arthurbrigg Here's how I record: Decide what guit I'm going to play, and whether I'm doing instrumental or live with voice. Voice + Guitar (live): Adjust mic to catch both voice and guitar (set mic sensitivity to MAX). Sing and play, delete everything, continue throughout the night adjusting levels, effects, yadda. Hate yourself for sucking badly. Eventually go dry (eek!) and add effects later (attempt to make yourself sound better). Still suck, more hiss from the mic than ever before. Give up, go to bed mumbling expletives about some 5 year old Guitarist who has that sweet, oh so sweet and perfectly clear guitar recording on Youtube. The lunacy is that I think I need another two mics. One that will point along my guitars fret board, and one that points at its poor, abused gaping hole. The other will be for my sweet lilting 12 year old voice. I know I'm right, I have to be (My pathetic excuse for a muso soul demands it). My fear is that with one mic, the HISSSSS is already out of control. With 3 mic's I'm doomed. Doomed I tell you. See sub-standard spec's below, please help me reach my Godly external silence so that when I pluck a string, Medusa is absent. Ye Gods, I have fiddled without a fiddle. I have tendered my last tether. How does one achieve absolute silence with a mic with el cheapo recording equipment? Or the next best thing ?
AlanRatcliffe You don't mention equipment used. ? Which I'm guessing is probably part of it. With multiple mics (or multiple tracks recorded separately - which is something you could do now) you can get the signal-to-noise ratio lower because you can get each mic closer to the source. Closer to source means the take is louder while the noise stays constant, so you don't need as much gain, so you end up with less noise.
Bob-Dubery arthurbrigg wrote How does one achieve absolute silence with a mic with el cheapo recording equipment? Don't play. Gag the cat. Tell the rest of the family to turn that damn thing DOWN!
TomCat I see a Phonic mixer in your list there.. ?.....if you're using that for recording then there could be your source for a lot of the hiss.....especially with the gain turned way up.....not the quietest of equipment......... As Alan said......Multi-tracking is the way to go......close mic and reduce the gain........better signal....less noise.....
Jack-Flash-Jr Quick solution - decide that "garage" is your style and sound of choice... then turn up the hiss etc. ?
TomCat Jack Flash Jr wrote Quick solution - decide that "garage" is your style and sound of choice... then turn up the hiss etc. ? LOL..... ? ?
