Gemini9

Yeah. This is a really great little community here. You'll find lots of useful info and even get to share your work with others as well as listen to their ideas!

Hey there. Welcome! From what I remember (been awhile since I've been logged in), the members are all very polite and helpful. I'm sure you will enjoy your visit.

Thanks much!

Well okay so I'm not totally new. I've been here before. But that was what... 2 years ago? So I decided it appropriate to re-introduce myself since I don't even remember anybody here and I'm sure nobody remembers me. But I live in Western Maryland and I've been writing songs off and on my entire life. I've never been able to do any serious recording because I don't know any other musicians who are interested in doing anything of the sort. I've been in a few bands, but none of them wanted to record anything. So as a result, I just tinker around here and there. Who knows, maybe I'll find some people in here who live nearby. But anyway, Hi!

I'm a vocalist. I sing karaoke, record my own sings, and just joined a band so I'm going to be putting in some pretty long hours on stage. I'm a decent lead vocalist for the most part, but I do have some issues I need to deal with since I'm going to be gigging. I don't smoke. Never have. But it seems I'm always battling phlegm in my throat/chest and this hampers my ability to sing. It decreases my range, decreases wind capacity and the constant clearing of my throat can even sometimes raw out my voicebox, making things even worse. I'm not sure what the problem is, if it's something I'm eating drinking, or just that I'm not drinking enough. I don't think it's allergies, because it's an all the time thing. Not just seasonal. And it doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing. I've tried robitussin chest decongestant before, but it doesn't seem to help much. Any tips on trying to rid of this annoying problem?

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Anything cheaper than a $500-$600 x3 live or gt pro? Maybe, say 50 bucks? for $500 I could buy an amp I have a sm58, though I don't know much about mics yet. what to you mean by "top end"? are you referring to the highs/treble?

I've been wondering the same thing. I also want to record some electric guitar sounds into my mix, but I lack and amp as well. I actually plug in directly into my PA and from what I've discovered, that's a bad idea because it screws up the sound. Somebody told me I need some sort of amp simulation device to plug the guitar into before the amp and that the same applies to recording through the line-in on a computer. You need some sort of amp simulation pedal or box or soemthing. Was hoping somebody in here could provide some more details about it and where I can get one of these amp simulator things.

Hmm.... running my guitar straight into the PA is my only option now. Just bought the guitar and can't afford an amp, so I just run it through my PA and use effects pedals. It sounds pretty darn good from the speakers, but when I tried to record through the tape out, it was really gross. I thought of putting a mic in front of the speaker, but figured that wouldn't work that it would just be too loud and cause major clipping issues. I've never heard of a software amp sim. I am might have to look that up for more info. Definitely on a budget though. I just spent $400 on the guitar (A used RG4EX1 with hardshell case) and a few accessories. Picks, strap, strings, cheap distortion pedal and stuff. On a min wage income, that really burned a hole in my pocket. I'll have to research the preamps and x3.... not sure what they are. This is my first electric guitar, so I'm still learning the ropes of setting it up.

Well I just bought a new electric guitar and today I tried to record something and it sounded terrible. Just terrible. the sound was really ... just... bland. boring. flat. no treble at all. No crisp. Just plain blaaaaah. Even when I hit my distortion pedal. Still.. blaaaah. I was going from the Tape Out on my PA head into the input jack on my computer, recording it with CoolEdit. Sounded awful. Just... yeah you get the point. What's the best way to record an electric guitar?

Dang am I in over my head lol everything needs set up and adjusted. haha. I need to set up and adjust my guitar strings, adjust the tone, adjust my distortion pedal (sounds god awful right now) and my PA EQ, gain, effects, level (half the stuff on there I don't even understand) lol wow. It's a bit overwhelming. Adjust this, tone that, increase these, ad those

Hi John The strings are brand new. When I visited the dealer, they had just received the guitar as a trade in and he had just put new strings on it. He hadn't gotten to fine tune it though, because I bought it right away. haha they hadn't even put it on the racks yet. I've been reading up on the buzzing though and something about there's a way to raise the strings from the fretboard. Hmm. wonder if that would help? duno how to do it though haha I guess I need to research more huh? As for my PA and speakers, The speakers I'm using now just have mid ranges. It's actually a pair of speakers from a big floor model stereo system, though I DO have a pair of 1000w karaoke speakers and those have horns at the top. Should I be using the speakers with the horns?

Hmm. Since I just got my guitar I don't have much of a budget left to spend. The Cool Cats are affordable and has some decent reviews. Are they decent pedals? Maybe match that up with my Fab Distortion? I actually don't really like my Fab distortion. It sounds kinda bland to me. Maybe I just have the settings wrong I duno. Anybody ever try any of those Cool Cats?