Recording the Electric Guitar

Today, the students of the Recording Arts class learned about the signal flow through an electric guitar amplifier, and how to mic it for recording.  In addition to the close mic (pictured), they also used a DI box (pictured) to record the dry signal directly from the guitar.  This is useful for amp emulation during post-production, and also for re-amping.  Furthermore, we setup two ambient room mics at different distances to capture natural reverb that may be used in the mix.