difficult tracks I play at home. Music is number one! And VOX ToneLab helps me to save my money and save my quality of playing. Tremolo is good. I’d used Fender Tween in studio, I’d used VOX heads (pretty old) and tremolo of my ToneLab is very very close to them sound in mix. I hope!
But overdrives is pretty shit! Too mush noise! And I decided to record some solos and crunches in studio of my friends with Huges&Kettner tube combo and Shure SM 57.
Good Luck!
Vad.
I use Guitar Tracks Pro 3.
Sun, 2008/04/06 - 1:26pm — firebrandI use Guitar Tracks Pro 3. It works very well. I get the main amp tone I want, record with it, and then re-amp through AmpliTube LE that came with Guitar Tracks. GT3 also have the plug-ins I need for post amp effects. Normally I do not use the effects on any of my pedals when recording, and I actually use an RP-350 as my gutiar interface to the computer (it's a USB zero-latency monitor when you bypass its internal amp models and effects). So my setup is about as cheap as it comes. Once I get my TLSE, I will make some recordings with my current guitars and post them to see what you think. My total investment (not including the guitars) TLSE $235; RP-350 less than $135 (found it on eBay-all it was missing was the software); Guitar Tracks Pro 3 $50 (upgrade price from the $10 guitar tracks 2 I bought used but never registered-another eBay find)= $430 (the computer in question will either be my laptop which was a signing bonus at work or my 2.8 PentiumIV Insignia which was $350 after $800 in rebates when I bought it).
The bottom line is, what
Sun, 2008/04/06 - 1:27pm — firebrandThe bottom line is, what does professional mean to you? Does it mean spending lots of money or does it mean getting "that sound"?
i use a TLA m4 console with
Thu, 2008/04/24 - 12:39am — spasmodici use a TLA m4 console with 3 fireface interfaces.. it works fine for me you have to realise that digital is just naughts and zero's though (ie. it records flat not an actual waveform) so if you are looking for absolute best quality i suggest you go analogue at least for the interface/console