Good vid. With method 3, there's a further downside related to point 3 you make about quite environments. Most of us are doing this at home. If we're lucky, we might have a spare room we can use, but still, with that amp (or two) cranked, it doesn't take too much volume before you can no longer hear the backing track you're playing to in your head sets. This is basically what keeps me from using the miked amp set up, and relying more on going in direct. I've never heard from anyone about how they get round getting blasted by the amp in the same room (apart from those who use enclosed cabinets, or even are able to have the amp sitting in the basement, etc.)
I put my amp quite low on volume cause if i got it on high it sounds dirty in the recording. And just use my headset on 40% volume so i can hear what im playing. That is how i do all my guitar cover vids
Man, I was recording dry into my interface and couldn’t dial in the effects I wanted on my DAW, but I also didn’t think it would sound good to mic my amp. I totally forgot about the USB output on my amp until I watched this. Thanks for reminding me, great video!
thx so much! i’m looking at getting my first proper electric (fender custom shop strat) and was trying to learn how to record - it’s like you read my mind! thanks so much for this video!!!
Thanks a lot Dave, really needed this! Also, can you please do a tutorial for What a Man Gotta Do by Jonas Brothers, or "Hell or High water" by Passenger? Thanks in advance!!
Using Amp simulators and doing a lot of processing on the dry signal just feels wrong ! As a guitar player i would love to capture whatever raw tone i produce with guitar, fx and amp, record it and better that each time so i sound exactly the same even in a live setting ! Keep it simple.
Depends but generally low enough that even if you’re playing the strings or strumming as hard as you can it’s only hitting around -5db. So that’d be maybe -15 to -10db Just play around with it. As long as your signal never peaks and hits 0db it’ll be ok and you can adjust things in your DAW.
Wish my amp had a USB output but I guess that's what you get for buying a used Behringer GTX30, I'm saving up to buy a audio interface soon but that might take some time
I've got direct USB to PC on my amps, but as Dave said in the vid an audio interface (AI) is the most versatile. I have Behringer's U-Phoria UMC204HD. Behringer use MIDAS pre-amps which are none too shabby. Focusrite Scarlett have the name affording peer status, a cool colour case and high profile marketing, but boy oh boy do they charge for it. Unless a professional musician, or you have an unlimited budget for your home studio, the approximate Behringer equivalent model packs all the punch you'll need to make superb recordings, leaving plenty left over for other GAS essentials like a decent microphone etc. Like guitar, a good player on a low end instrument will still sound good whereas a mediocre player on a top quality instrument will still sound ...mediocre.
Big help!! A question though, does using an audio interface records a clean sound in the guitar. I mean will it still work if you have a noisy environment or a buzzing amp? I really wanna record in my room but this neighborhood is just too loud.
@@GuitarZero2Hero That's really great to know because I too am in an extremely noisy neighborhood. Right now I record ideas into my phone and am always picking up sirens and car horns and other noise from the outside.
'Nother one for the integral USB to PC direct connect reference list, Blackstar ID:Core original & V2 digital series (10, 20, 40W) of small home practice amps.
Hey man, I've been trying to record with my Boss amp, but since I'm using single coil pickups, it's producing some disturbing buzzings. Do you have any tips for that problem? Thanks.
As soon as you said boss katana 50 MKII I got super exited because that’s exactly what I have. I’m trying to use method 1 to record in fl studio but it doesn’t record. Does you have any solution other than using an audio interface?
Great thank you, very clear and straight forward. I subscribed! I have a doubt because going for the recording with the mike you also record all the Hum and noise from the amp and the pedals if any...but as you said needs experimenting. Cheers.
yup that's true but there's way to mix and reduce that by using noise gate's or chopping the silent parts in your DAW. There are definitely pros and cons to each approach. I'd say choose what's easiest to begin with and you can experiment with different methods over time :)
Nope! Just go from the multiFX unit into your audio interface which will then go out into your speakers. (Assuming your multi fx pedal has amp modeling)
I know this is a year ago that I'm running into this but With all these methods you Talked about is room size or configuration and issue as or configuration an issue here?
Room size isn’t really a factor unless you’re recording with a mic, in that case the room size can have minor influence on sound depending on how you mic it but for the most part not a whole lot,
Yes the Katana records a dry signal. So technically yes it makes an interface obsolete. However! You won’t be able to record vocals or other acoustic instruments using the katana. So that’s where an audio interface is useful
Hello, I know this video is almost 3 years old, but I have a question. I recently got a Boss Katana amp, and I'm in the process of learning how to record my electric guitar in a DAW. However, I'm having an issue regarding volume. The volume on the amp sounds fine to me, but when I listen to what I've recorded on my DAW, it sounds quiet, even when my computer is at max volume. I also don't want to record while having my amp at a very high volume, my ears are a little sensitive to high volume. I don't know if this is a common issue with Boss Katana Amps, but do you know why this might be the case and if there are any solutions to this issue? Thank you.
