Any people recording at home here?

Hi everyone!

I thought it could be interesting to talk about home studio here and above all, prog oriented home studio. We could share pictures of our dens, share good gear tips and of course, sound samples!

More and more bands are recording at home nowdays and sound quality's getting better and better. How do you feel about it? Do you record yourself your own music and how?

Let's talk about it

Hi!

I like both amp modeling and real amp recording, I don't think one is best than the other, it's just different somtimes. I never used a Vamp but I own a Jstation which is really great too, with fantastic clean sounds! But actually, I record my tube amp, it's more difficult but the sound is different, but most of all, it's a different kind of feeling when we play...

Anyway, pictures would be welcome :)

Well you can find pics of the V-Amp2 on the net obviously but I also run it through a hi fi system when practicing, so I guess I can take photos of the V-amp2 together with the stereo and my effect pedals if you desire.
The problem is when running modeling units through guitar amps is, most guitar amp speakers have a ceiling frequency range of 5KHz to 5.5KHz and usually the low frequencies start from 70-80Hz on average.
I believe Line 6 use full range speakers in some of their amps though:)
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Modeling units are usually full frequency, so you actually get more realistic results running it through a hi fi system, a PA system or keyboard amp (basically anything that can go from 20Hz to 20Khz, Full Range Full Frequency (FRFR).

When I bought the V-amp2 I told the guys in the music store I intended to run it through a full frequency system (because the V-amp 2 goes all the way up to 16KHz, which is obviously way higher than what guitar amp speakers can produce. He told me he had never heard of people using them in anything other than guitar amps. I hate it when people are ignorant about things like that, it leads to bad advice sometimes.
I've tried my V-Amp2 through a guitar amp, and I didn't like it. It sounds a bit muffled and more digital and less realistic.
I've heard good things about the J Station btw, but my dream Modeling unit is the Fractal Audio Axe FX.
Check it out on the new, incredible unit and every person that owns one that used to previously own a Line 6, Boss, Behringer V-amp 2 etc modeling unit says nothing comes as close to the Axe FX when recreating tube tone as good as possible. Some people actually prefer the Axe Fx to their real tube amps because of greater tweakability.

*raises hand*

Man With Hat wrote: *raises hand*   I record at home. Well...at least at my grandmother's home. I'm in a band with my cousin. I play drums/percussion/keys and he plays bass/effects/keys. He has a kick ass little recording device that really picks up the sound well...even in a basement (which is where we record). I don't know the name of it (ain't mine ) but it's pretty sweet. It picks up sounds from the upstairs, can have a ridiculous amount of different tracks, and (seeminly) has a really good memory system (at least it has almost everything we've done still on it...which is about 5 hrs worth of material). I'll see if I can get a name of this device next time we record. Also, picture of our sound space/listening samples will appear in the next post.

Is this a hard disk driver? I used to own one, it was quite good, easier than computer indeed :)

Anaon wrote: Interesting picture indeed!! :) It makes me think of the Flower Kings percussionnist ;) Some pictures of my "home studio":

Great to see more people here :) Thanks for the pictures ;)

The Big Muff is a really classic distortion pedal but it has a sound on its own, it's nearly a fuzz pedal, a really dirty distortion if you know what I mean.

David Gilmour used an original one but it's David Gilmour and it sounds beautiful! You can find on Youtube a lot of Big Muff videos :)

Anaon wrote: Great to see more people here :) Thanks for the pictures ;) The Big Muff is a really classic distortion pedal but it has a sound on its own, it's nearly a fuzz pedal, a really dirty distortion if you know what I mean. David Gilmour used an original one but it's David Gilmour and it sounds beautiful! You can find on Youtube a lot of Big Muff videos :)

Hi!

Yes I know about what you stated. But all in all, a preamp into another preamp (any guitar amp has a preamp) isn't really the best thing to do...

Anyway, any other home recorder who submitted his album to PA maybe?

HughesJB4 wrote: Speaking of home recording, I'm about to record something now

Please tell me more

I'm actually mixing my first album, it takes so much times!!