recording compensated line out on a jcm900?
TOMMY
You can use that for recording right into your sound card directly with a DI box or just have your guitar plugged into the head and a line out to your PC or multitrack. IMP! Don't EVER disconnect your speakers from the head. This is not meant for this!
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Chris G.
harsh high end stuff that you get when you record direct. That is one
primary reason why normally most audio engineers prefer to mic up an amp
when recording it. Direct outputs from amps tend to be rather fuzzy
sounding. I've never used the one on the JCM-900 but I imagine that it's
not pretty sounding. You're probably better off micing it. However if your
4 track doesn't have XLR inputs, you might want to invest in a decent mic
preamp (or small mixer with XLR inputs) in order to get a little boost in
sound quality. The Shure SM-57 is a good cheap dynamic mic for recording
guitar amps. Also with the JCM-900, as you probably already know all too
well, to get the best tone out of it, it has to be cranked REALLY loud due
to the fact that it's a tube amp which usually sound sweeter when you get
power tube saturation, and because Marshall tube amps simply sound better
loud.
If the volume is a problem, then one solution is to run the "compensated"
line out into an amp sim like the Red Box MKIII. I have the older MKII
which works fairly well, but the MKIII is supposed to be much better. It's
a direct box but it has good cabinet emulation characteristics.
At any rate, like Tommy said, NEVER unplug the speakers from the amp head
and also I should add, NEVER try recording using the speaker outputs as some
type of direct output. That can fry the amp and your recorder. :(
Chris G.
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"Mark Haase" <n...@spam.please> wrote in message
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> hey everybody...
>
> i was wondering if any people out there trying to make decently quality
> recordings uses the recording compenstated line out on the marshall jcm
> 900s?
>
> i have a 50 watt 1x12 combo, and i'm trying to record a little EP for
> myself on a cheap tascam four track. i have a little $50 mic (i forget
> what kind) that i have been recording with, and it sounds fine enough
> for what i'm doing, but i'm wondering if the line out is usable?
>
> i don't even know what "recording compensated" means, except that it
> probably boosts treble to combat the high end loss of a tape?
>
> the reason why i ask is that i live in a house with a number of other
> people, and the best times for me to record are late at night/early in
> the morning...thats when i'm often bright and alert and there's no other
> people around to bother me..
>
> just curious. grazie
>
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