My mixes for two guitar parts started to sound fatter when I stopped panning them hard. Just pan them about halfway or a little more to either side and lower the level a bit. They will still reach the far edges of the mix, that's just how sound works, but it will sound empty if you pan them hard. And about the sound/noise, we can really only speculate without a sound clip of some sort.

can i post a sound clip here on the forum?

Nahh, u gotta link from another site. I just signed up for this one today, mediafire.com supposedly you can upload and password protect files so people can't download them. Check it out.

so here's a short clip of my guitar with od

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d0d452197fae76c0e5c3dee5769931ece04e75f6e8ebb871

actually the track i sent was with eq, so here's the file without eq

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d0d452197fae76c0e5c3dee5769931ece04e75f6e8ebb871

it gets that annoying sound

You're driving something too hard. I'm guessing the recorder. That sound is digital clipping a.k.a. red-lining. Record at comfortable levels with peaks at -6dB, because you can't undo clipping but you can always boost the track later. If the mix is too quiet, raise the master, not the track.

im checking the signal so it dont clip, since my soundboard doesn't have meters i place a level meter first on my DAW's signal path and i make shure it stays with a confortable space under the clip line.

any other ideas?

List everything in your signal chain, including guitar and effects, amps, mics, signal processors/pres, computer interfaces and software. I have to go to school but I'll be back a little after noon, hopefully before then somebody else might chime in :D.

for that part i run a ibanez rg470 japan made, cheap but pretty good(mid range) into a mxr custom shop GT-OD (have a warm tone) and a couple of boss pedals bypassed, so the only active effect is the overdrive.

i plug it into a "Solid State" (transistors) Fender FM65 amp, i mic'it with a rode m3 small diafragm condenser mic (i have a dinamic mic but it sounds crappy) then i plug the mic into a tapco link usb (it has mackie pre-amps built in) and plug the tapco device into my macbook running logic 8

i cant find the problem :?

I can't see a clip LED on the unit, without one you need to be careful how you set your levels. Try lowering the in level that the mic is set to. Also monitor from your DAW. I too use Logic! Isn't it great? You want your levels to dance in the yellow but not go towards the high end of the spectrum. This is fine as long as you are recording in 24 bit as the noise floor is lower. You change to 24 bit in logic audio preferences just in case you were wondering.

ive already post that the unit doesnt have a clip led and that i control the levels on the DAW that is not the problem... and i record i 24 bit

anyone have any ideas?

Turn down your input.

Then you can be sure you're not clipping an input.

Worried about noise floor? Bah.

With a noise floor of -40dB, you won't be able to hear it on most speakers, as soon as the music starts.

is not the floor noise that is bothering me if you listen to the clip you'll hear...

I only mentioned noise floor because most people when they start out put the levels too high. Since you record in 24 bit and don't set your levels too high, then what's up? Have you tried to clean up your guitar signal chain? You say your signal goes through 4 or 5 pedals and only one is used? Those pedals, even though they aren't engaged they could color the sound or even add unwanted artifacts. You could gain more high end and clarity from not using so much cable and connectors as well. The key to good recording is less is more, use only that which you need.

Record again paying more attention to tracking level and maybe clean up your signal chain and let us know what happens.

I agree with Guitarfreak.

Turn your input down. <-- this is an instruction.

Codemonkey wrote: I agree with Guitarfreak.

Thanks :D

i reduced the input gain and the problem stays the same...

That eliminates that then.

Something else is clipping. Record test tracks directly from each output (start with the amp, then add pedals one by one) and when they start to clip, that's the stage which is too loud.

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