Mic Recording of Guitars versus Not Mic Recording

There's no pat answer to your question. It depends on what type of amp you're miking, your guitar, etc. I use my Pod XT Pro for some things, and miked amps for others. Any way you can get the sound you're looking for is the right way.

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I would suggest you always try to maximize your flexibility for later on... I always have a guitar player plug in to a DI box...which gets recorded as a sep channel. The DI feeds his regular amp, which I mic, usually with a SM 57 or another dynamic. You can use multiple mics if you pay attention to phasing issues. This can add lots of depth and space if you mic on axis with a dynamic, a condenser away a few feet (or even behind the amp if its an open back). But again, gotta watch the phase. When mixing you can use an amp modeler like guitar rig, sans amp, etc on the "Dry" DI signal in order to mix with the mic signals if they didn't turn out as well as you'd hoped. Or, just use'em to make your tracks even huger!! This will work with your pod too. You can send the recorded "dry" DI signal out of your DIGI hardware and into the pod, then record it back in to the DIGI to another channel. You can reamp continuously this way! No reason to "get stuck" with a tone you hate. But again, make sure when you reamp, just like when using multiple mics, that you are checking that the waves are in phase with each other. -Gorka

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I've been meaning to ask this: With the 002r, do i need a DI unit? I have recorded using my J-Station and I've started playing around with the amplitube demo. But I keep seeing statements about using DI's with guitars for level matching. I'm able to get good strong signals into ProTools with the input gain at about the 1:00 to 2:00 position Is a DI not nessasary with the 002r because it has "instrument preamps"? Meaning that the recording that I've done is getting all the signal that I need. Or will I be blown away at how much more ( signal, tone, etc) that I'll get by having my guitar or my J-Station run through a DI? Thanks for sharing y'all's experience. gigs.