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vrbpodcast Episode 6




Gear ready i.e. microphone, leads, USB cable, mic stands, etc.

Guitar ready, tuned and conditioned for recording.

Softwares installed and working properly.

  •    USB audio interface which is Guitar Rig Session IO
  •    DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) I am using EnergyXT other softwares that can be used are Cubase, Audacity, Garageband, Mixcraft, Amplitube, etc.
It's time to RECORD!

1. Open and setup DAW by going to the OPTIONS or Preference or Setup and then Audio Device should be on ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) and not on DS or (Direct Soundcard).
Setup or adjust Buffer size to 264 and this is for the latency of the sound from your instrument to actual recording.
Sample rate should be 44100 Hz.
Record:  16-bits or you can choose 32-bits.
Bitrate: 128 kbs or 256 kbs.

2. Plug in microphone and adjust the position from your acoustic guitar or towards your guitar amplifier.  No need if you're going to use AmpliTube, Garageband or Guitar Rig coz virtually you can adjust it from the software. Alternatively, use a gadget or like myself I'm using my Digitech RP55 multieffects processor.

3. Plug in your guitar to the gadget then to your amp or like what Im doing right now, plug in to Digitech RP55 then to Guitar Rig Session on the instrument input and test if it's working and adjust volume accordingly.

4. Turn off the loop button or uncheck it, however, in my case with EnergyXT, I can leave it on and put in some drum loops and the recording will just continue while the drum loops keep repeating.

5. Playback and listen, adjust if needed, slice and select which is best or redo and repeat recording.

6. When satisfied with your output then call it a finished project.  Save it with the title that you like or just simply use UNTITLED1.

7. You can export your recording either WAVE file or an MP3 format and share it to your bandmates or collaborate with other musicians online especially on YouTube.

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