Features

• comprehensive guide to computer-based recording
• designed for guitarists
• topics include equipment, setup and recording techniques
• authored by M-Powered guitarist Chris Buono
• endorsed by M-Audio

The M-Audio Guide for the Recording Guitarist is a complete how-to resource for the guitarist who wants to take advantage of today’s creative hardware and software technology. Author and M-Powered guitarist Chris Buono provides a comprehensive gear overview—from microphones and monitors to software, controllers and recording interfaces that make it easy to connect your guitar to your computer. Featured topics include purchasing and setting up your equipment, making and optimizing connections, and recording final songs. It’s the only guide a guitarist needs to create high-quality recordings in the home studio.

There are many ways for you to create some live sound in your home, especially if you are thinking of establishing your own recording studio right inside your room, your recreational room, or even your garage. While you can make use of very professional speakers, mixers, and the best sound source, you can also add on to these a condenser microphone. This type of microphone is very effective in producing live sounds because it is very sensitive to even the tiniest sound that may not even be audible to the human ear. Because of this, this microphone is able to work even if you are working at the lowest volume.

There are a number of things that you need to know about a condenser microphone, so that you will also understand how it is able to give you the live sound that you want in your home. You have to know that this kind of microphone uses a capacitor. Although all microphones are known to work under the basic principle of having a diaphragm that receives music or audio and then converts this into an electrical signal, with the condenser mics, the diaphragm is placed in such a manner that it also acts as the capacitor. With this, the space between the plates inside the microphone is altered by the vibrations that are generated through the diaphragm. As a result, an Continue Reading...

“I plan to buy myself a microphone. What kind do you recommend for me?” Well, what are you going to use it for? If you plan to use your new mic on the stage for amplification you need to check out “dynamic-cardioid” mics, such as the Shure SM58 or the Shure Beta 58A. These are two of the most popular and effective stage mics available, but there are many more. Just go to your music store and ask about “dynamic-cardioid” mics. These mics are specifically designed for stage work. They have excellent sound, cause little feedback from speakers and are very tough (resistant to damage), and they usually run between $100 and $300. (The Shure SM58 costs $100. or less, and is excellent for stage work.)

Most of the mics I’m discussing can also be found on Ebay at reduced prices.

If you plan to use your mic just for recording you’d be wise to look at “condenser” mics such as the Rode NTG-2 or the AKG C 2000 B. These are just two popular, but Continue Reading...