A pro recording on PC

[ahsan2001]

Hey can someone tell me the best way to record a good sound on the PC....say guitars...I tried some stuff on Adobe Audition...I am not satisfied....Any good suggestions???check out my sitehttp://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/soularplexus

[allends]

Quote:Hey can someone tell me the best way to record a good sound on the PC....say guitars...I tried some stuff on Adobe Audition...I am not satisfied....Any good suggestions???Hi ahsan2001,I listened to your first 2 sound samples. I personally like the fat tone you get with your setup in the first song. To improve this particular sound you will need to cancel the background hum. There are many ways to do this but in software you might try a noise gate or a 60 cycle hum reducing EQ. In your second example, I was distracted by the out of tune clean guitar panned to the left. Playing in tune is a "prime directive" in guitar recording. In both tracks you desparately need a bass track. The subject of how to record guitar on a PC is HUGE! In my opinion, the best guitar tone is that tone that works well with the other sounds in your recording.The above advice is just a partial answer to your question.-Allen

[mazz]

Hi there. In PC recording, it's really not the software that affects the initial sound that you are recording, it's really the hardware that you record through to get the sound to the software. I'm not familiar with Audition but I suspect that it has enough pro features to make a good sounding recording, provided the sounds that were recorded in to it were well recorded in the first place.Like Allen, I listened to the first 2 cuts and I agree with him on all counts, 60 cycle hum and tuning issues are not acceptable in the pro world. Your playing sounds good, the arrangements need polishing (and bass), if you are going for a more commercial approach. It sounds like you are using a POD or something like that to record your guitar. You have grounding issues in your setup that you need to deal with, that's what's causing the hum. I would get some new cables, you could have a bad shield in one. Get the best cables you can afford, they really do make a difference. If you could post a list of gear you are using it might help to make some recommendations. Before buying new software, I'd look at the hardware side first, that's what's really going to make the biggest difference for what you are trying to achieve.Hope this helps,Mazz

[dgolding]

I agree what what the other guys said. That's a nasty hum going on there, rather than try and filter it out, I'd try and get to the source of the problem and eliminate it.Sometimes guitars, especially strats, will hum because of the pc monitor, so try moving away a little and see if that makes any diference. I'm willing to bet though, that it's an earth problem in your setup.Putting the hum aside for a moment, tuning the guitars will make everything sound instantly better. Like the others said, the bass is really needed, along with possibly some pad/organ/piano sounds. Even a cheap synth these days can put out some decent sounds, and will help make your songs sound fuller with just a few chords. If you can't get one, find someone who has one and make friends with them, lolI don't know anything about Adobe Audition, but something like Cubase will let you mess with the individual tracks after they're recorded, adding effects, eq, etc.Anyway, good luck with it.

[dgolding]

Oh yea, I remember Cool Edit Pro, I always preferred Soundforge, but the latest version seems very bloated, it makes you install the microsoft net framework. I'd be quite happy to go back to v5, when it was pre Sony.