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I've gone through a number of instructors over the year, and at some points have had more than one instructor at once.  Not every instructor excels at everything.  It sounds like your instructor has taught you what you've asked him to teach you.  Before you move on, perhaps you can discuss your new goals with him and see if he can accommodate. 

As an instructor myself, I know what I can offer my students.  I can offer them a solid foundation of theory, guitar mechanics, sight reading, improvisation, etc.  I can't offer them help on sweep picking, because that's nowhere in my wheelhouse.  I am also probably not your guy for blooz, because I don't prefer blooz.  If students come to me looking for something that doesn't fit what I can offer, I refer them to someone who can.


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Tools / Looking for a DAW? Cakewalk Professional Suite is now free!
« on: December 07, 2018, 16:16:33 PM »

If you're looking for a fully featured, professional DAW, Bandlab is now giving away the Cakewalk Pro suite here.


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Welcome to the Cool Kid's Club!


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Aww, looks like the voting is closed.  I would vote for invite only.  We need to keep those kids off of our lawn!!


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General Discussion / Re: We need your Thoughts
« on: December 07, 2018, 12:35:58 PM »

And of all the comrades that e'er I had

They are sorry for my going away

And all the sweethearts that e'er I had

They would wish me one more day to stay


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General Discussion / Re: I got to get drunk!
« on: December 07, 2018, 11:45:38 AM »

Well done!  Love the tune.


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Recording and Production / Re: Experiencing a weird issue with recording
« on: December 07, 2018, 11:43:01 AM »

Once you have your interface and a mic, check out this article on tracking that I wrote for @TheBuddha's page.


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Recording and Production / Re: Experiencing a weird issue with recording
« on: December 06, 2018, 01:31:23 AM »
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Im thinking the sound is too loud for the mic to handle

That's a matter of gain staging.  While not recommended, it's possible to use something super sensitive like an ribbon or condenser mic on a high SPL cab, you just have to work with mic placement and gain staging. 


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Recording and Production / Re: Experiencing a weird issue with recording
« on: December 05, 2018, 22:09:15 PM »
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> Are you planning on using a keyboard controller for soft synths?

Umm, maybe? I have no earthly idea, lol. I'm an utter neophyte when it comes to all this stuff.

In that case, I'm going to rule out any interfaces without MIDI I/O.  The cost difference is negligible, and if there's even a remote possibility that you'll use it in the future, you don't want to be replacing your interface in 6 months when you realize you need it.

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I'm downloading Cakewalk Pro now and I'll check it out. If I understand it correctly you run the guitar through an interface and into the software where you can record however many inputs the interface is designed for?

Got it in one.

Here is a 2 channel interface with MIDI in/out.  This was my first interface, and I credit this purchase for my entry into audio production.  It's easy to get good sounding recordings from this thing.  I later discovered that it's because the Presonus preamps are crazy hot.  It's like running a saturation plugin all the time, or a nice tube amp.  These things are $99, and while not the best interface on the planet, they're $99 and can still make a great recording.

I tend to like Focusrite preamps because they are a lot more transparent, but in order to get MIDI I/O, you are looking at $219 for the 2i4.

At $150, you have a LOT of choices:

Steinberg UR22mkII

Behringer Uphoria.  This one is a great deal because it has 4 inputs, and Midas preamps are pretty darned good.  They're not the top of the line Midas preamps, but Midas does not make junk.  It also has fantastic reviews.  Were it my money, this is what I'd be looking at.  I've recently replaced my Focusrite 18i20 with a Behringer X-Air X18 that has these same preamps, so all of my recent recordings are using similar gear.

Mackie Onyx producer at $119.  Personally, I hate Mackie preamps, but that's just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions...

Roland Rubix 22

At any rate, take a look at these interfaces...  Any one of them would do what you need, but the Behringer would probably give you a little room to grow.  I should probably mention that it's rare that I use more than 4 inputs at once.  Pretty much only when I'm recording drums, or the whole band at once.


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Recording and Production / Re: Experiencing a weird issue with recording
« on: December 05, 2018, 16:08:12 PM »

What you really need is an interface.  You can get by with a cheap mic... Believe it or not, I mic up my cabs with $39 GLS Audio ES-57's.  While I *do* own some more expensive mics, the ES-57's work a treat.

You can get a reasonable starter audio interface in the $100~ range.  Before I knew anything about this stuff, I was completely skeptical about audio interfaces.  I'm a computer guy, computer hardware should be good enough, right?  Nope.  There's no way I can possibly express the difference.  You simply need an interface.  If I know a little more about what you want to record now, and what your plans are for the next year in regards to what you want to record, I can offer some suggestions as to some decent starter interfaces.  How many instruments are you planning on recording at one time?  Are you planning on using a keyboard controller for soft synths?  For the record, when I'm putting my tracks together and recording the initial scratch track, I never use less than 2 inputs.  I've always got one mic on the guitar and one in my face.  More if I've got my drum machine going along with the scratch track.  I narrow that down to 1 mic when I'm doing the overdubs.

Next, we need to get you away from Audacity and onto a real DAW.  Bandlab now offers the entire Cakewalk Pro suite for free here.

Hit me back with info on what you're looking to do and I'll send you some interface recommendations.


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Recording and Production / Re: Welcome to the new board.
« on: December 01, 2018, 18:27:45 PM »

Aloha!  I'm looking forward to answering any questions I can and helping to up our production game!


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