You may be a professional musician, or you may be just playing around with music and sounds at home. Either way, you’ve probably considered recording your music and sounds. At-home recording doesn’t have to be hard or expensive, even when it comes to recording guitar. Do you need a preamp to record guitar? No,…
Distortion is common in many different genres of music. Especially in genres such as rock or metal where it is present on almost every track. But recording distorted guitars in the home studio is not always straightforward. So in this ‘in-depth’ article, I am going to try and explain some tips and tricks…
For me, electric guitars are still a major part of most music I write. But getting the sound of the guitar amp to translate accurately into the recording can be tricky. There are lots of factors to take into account. From the size of the amp, to whether you record it with a microphone…
You may think that recording the bass guitar in the home studio is one of the easier recording tasks. But there are plenty of questions it can throw at you. Can you record the bass directly into the interface? Do you need a DI box? What even is a DI box? Should you use a…
There’s nothing worse than when an instrument sounds fantastic in a live setting but it just doesn’t come through in the recording. I have found this to be the case with acoustic guitar in particular. There is no definite solution for getting the perfect sound. This will vary between equipment and other aspects of your…