How to Record Yourself Playing Guitar
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- 🎸 Learn how to record yourself playing guitar! Recording yourself is the most powerful tool for improving your guitar playing! Here's how to get started and some production basics for beginners! 👉 This lesson is part of my Beginner Guitar Course - Grade 3. Free course here: www.justinguitar.com/classes/... #justinguitar #guitarforbeginners #musicproduction
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👉 Video Chapters
00:00 Why You Should Record Yourself
03:13 Basic Equipment
06:21 Audio Interface & Software
08:32 Headphones
09:53 Software & Studio Monitors
13:19 Start Recording!
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When you are making a video for beginners, I love the way that you never assume previous knowledge, Justin. So many UA-cam presenters throw around acronyms and technical terms right from the start, but you always take the time to define an acronym or a tech term the first time you use it. For example, even for something as simple as a "D.A.W.", you took the time to quicky clarify that it means "Digital Audio Workstation". Respect! ✊
agree!!
@@Tea-Spin And pros would not be listening to this channel, since they are know-it-alls.
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Recording yourself is loads and loads of humbling embarrassment. Until the timing issues and accuracy mistakes are worked out. It gradually becomes…”wow, that sounded good!”
That’s my problem. I hear every mistake and think my rhythm is terrible. My rhythm is terrible, so I don’t record myself. I guess I need to record myself so I can learn my mistakes.
@@tybrady1935 First few times recording, even with a looper, I thought “well, let’s not do THAT again!”
But powering through that, and knowing exactly what parts need help, gets more focused practice time. I’ve got some tracks I kept that were “ugh” then that I know I’m better at now.
@@tybrady1935metronome and the Dolby On app.
Wo! Getting ahead of ourselves here! I started by using my phone and recording playing and singing! Not the greatest quality I know, but if you want to see how your timing is, it’s a good start! Also a smart phone will allow you to access great recording apps! I remember Jeff Lynne saying he wrote his first songs on a reel to reel tape recorder! So you don’t need to spend loads to start!! Just start!! Good luck everyone!👍
Yes, best teaching tool I've had. I found Easy Voice Recorder Pro is the best interface for my mind, can multitrack, record along with your previous track, edit clips as you playback, very easily, with record shortcuts, choice to use cloud storage or device, can share and store with different file types to choose from, yet simple, straightforward enough for an older person's, (no time to mess around) enjoyment ;) this app has encouraged my playing the most, to hear and then overcome self taught habitual discordant moves.. Im playing for me, not necessary to have a polished recording, just clear enough.
I noticed an odd paradox when I first began recording my guitar playing. That is, I can never get a good recording before I can first play a piece well.... but I will never be able to play a piece well until I have first recorded (and analyzed it). The solution was to just assume my first recording of a piece (and maybe even the first 10 recordings of it) are going to sound horrible. Carefully critiquing my own playing makes each "take" better than the previous one, however. Thank you for your guidelines, Justin! Your advice of "just jump in there and give it a go" (paraphrasing) is spot on!
My friends and I mostly use Reaper (a DAW). It is Mac and PC compatible. Best of all it is free. During the pandemic we all recorded our tracks for a song then had one person mix it (also in Reaper). It then can be saved as an mp3 file. You can even correct timing mistakes and sync up tracks.
Good introduction to recording one self as a tool for improvement. Much respect for you as a teacher and the fact that you taught yourself to play left-handed in order to relate to your students speaks volumes about you as an instructor. You are the best out there. Thanks for your videos!
I’ve recently started doing some recording of myself. It’s been a great learning experience. My guitar playing has benefited and I’ve had a lot of fun learning how to record.
Thanks Justin I am 40 and in the process of trying to record some songs I have written but didn't realize it was so easy and accessable. Great advice.
Perfect timing. Lots of great info as always, thank you!
Justin, thank you for everything you do. You singlehandendly are making the workd a better place by populating it with musicians.
Always great stuff Justin. Been watching you for over a decade. I wouldn't be able to play at all without you.
This is great Justin. Saving this for later to really listen a d take it in. Been recording myself for a while but can't wait to hear your take on things
I have a simple setup, I use a DigiTech RP90 modeling pedal and use the headphone out to run into the line in on my PC. I mostly bypass the effects, but sometimes use them, and then play with effects plugins using Cakewalk (it's free).
I would use an audio interface over my pedal, but this specific pedal was not working and was given to me for free by my local guitar shop, I'm an electronics hobbyist and I removed the burned part and replaced it with something better. Works perfectly now.
I don't use Apple products for ethical reasons.
What a great video - thanks for sharing!
Thank you Justin for another great lesson. And I love your T-shirt!
I recently got myself an iRig HD2 to use with GarageBand, along with an AudioTechnica USB microphone and a pair of Sony headphones. I have already recorded quite a few songs as practice and I think I managed to develop a bit. Thanks for all your hard work, Justin!
Another great video! A nice DAW feature is that you can record the raw guitar signal when you play and you can replay your raw signal in the DAW and tweak all the effects like distortion, reverb, delay and equalizer settings later.
Love and respect from India 🇮🇳❤\m/
Thank you so much, Justin! I have been meaning to try recording, but am a bit intimidated by all the new technology. (I had an old 4-track back in the 90s) You answered my questions that I didn't even know how to ask. Thanks!
Cardinal Back has the amazing Chris Buck. Thank you Justin
Thx Justin I’ve been wanting to record myself
I was literally just thinking “i want to record myself so i can analyze my playing, but i don’t quite know how”. Great timing
Thanks @Justin. You have a great way of motivating people - well me at least. Recording has fallen into the too hard basket, when deep down I know that it’s not. This recording basics overview will get me to link up my gear this weekend, to finally master the curse of the non-quantised loop!
Want to discover more? There is a lot to explore about this on the website! | Check: www.justinguitar.com/advanced_search?q=record to get an idea! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Cardinal Black - awesome!
This 20 min video would have saved me about a hundred hours of researching products and watching product demos trying to figure out what I needed.. perfect video sir… we all appreciate you…
Oh and love your t shirt…. Great band!
One of my favorite benefits about recording myself is easily remembering ideas, or discovering some random jam years after I recorded it. Or you might make some kind of "mistake" during a specific take (e.g. accidental rhythm change) that you end up liking so much you incorporate it into the final version of the song.
I am still very much a beginner, but I am amazed at how much better I sound when I hear my recording.
I use the cable from Rocksmith with a USB-A to USB-C adapter to hook my guitar up to my phone and record through the Recorder app (Google Pixel). It works great.
So i have heard from the pros : SM57 and 58 are basically the same. You can achieve the same result with both, the cup on top looks different. For some reason, a 57 remains the main option because it's a great mic for guitars, amp and drums. Works very well for vocals too
Yes, you are correct. Aside from the top "housing", the microphone itself is exactly the same.
I recently got into doing audio book narration. For this I acquired a Focusrite Solo, a AT20/20 mic, Shure studio monitor headphones and Reaper DAW for my PC. More recently I bought an electric guitar. Nothing expensive but a good Strat copy. I can't begin to tell you how much fun I'm having... Great video Justin, as all yours are. I wish you could hear my bends and curls.
For Pcs (also available for macs) i fully recommend gig performer, which is similar to GarageBand. Is a really cool tool to load vsts and also do a proper set up for a live performance
The first time I heard a recording of my playing, I almost tossed the D-28 into the fireplace!
Just getting into this and very helpful. Parallels some of my research. In fact, looking at fishman rare earth pickup for acoustic that should help me create a good IR to get good guitar sound while using sm58 for voice
Love the shirt! 😀
I have been using Cubase for years (now Cubase 12) , I have a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4.Rode mic and I use THU to record guitars and basses, Halion 7 for keyboards and waves plugins for reverb etc, studio monitors are Near 05 by esi (hoping to change them soon) and headphones AKG k240 mk 2, for drums I use XLN addictive drums
I switched from PC to Apple 15 or 20 years ago to get GarageBand and it was a great decision. I just recorded an album hybrid home and pro studio. I was using GarageBand and the pro studio used Pro Tools. No problem.
Thank you so much, you could have also shown the equipments and done a demo.
Justin provides terrific advice here for those starting out, but I thought I might add another point which might be of relevance to some. I currently use Cubase Pro, and have bought the license, but when I first started out, I actually scored a free version of the basic Cubase offering. It's owned by Yamaha, so often, you buy a Yamaha product, and you can score a free version of Cubase. Over the last two years, on two separate occasions I've scored a free version because I bought a Yamaha product. Something to keep in mind. Cheers, Joey.
For an interface I can recommend the Beringer UMC202HD, Cheaper than the Focusrite. Has Phantom Power. 192khz sample rate. ASIO drivers. fairly good pre-amps.
That was a very good and thorough lesson. I also agree that Garageband is very powerful and pretty easy to use but can be almost as complex as anyone needs. Maybe someday you could do a lesson on recording NOT using a computer. The small Tascam and Zoom units are pretty cool, record digitally, pretty cheap and very portable. Plus you can still bring them into GarageBand for additional tracks and/or mixing. I love having both set ups for versatility and portability.
For audio interface I always recommend the Motu M2 over the Scarlett simply because it adds front-panel metering for the same price. It's a big help with recording levels.
I've been curious about the Motu M2. Pricing in Australia is around $140 more than Scarlett 2i2 which is over 50% higher. Looking at Sweetwater in US they seem to be much closer in price.
PreSonus has the Studio 24c which has the metering and is same price as the Scarlet. Don't know what it's like though.
Very Cool, Thankyou. I run my Guitars/Amplifiers and Vocal Microphone through an inexpensive Behringer mixer then that goes into an inexpensive 2in/2out Behringer Audio Interface going out to Affordable M-Audio Studio Monitors. I Record Video too so record through simple Windows "Camera" program using the Interface for my Audio. Seems to work OK for simple UA-cam music Videos. Cheers
Talking about Guitars...wow...that's a stunning Guitar!
Comes in handy now that I want to start Recording again great Video as always.
Thank you for summarizing my last 5 years in a short video..!!
Cheers 😊
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👀 Looks like SOMEONE went to a Cardinal Black show in his area and is now peep in’ his souvenir tee! Hope you had fun, Justin! I hope CB will make it to NYC sometime too.
That pink guitar is beautiful
Dating myself here but I invested in a used Zoom PS02 Palmtop Studio way back in 2001/2002. Best investment ever. It has drum programming and an impressive guitar effects section and amp/cab simulator, so I created my own backing tracks. I still have old demos I did on it. The sole downside? Dead media in the form of SmartMedia cards (precursor to SD Cards). I still use it for practice, training, etc.
I don't use use the computer for recording currently. Backwards? Yup. But I don't have space nor time for a full computer based set up. I bought a Boss BR 80 to update my portable demo set up. I'm using it merely as a musical sketchpad and to work on my own ideas and tweaking my other bandmates tunes (we work on each other's stuff).
I have done some recordings using my phone's voice recorder. Not at all ideal in anyway, but a quick go-to resource to capture ideas on the fly when you cannot access your recording set up or portable device. I would rather have a great idea on a crappy phone recording than lose the music flowing through at that moment.
Hi Justin…any chance you could create a video showing us newbies how to record on garage band, e.g., a walk through?
Check out a channel called "The Garageband Guide". It's dedicated to, you guessed it, all things Garageband and it has beginner tutorials.
@@iduncanw thanks for the info - I'll check it out!
Check these "Getting into Garage Band" video's! | www.justinguitar.com/modules/getting-into-garage-band | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Hey Justin, this is very helpful. I think your video looks awesome too, do you have some recommendations on recording videos? Like camera, lighting, things like that.
hmm not so much, most in this module is oriented around the audio | www.justinguitar.com/modules/recording-techniques-1 and www.justinguitar.com/modules/production-basics-with-adam-g | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
I currently record on my smart phone camera app set on video. I am definitely improving my playing, and have done so with your lessons, but can say that I will never be 'out there' performing. Is the Garage Band approach he most basic next step beyond the rudimentary phone video?
When you buy an interface look for a bundle that includes a mic, mic stand, headphones, and cables. The bundles are not the best quality parts included, but they are a deal and you can decide what to upgrade latter.
Great video. A quick question, on setting the input gain where should we set volume on the guitar itself?
If you connect your guitar directly to the digital interface without any effects in between you typically wanna set the volume on the guitar all the way up and adjust the volume on the digital interface. That will give you the best signal to noise ratio.
Can you do a video on how to record songs that change time signature and bpm and how to work out what time signatures you're using.
Don’t forget that GarageBand also runs on iPhones and iPads.
You need a $20-$30 “camera adapter” that gives you a USB and a power port. Most peripherals require that extra power. NOTE: your iPhone charger usually won’t have enough power (5w is too low). My ipad charger does.
You can open your projects on any of your devices too, so you can record tracks on different devices.
Thanks that is helpful. Was trying to figure out how to use iPad the other day with Garage Band.
@@MrA1582000 If your iPad has a headphone socket, don’t let go of it.
I've got a boss br900 it good
thanks Justin! i would like to start producing my own music videos, is there any advice you could give us on managing recording your audio, and then syncing it up your video?
There is A LOT to explore about this on the website! | Check: www.justinguitar.com/advanced_search?q=record to get an idea! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
I would pay an ungodly amount of money to take some one on one lessons from Justin.
Very inspiring! I started using Cubase AI on PC with small Yamaha THR5 amp, and it serves the purpose. Has anybody suggestions?
Hey J!
Your guitar has 3 different pick ups? Custom? One strat-like? Humbucker? And?
cool shirt! It's from the band of Chris Buck, right?
Good advice. But IMO two small things missing:
1. If you want to connect your electric guitar directly to an audio interface, make sure the audio interface has an instrument level input (often marked "INST" or "HI-Z". Most audio interfaces have this, but it may be something you have to turn on for the input you use. If you don't so this, the signal level will be very low.
2. Many modern modelling systems (including the Katana Justin shows) have a built in audio interface, so you can record directly to a PC over USB. Obviously you won't be able to record singing this way, but for just recording the guitar, it's a quick and easy method which gives great results.
Nothing to stop you plugging a microphone into the Katana input using the 'acoustic' amp. It works fine, the reverb effect is handy too.
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Awesome! But...where's the lesson on Whole Lotta Love? Hahaha!
Here! www.justinguitar.com/songs/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love-chords-tabs-guitar-lesson-sg-109
@@justinguitar Yeeeeeehaaaaa! Thanks!
Whats the schematic tat on yer right arm? Great tips btw!!
Clearly a blueprint for a doomsday device.
If I'm not mistaken, that is part of a schematic of Justin's favourite amp or at least one of his favourites, a '59 Fender Bassman amp. | www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/2016-jan-09-open-q-a-lv-100b | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Theres a free one i think called Reaper. ....That was funny....LOL. I've got videos with you from back in the day when you were lyrical about reaper and explained that it was a free , easy and a really good sounding option.Thats what got me into Reaper....:)
Please do liver version of let her go, that would be sick
Thought this would be useful, and it is. Recording is out, at least for this lifetime. LOL, BEST AND PEACE
Awesome overview Justin but absolutely not the advice I would give someone earlier in their guitar journey. Avoid desktop audio interfacing, buying mics etc. I would start with getting a high quality portable multitrack recorder device with a built-in stereo mic from TASCAM or something like the zoom h4n. They have XLR inputs when you want to get fancier and try buying nicer mics, but the built-in stereo condenser that these come with are pretty good, and it's an all-in-one usb interface, portable recorder with local storage, and microphone in a cheap package ($300-$500 range). You can use it with your PC, you can use it with your band practice, you can use it if you're an opening act at a show: Record the room with it, or ask the mixer guy to give you a stereo line direct into the recorder. You can use it for band practice, recording a demo, anything really. Also, you won't have to worry about latency or dual mic phasing issues (since the position is fixed) :)
Also for practice, and simply listening to yourself and getting better on your own. Nothing beats a looper pedal on your board. It's not just for loops, I often use it to stop and listen to myself if I'm working on an idea, or judging some improv I'm trying to do etc. Maybe I'll whip out my iPhone if I want to record something I wrote and not forget, but the last thing I'm going to do if I'm in the middle of practice and some creative process is fire up my laptop and recording gear (unless I was already intending to do that of course).
@JustinGuitar-->>>What is the best free software for Windows 11 that a guitarist can use to record themselves using the micro mustang by Fender? Something that you can use to add drums & bass?
My guess is Audacity, it has a lot of built in features and extra plugins you can download if you need more effects. There is a lot to explore about this on the website! | Check: www.justinguitar.com/advanced_search?q=recording to get an idea! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
I’m almost inspired to blow the dust off of my studio one. Almost.
Hey you! Thanks for the video about recording. Because you let's say you have a guitar and there's nothing to do and something to do. And you play it for 15 minutes. You hear a song that is acoustic or distortion. And you hear a song that you like because it's recorded. I like the song from black Sabbath OZZY RATT MOTLEY CRUE METALLICA PANTERA. Is recording something you want to do with your playing? Anyway I typed in and looked in play store on my phone if there is a sound recorder. And there is. Anyway let's say 12 songs is one album. I have 2500 recorded guitar on file on my phone. And I had to get another phone because only the top of the screen lights up you can't see when the phone is on like it's supposed to. Yellowbeard
Yes; record yourself and listen to it to evaluate yourself. Being 100% focused on the listening, you will hear things you won't hear when playing yourself; especilly if you want to train your rhyhm and timing! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
For under $ 50 get a TC electronics Wiretap. No PC no fuss.
You could have given a live demo.. That would have been much helpful. Just from the conversation, picture is not clear..!!
Good lord you’re adorable. Where do you get your hats?
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What is your Twitch handle Justin? If you don’t have one, could I suggest that you have a once per week session with someone like Jenny or whatever her name was. Those lessons were great! Teach someone guitar stuff live on stream every other week. And then do your magic guitar stuff every other week. Special guests? Maybe bring Jenny back for a couple streams. While the initial time sink would be considerable. The payoff is that you would have a live real time working knowledge of Abelton. Abelton is the software of working musicians. You could learn a lot by streaming.
Ok, ok. So initially it is a time sink. But then it is a couple hours per week with no post production. No post production! One and done. You are dine with the Stream when the camera is off.
This is my long and winding road leading you to the future of pro and amature music. Live streaming. Thank you.
Hello tommy shelby 🙌
Pc has Bandlab.
First off, 1500 views in an hour? Holy ghost and mother Mary that's great!
Second, I record for posterity, for me to suit me. Thirdly, I ain't no engineer. So if it sounds off. Solly cholly, go find dolly with a Polly.
I just use a looper. I'm not good enough to put anymore money than that.
Carriage band ?
Always get nervous when I record
Great information. As always. But for practice you can keep it very simple by just using your phone. Not even a new one. I have an iPhone 11. It has a good camera and a decent recorder. With an inexpensive external mic it does a “decent” job. Perfect for a quick video to see how really bad you actually are at playing guitar! 😂
young man you said apple lap top what would be a good one and not so much $$ please thank you
Apple Mac Mini would be more affordable than a MacBook and should have more power for less $
Oh, I don’t know Justin, I can’t even stand to hear myself speak let alone play guitar 🎸. I’m the worst guitarist this side of the Tallahassee
Yes, the more ye know the further ye can go. Study, study, study... Practice what you've learnt. Listen. Learn. Grow. Then get rich and hire Quincey Jones...
Oh yeah, recording gear. Like a tiny black hole next to your wallet. 😅 Then again, it's really impressive how much you can do at home these days, even with very affordable equipment. And yes, recording yourself is one of the best things to boost your progress. It keeps you grounded and it's really rewarding when things finally start to sound good.
Another piece of advice: invest in some good drum software, a decent pad controller, and learn a bit of finger drumming. Not only does it improve your sense of rhythm, but you can lay down your own drum tracks to jam over.
Two telephones and one bluetoothspeaker is all you need. A backingtrack and one telephone on video makes pretty good sound actually. Cheapest way too listen to yorself.
Is there software even easier than Garage Band??? I found Garage Band to be EXTREMELY confusing and difficult to use. So difficult that I gave up on trying to record. Anyone still have a good cassette deck I can buy?? Now that was easy!!!! This modern technology drives me crazy!!! I swear I'm going to punch out the next person who say's "It's easy"!! BS it's easy! Flipping a light switch is easy, popping in a cassette is easy!! Today's BS is anything but easy!!
". . .available for both Mac and PC."
Justin -- I'm guessing you mean "Windows-based PC" rather than just "PC". It's worth being clear about this, as lots of people use PCs but do not use Windows.
It’s all way too complicated.Sounds like Chinese to me.Tape recorder anyone?😂😂😂
There is a lot to explore about this on the website! | Check: www.justinguitar.com/advanced_search?q=record to get an idea! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
Too much chatter. Sorry but it gets extremely tiring in the end