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Carlos,

I don't hear ANY hiss, buzz, pops or clicks on your music. How do you get such a clean signal capture on that guitar? Give us an idea of your gear you use for capturing the guitar, please?
Cabling used?

I don't think I ever heard an internet recording that didn't have some type of hiss/buzz going on with a guitar recording. Yours is flawless.
What gear do you have in your rack there, LOL ?
Thanks,

Trax



Thanks Trax. As I described in last reply, I used LINE6 PODxt as guitar direct recording box connected via USB to my PC and Real Band (with the propietary Line6 asio driver). That make a clean patch since all remain in the digital domain. However also depends on the guitar too, internal wiring and good shielded in order to avoid interferences and noises, even strings condition play a role. When I record guitar I use to stand away of magnetical/electrical fields or radiations coming from some electronic gear in studio like displays, transformers, racks. Localize and remove ground loops in AC electrical supply circuit, even when you are in a direct recording procedure try to stops air conditioners and other electrical motors around.

When I need an extra "valve" colour sometimes I use a PreSonus BlueTube as first stage for guitar...with its 12AX7 tube it bring a delicious warm analog soft overdrive that amp/ simulators devices welcome greatly!

My usual guitar gear...hardware and software:
Guitar: Overloud TH1 1.1.3 vst/standalone ( I am member of the beta tester, demo writer and preset developer team for Overloud, Italy), LINE6 PODxt. M-Audio Black Box. Lexicon PCM-70, my goods and faithful asortment of analog pedals...some really vintage like BOSS Dimension C, an Ibanez TS-9 overdrive, a Big Muff and an old 25 years Cry Baby ! . Guitar amps: Roland Cube, Soldano T100C. For live I use them and also Marshall, Fender availables around and my bluesy jewel favorite: a Mesa Boogie LoneStar special 60 watt.
For this recordings: Guitar Godin xtSA, pickup: neck (humbucker Godin/Seymor Duncan GHN1) strings: Ernie Ball 0.10, guitar cables: Fender California, Planet Waves and any cable well constructed/noise isolated. pick: 3mm. Jim Dunlop Big Stubby

cheers