looking for a good recording setup

[nervousbreakdown22]

so i have about 180 dollars now, i was originally planning to save it for a Charvel guitar or a Kramer. but ive realized now i have enough guitars and just dont need another one (i have a gibson Flying V, a Fender Standard strat, and a Jackson DK2) what i do need is some better recording equipment, in the past i used a Line 6 toneport with a SM57 knockoff into my Vox AD15VT, it didnt sound very good but at least i was actually using an amp. Alas my Toneport broke and i started doing recordings straight into my computer using an amp software like Amplitube 2 or Guitar RIg(demo) i hate that sound! it sounds so fake and over processed and just doesnt sound raw or legit no matter how you dial it. Now i have a Krank Rev Jr. but unfortunately all i have for recording is my shitty computer mic which obviously sounds like shit. I kinda want to start over with recording stuff now, i want to avoid computers if i can. I dont like the way it sounds, i find it uninspiring, and i hate how you can lose everything you have in a split second. I just want something that captures the raw power and awesomeness of my amp instead of making it sound like fucking good charlotte or whatever. i dont know all that much about recording but i have to start somewhere.

[Newc]

First off, it's not ever going to sound like your amp unless you pipe it back through your amp.

Second, Amplitube doesn't sound fake/processed unless you don't know what you're doing, and/or are using crapass PC speakers (which goes back to not knowing what you're doing).


But since you're set on standalone recording gear, I'd recommend an old Yamaha MT4X cassette unit. It's 4 tracks of analog ass-kicking. I used one for years and liked the tones way better than my Akai DPS12 digital machine, but I needed more than 4 tracks to do real music, and the Yamaha couldn't keep up.

If you go with a digital/hard drive based unit, you may as well step up to decent computer software and get used to the PC speaker tone, unless you wanna spend a coupla hundred on real studio-style monitors.

[nervousbreakdown22]

First off, it's not ever going to sound like your amp unless you pipe it back through your amp.

Second, Amplitube doesn't sound fake/processed unless you don't know what you're doing, and/or are using crapass PC speakers (which goes back to not knowing what you're doing).


But since you're set on standalone recording gear, I'd recommend an old Yamaha MT4X cassette unit. It's 4 tracks of analog ass-kicking. I used one for years and liked the tones way better than my Akai DPS12 digital machine, but I needed more than 4 tracks to do real music, and the Yamaha couldn't keep up.

If you go with a digital/hard drive based unit, you may as well step up to decent computer software and get used to the PC speaker tone, unless you wanna spend a coupla hundred on real studio-style monitors.

Amplitube tries to make it sound like guys with a professional studio ready to record for the radio, i just dont like that sound. id rather get a sound like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXN7DfGfew&feature=related

[wilkinsi]

I've used a Roland VS1680 for years (16 track) and I swear by these. It's a standalone DAW, mixer, recorder, editor all in one. It'll take upto 4 stereo FX insert or loop.

[nervousbreakdown22]

I've used a Roland VS1680 for years (16 track) and I swear by these. It's a standalone DAW, mixer, recorder, editor all in one. It'll take upto 4 stereo FX insert or loop.

damn dude, 450 dollars is not bad for one of those, i was expecting it to be around the 1200 dollar range, ill definitely check those out.

[wilkinsi]

Because they're discontinued. But they're real workhorses.

[Strangletooth]

Protools and and Digidesign Digi001, all you need!

[Shawn Lutz]

go direct to PC. There are a lot of good apps out there just for that.

I use Sonar to record and mix, M-Audio FireWire 1814 interface, ART DPS II pre-amp and an SM-57 on a cab.

[nervousbreakdown22]

so i just got a 3 dollar tape recorder at a tag sale and the recording i did on it sounded better than anything ive ever recorded! my amp sounded thick, full and awesome just the way it does in person. Why is that? does analog really sound that much different than digital? and if so why dont they sell it anymore?

if this is really the case ill probably end up getting an analog 4 track.

[Shawn Lutz]

dude the difference is not analog vs digital its recording you amp for real vers a computer generated amp simulation. Having said that, if you hae an Axefx you would not be able to tell