Why Do My Recordings Sound Awful?, Sm57... should be good...
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Dec 4 2007, 02:51 AM
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Okay I definitely remember reading on one of the lessons that the equipment used included recording through an SM57 microphone.

I happen to also use a SM57... yet when I record guitar it sounds awful. Am I playing too loud? I kept turning up my volume and the background music's volume because it didn't pick it up well enough when I was playing quieter. However now it just sounds muddy and disgusting.

I don't want to plug directly into my computer because the output jack from my amp (line 6 spider III) makes it so that no sound comes out of the amp if you've got something plugged into the output jack, so I can't hear myself playing.

Does anyone know how I can make this better?

Here's an example of my awful sound quality (I've only been playing guitar for 5 months.. just found the site (so I haven't actually been able to practice any of the lessons yet)... so the playing itself's not so good lol): http://youtube.com/watch?v=_xN_UJGpubo

You can feel free to give advice/make comments on the playing itself if you want, though I doubt you'll really be able to hear it.

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Bogdan Radovic
Dec 4 2007, 10:34 PM
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How are you recording these ? Do you plug the microphone directly into computers sound card, or do you have a mixer or preamp or something and than to computer ? I recomend line 6 tone port (it has mic input and preamp in it) and that way you can make realy good quality recordings on your computer!

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- -orb-   Why Do My Recordings Sound Awful?   Dec 4 2007, 02:51 AM
- - OrganisedConfusion   Explain exactly how you record. You should listen ...   Dec 4 2007, 03:31 AM
- - nickmarx12345678   alright the first thing thats really screwing it u...   Dec 4 2007, 03:38 AM
- - MickeM   Keep the backingtrack in your headphones, put the ...   Dec 4 2007, 08:45 AM
- - -orb-   Okay thanks for the help guys. I didn't know ...   Dec 4 2007, 10:30 AM
- - Milenkovic Ivan   LEt the 57 be as close to the cone as possible, sl...   Dec 4 2007, 09:55 PM
|- - -orb-   QUOTE (Bogdan @ Dec 4 2007, 04:34 PM) How...   Dec 5 2007, 12:44 PM
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- - Milenkovic Ivan   Thats good man, it is not the sound card. Try to e...   Dec 5 2007, 10:58 PM
- - -orb-   I will as soon as I can record again. My mic cord...   Dec 6 2007, 12:15 PM
|- - Toni Suominen   QUOTE (-orb- @ Dec 6 2007, 01:1...   Dec 7 2007, 03:52 PM
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- - -orb-   http://youtube.com/watch?v=nE9lH_PdbBk That's...   Dec 10 2007, 02:06 AM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (-orb- @ Dec 10 2007, 02...   Dec 11 2007, 04:17 PM
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- - Toni Suominen   Much better -orb-, but yeah, record with audacity,...   Dec 10 2007, 09:40 PM
- - Bogdan   Yeah this is a big difference When you get even m...   Dec 11 2007, 04:01 PM
- - Wallimann   Your playing is not bad dude!   Dec 11 2007, 04:20 PM
- - -orb-   Thanks guys! It's finals week at college,...   Dec 12 2007, 12:42 AM
- - -orb-   I got time in to record a song using audacity toda...   Dec 15 2007, 11:51 AM
- - Joe Kataldo   Try to aim the sm57 to the inside dust cup of the ...   Jan 4 2008, 02:36 PM
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