Audacity Forum

Hey, I use Audacity on Vista for recording guitar. Everything works fine, beside one thing: When I record something on the high notes, like solos or so, the sound is very stuffy - it doesn't sound right at all..

I have no idea what is causing this problem, so I would like to hear if some of you out there does.

Thanks.

Without detailed information about your set-up and an example WAV file it could be just about anything. A poor microphone, poor sound card, incorrect recording levels, exporting in a low quality format..... or any number of other things.

stevethefiddle wrote:Without detailed information about your set-up and an example WAV file it could be just about anything. A poor microphone, poor sound card, incorrect recording levels, exporting in a low quality format..... or any number of other things.

Okay, I recorded a little sample so you can hear what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3g7cTWJzs

Do you have your guitar or amplifier plugged into the Microphone Input of your laptop?

The problem with inspecting artistic performances is there's no way to know what the original intention was. That clip sounds exactly like a conventional Jimmy Hendricks fuzz guitar.

http://www.last.fm/music/Jimi+Hendrix/_ ... led+Banner

If it was intended to sound like a pure clean acoustic guitar, then we need to figure out how you have things plugged together.

Koz

kozikowski wrote:Do you have your guitar or amplifier plugged into the Microphone Input of your laptop?

The problem with inspecting artistic performances is there's no way to know what the original intention was. That clip sounds exactly like a conventional Jimmy Hendricks fuzz guitar.

http://www.last.fm/music/Jimi+Hendrix/_ ... led+Banner

If it was intended to sound like a pure clean acoustic guitar, then we need to figure out how you have things plugged together.

Koz

I use a Behringer Guitar Link UCG 102 to plug my guitar into my pc (http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/UCG102.aspx).

For the recorded piece I used distortion, which works fine when I record something on the lower notes

Havok wrote:I use a Behringer Guitar Link UCG 102 to plug my guitar into my pc (http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/UCG102.aspx).

For the recorded piece I used distortion, which works fine when I record something on the lower notes

The audio clip sounds like a guitar playing through a distortion pedal. What makes you think this is an Audacity problem?

stevethefiddle wrote:

Havok wrote:I use a Behringer Guitar Link UCG 102 to plug my guitar into my pc (http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/UCG102.aspx).

For the recorded piece I used distortion, which works fine when I record something on the lower notes

The audio clip sounds like a guitar playing through a distortion pedal. What makes you think this is an Audacity problem?

It doesn't really sound clear or sharp - it sounds very stuffy

Make sure that you are recording at 44100Hz 16 bit or higher (Edit > Preferences > Quality)
Try changing the settings on the Behringer, or using the Equalizer effect to boost the treble.
Export as WAV format rather than MP3.

stevethefiddle wrote:Make sure that you are recording at 44100Hz 16 bit or higher (Edit > Preferences > Quality)
Try changing the settings on the Behringer, or using the Equalizer effect to boost the treble.
Export as WAV format rather than MP3.

Hmm, I changed the settings to what you said, but now it won't record anything at all

Havok wrote:

stevethefiddle wrote:Make sure that you are recording at 44100Hz 16 bit or higher (Edit > Preferences > Quality)
Try changing the settings on the Behringer, or using the Equalizer effect to boost the treble.
Export as WAV format rather than MP3.

Hmm, I changed the settings to what you said, but now it won't record anything at all

No, never mind - I fixed it again.

But, the sound is still the same when I record, as before I changed the settings