what's the difference between distortion and overdrive for guitars?

[QUOTE=airborne50caliber]what's the difference between distortion and overdrive for guitars?[/QUOTE]

overdrive is smoother, less harsh, and maintains moreof the original tone.

really! I didn't now that! So assuming I have no good distortion possiblities on my computer and I have to haev the amp on distortion/overdrive, overdrive will be better for recording? (My guitar recordings are often 'farty')

[QUOTE=airborne50caliber]really! I didn't now that! So assuming I have no good distortion possiblities on my computer and I have to haev the amp on distortion/overdrive, overdrive will be better for recording? (My guitar recordings are often 'farty')[/QUOTE]

well, overdrive is never high gain. the thoery of it is that distortion has the waves clipped squarely, whereas overdrive has the peaks lowered, so it still clips, but its still a curve.

All metal sounds are generally distortion.

what does anyone think about the audix i-5 opposed to the sm57?

and does anyone have any experience with the behringer ultragain mic200 preamp?

sorry for all the questions and not many answers in return... im learning.

[QUOTE=airborne50caliber]really! I didn't now that! So assuming I have no good distortion possiblities on my computer and I have to haev the amp on distortion/overdrive, overdrive will be better for recording? (My guitar recordings are often 'farty')[/QUOTE]
you might try double or even triple tracking the overdrive to add more gain without loosing much tone. just make sure you keep the levels down on the software.

[QUOTE=thisisromance]what does anyone think about the audix i-5 opposed to the sm57?

and does anyone have any experience with the behringer ultragain mic200 preamp?[/QUOTE]

i have both the mic100 and shure sm57, at you wont be dissapointed at the very least. See the K for more detail on the mic200 specifically.

thanks :)

[QUOTE=airborne50caliber]i have both the mic100 and shure sm57, at you wont be dissapointed at the very least. See the K for more detail on the mic200 specifically.[/QUOTE]

Yeah the Behringer MIC200 and 220 are good models. I found the two output channels to be very useful, I could put my back-electret into the pre-amp and send it to my 4 track with a balanced trs jack to jack instead of using up another XLR input.

mic 220? new model?

[QUOTE=airborne50caliber]mic 220? new model?[/QUOTE]

My bad sorry.
Got the MIC200 confused as the 100. And thus I just added more numbers onto it :)

haha. its automatic for you now.

/was getting excited. a new tube ultragain??? :lol:

well i think im going to go ahead and buy an mic200 for my mics and my pod and try it out on a keyboard. thanks.

I had the mic200, didnt think it was that great and sold it lol. Hey ive noticed more recording threads starting and the idea of this thread was to stop those, so i'm bumping this to make it obviouse that it exists

[QUOTE=moaner]yeah, it'll be easier to get a fairly good sound wwith it as 1 track, than it will to get a fairly good sound all seperate. [/QUOTE]

I tend to dissagree, having all the drum mic's on seperate tracks is a blessing, it makes life 10 times easier

i agree then you can eq each drum and cymbal in the mix as a whole at the end

yeah although less is more in terms of drum eq.

i knew that... man i need a new set of drum mic's a nice 20Hz for the bass*drools

[QUOTE=Nicko_Shmicko]I tend to dissagree, having all the drum mic's on seperate tracks is a blessing, it makes life 10 times easier[/QUOTE]

yes, if you can do that. however, doing it one drum at a time would give a "drum machine" type sound.

doing it onedrum at a time is just plain silly...

thats what i meant.

i know i was reafirming the sillyness lol

in the music biz we learn to kiss *** and rephrase the truth to something that sounds less offensive, allthegoodnamesweregone.

meh im blunt

[QUOTE=moaner]yes, if you can do that. however, doing it one drum at a time would give a "drum machine" type sound.[/QUOTE]

who on earth does one drum at a time? never heard of a multichannel soundcard?

"Hey guys, we have to run the track again. Gotta record the part for my secondary crash!"

[QUOTE=Seafroggys]"Hey guys, we have to run the track again. Gotta record the part for my secondary crash!"[/QUOTE]
hey maybe you should record that hi hat again man, you hi hat was kinda lagging dude :lol:

[QUOTE=Nicko_Shmicko]who on earth does one drum at a time? never heard of a multichannel soundcard?[/QUOTE]

yes, i have. where did you fish that quote from? I seem to recall that some guy suggested doing one drum at a time.

[QUOTE=moaner]yes, i have. where did you fish that quote from? I seem to recall that some guy suggested doing one drum at a time.[/QUOTE]

i got the quote from just up the page a bit :confused: and no-one suggested doing one drum at a time i dont think, we were just talking about getting drum's onto thier own tracks for ultimate control of the sound. Im sorry for being rude man, i just thought that you thought by getting drums on thier own tracks means doing them one at a time. 1000 appoligies man, im so sorry.

and i also misread what you wrote
god im sorry man