A thorny problem that happened tonight. Would appreciate your ideas and expertise.

What happened:

I was fiddling around with my electric guitar plugged into a smokey
amp. I had my 16 Track Korg Digital recording on a single channel with a mic plugged into the channel. Inspired, I recorded a series of 8 songs--vocals and music-- straight into the mic.

Stopped. Listened. The amp overpowers the vocals--you can hear the vocal throughout but can only sometimes hear them loud enough to make out the words. I wrote them as I was singing them, so can no longer remember what they are--but I like them, and would like to be able to hear them so I can write them down and rerecord the songs properly.

So, I've been fiddling around with the eq on this thing--I'm a relative novice--trying to bring up the vocals. This has some useful effect but not quite enough to bring out the vocals, although I don't think I have exhausted all the possibilities. It has an eq that you can apply per channel as an insert effect, as well as an eq that you can use on the channel as a master effect. I've also been toying with other effects--exciter, reverb--trying to bring out the vocals. I am extremely new to eq and effects in general

I have a tenor voice. Any clever ideas on how to bring the
vocals or subdue the guitar on this thing so I can hear the vocals? I just need to be able to hear them well enough to distinguish the words.

Your creative ideas are appreciated!

Best,

Alan

Dr. Alan J. Lipman
Washington, DC