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Using a practice amp, mic & web cam

tgriley62

tgriley62

Jan 25, 2011
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#1
Here is my equipment setup. I send music from my computer to my Fender Rumble 15 and use a regular mic to record both the the bass and music coming from the amp. The mic is plugged into the mic jack on my computer and is recorded on a web cam for both audio/video. Now here is the problem. Using the compter to set the volume of the music going to the amp it is hard to get a good balance between the music and bass. Either one or the other is drowned out. My question is there a better way to record if all you have is a practice amp and a Radio Shack mic

Thanks
 
#2
You don't want to track the music and the bass simultaneously. You didn't specify which DAW you're using, but you should send the mic'd amp into the computer by itself, while separately monitoring the music through a set of headphones.

A proper interface will go a long way in getting the quality of your recordings higher, and there are plenty that can be purchased for very little cash.
 
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silky smoove said:
You don't want to track the music and the bass simultaneously. You didn't specify which DAW you're using, but you should send the mic'd amp into the computer by itself, while separately monitoring the music through a set of headphones.

A proper interface will go a long way in getting the quality of your recordings higher, and there are plenty that can be purchased for very little cash.
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Thanks but I am not very computer savy. First, what is a DAW?. Second, I guess I did not ask the question in the right way, what I am wanting to do is combine my bass playing with the song I am playing along to and record it to listen to. Third, if I am listing to the song with headphones woudn't my bass be the only thing recorded?

I really thank you & sorry if this is confusing but like I said I know very little about mixing and recording
 
#4
DAW: Digital Audio Workstation

It's the term used to describe the software you're using to record. Logic, ProTools, Cubase, Garage Band, Reaper, Mixbus, Sonar, etc.

Doing what I described would indeed only record the bass, and not the music. That's what you want. Before the bass is recorded you would import the music that you'll be playing "over" onto one track, and record to another. Adjust the levels in your DAW to your satisfaction, and then bounce a file combining the two tracks. The bounced file will have your bass and the music.
 
#5
silky smoove said:
DAW: Digital Audio Workstation

It's the term used to describe the software you're using to record. Logic, ProTools, Cubase, Garage Band, Reaper, Mixbus, Sonar, etc.

Doing what I described would indeed only record the bass, and not the music. That's what you want. Before the bass is recorded you would import the music that you'll be playing "over" onto one track, and record to another. Adjust the levels in your DAW to your satisfaction, and then bounce a file combining the two tracks. The bounced file will have your bass and the music.
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Thanks a bunch, I have heard of a program "audacity" that is free, would that work?
 
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i use a Nady Audio mini mixer, my son refuses to call it a mixer, having grown up in the radio station that i work at :-) We refer to it as a volume-adjuster-device here at home. It lets me adjust the tow volumes i nto the amp mush easier than using the computer volume.
 

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