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Topic: Recording without an amp |
Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 13 Apr 2013 6:35 pm |
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1) Do you Mic an amp? If not;
2)What do you use to play through ''before'' the Console?
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 14 Apr 2013 2:53 am
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I do most of my steel recording direct using a POD XT or a POD X3. I have one preamp program that I mainly use.
I use a Roland Octa-Capture and Sonar X2 64 bit Professional DAW software
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Jim Park
From:
Carson City, Nv
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Posted 14 Apr 2013 7:48 am Recording
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| I use a Lemay Preamp thru a Lexicon PCM 96 ( an MX400 works ok too )into one channel of the board, then the dry steel (out of the Lemay) into a second channel on the board, then in the DAW I create an aux channel and combine the two. You could do the same on the board (analog) and record that signal. |
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Jim Park
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Carson City, Nv
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Posted 14 Apr 2013 7:53 am Recording
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| I use a Lemay Preamp thru a Lexicon PCM 96 ( an MX400 works ok too )into one channel of the board, then the dry steel (out of the Lemay) into a second channel on the board, then in the DAW I create an aux channel and combine the two. You could do the same on the board (analog) and record that signal. |
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Dave Potter
From:
Texas
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Posted 15 Apr 2013 6:41 am
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| Direct into the Hi-Z input of my Roland Quad-Capture, then USB into the laptop/Pro Tools. |
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Rick Schacter
From:
Portland, Or.
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Posted 3 May 2013 7:16 pm Re: Recording without an amp
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| Larry Bressington wrote: |
1) Do you Mic an amp? If not;
2)What do you use to play through ''before'' the Console? |
Walker stereo steel pre amp recorded dry into a Line 6 UX 2, then into my laptop.
I use Sonar X2 Producer to record , add FX ...and a lot of editing. 
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John Gould
From:
Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 4 May 2013 1:50 pm
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I've had good luck and sound with either Boss or Digitech guitar processors. You go for the cleanest amp settings in the device and then add effects to your liking. A little delay and reverb most times you need to roll off highs and increase the lows building a patch that sounds like your steel amp. I can make a decent patch in most cases in just a few minutes working with one of those processors. The POD series stuff takes more work to make sound like a steel amp but can get good results too. If I have to pick a favorite I would have to say BOSS
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Rick Schacter
From:
Portland, Or.
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Posted 4 May 2013 3:57 pm
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| John Gould wrote: |
| The POD series stuff takes more work to make sound like a steel amp but can get good results too. |
I agree.
The Pod Farm software that comes with the UX2 works o.k. for pedal steel.
It's GREAT for 6 string guitar though.
Some of the pre-amp models in the software work pretty good for vocals and acoustic intruments too.
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 13 May 2013 8:52 pm recording direct
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Shobud > VP L-120 > Sarno V8 > MBoxPro > ProTools 10
I like it.
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Chris Schlotzhauer
From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 14 May 2013 4:51 am
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| The POD series stuff takes more work to make sound like a steel amp but can get good results too. |
I use the same patch (blackface) on my POD xt to record as I do live.
I only have to make sure the output is set to direct in or combo amp.
After that, just a few level tweeks, and hit record. |
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Keith Davidson
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 18 May 2013 7:26 am
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STEEL - HILTON VP - LINE 6 POD HD - MG24/14 MIXER - SONAR X2
Same set up that I use on stage but with a different mixer, wouldn't want to carry around the 24 channel....lol |
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Paul E. Brennan
From:
Dublin, Ireland
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Posted 23 May 2013 8:14 am
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| For the last session I did the engineer put me straight into the AD converter. Then he put a VST plugin in the steel track's effects. The plug-in was Kuassa Vermillion. I'm not sure what the amp and speaker cab models were. It sounded very good to me. With these VST plug-ins improving all the time there will soon be very little point in mic'ing an amp or using a valve pre-amp, pod, etc. Maybe we've already reached that point. |
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Daryl Thisdelle
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 5:44 am Valve Pre AMP
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Paul your take on how great the VST plug ins are and how the recording world we be backing away from Valve Pre's can not be more wrong. Yes VST are great but hard ware mic pres and the likes are growing more and more each day. More and more recording studio are going back to the way it was. Most studios today have both, digital and analog. There is a place for both in a studio. There will never be a time when analog equipment will be sold for a solely digital recording world. Your biggest and the best recording studios in the world have both.
Daryl
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Williams 700 Keyless SD 12 String Universal Lacguer Body Wood Neck Alumitone Pick Up GD Walker Stereo Steel Amp Preamp Combo With 2x15 inch JBL Speakers In Tuned Cabinets, Hilton Digital Sustain Pedal, Telonics Volume Pedal. Steel Seat With Back Rest And Swivel And Adjustable Legs. George L Cables. BJS Bar. Nookies Thumb Pick National Finger Picks. Jagwires Petterson Strobo Plus HD Tuner |
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John Macy
From:
Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 6:24 pm
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I just added the Brad Sarno V8 Octal pre into my arsenal, and just love it...I used a Mesa Boogie Studio Pre till now, but it's the Sarno from here on out...compact, too!
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John Macy
Rockport, TX
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Daryl Thisdelle
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 3 Nov 2013 7:23 am Valve Recording Pre
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One of my mic pres is the DW FEARN VT-2. Going direct into that is like walking out on a plank 100 feet into the Grand Canyon 200 ft up in the air. This valve pre is revered as one of the best in the recording industry. When you have equipment like this it is easy to understand how beautiful the sound you can have. The cost is up there though. But way worth it when you hear what it puts out.
Daryl
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Williams 700 Keyless SD 12 String Universal Lacguer Body Wood Neck Alumitone Pick Up GD Walker Stereo Steel Amp Preamp Combo With 2x15 inch JBL Speakers In Tuned Cabinets, Hilton Digital Sustain Pedal, Telonics Volume Pedal. Steel Seat With Back Rest And Swivel And Adjustable Legs. George L Cables. BJS Bar. Nookies Thumb Pick National Finger Picks. Jagwires Petterson Strobo Plus HD Tuner |
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 3 Nov 2013 8:45 am
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Record dry==>Sarno Black Box==>Interface==>DAW
The producer & engineer take it from there.
h
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Howard Parker
03\' Carter D-10
70\'s Dekley D-10
52\' Fender Custom
Many guitars by Paul Beard
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