A noise gate isn't going to help you much, I can hear that annoying buzz through the entire clip. Sounds like a ground loop, and you should solve that problem before worrying about the tone of the guitar. Then you can try experimenting with different mic placements, different parts of the cone, further away, close up, etc.. And different mics. Get yourself an SM57, even if you don't end up using it on the guitar cab, you'll eventually use it on something somewhere.

I am moving this to a forum where there will likely be more help for you.

Whats a Loop Ground?

Second that motion on the SM57. Put the 57 in front of the amp dead center of the cone...then move it to the right 2-3 inches. Then throw your existing condenser a few feet away to capture some room tone in there as well. Blend the tones using some audio software, cut the bass etc.

Loop ground is a roller coaster that has come off its tracks. But "ground loop" see below....

Typically a ground loop is noticed by a tone that should not be present caused when two different pieces of equipment are on different polarities yet connected together with some type of cabling. The current is running one way through one and the other way thru the other. This happens most often when the circuit wiring of the building has some outlets that were wired in reverse. If you can plug the equipment into the same outlet making certain that the plugs are not forced in incorrectly it should resolve itself. If it continues it may not be the problem.

I think you also can get the same tone (low frequency buzzing) from having a cable which is connected to nothing (if a guitarist removes their cable or if the connector is broken and a wire is loose).
I believe it's called an "open circuit" but I may be talking buzz.

Well it looks like everything is plugged in correctly and nicely heres what i got going:

Guitar->Amp->Wall Outlet
Amp -> 16ohm -> Cab 16ohm
Midi Channel Switch -> Amp

That's it.

I'm getting a Furman power conditioner hoping that may solve some problems.

Do you still get the hum even when the recording gear is turned off and you're just using the guitar and the amp/cab? If so, have you tried it with different wall outlets around your home? While you're at it, buy a 3$ outlet tester before your cough up for the expensive power conditioner and make sure the outlet you're using is properly wired and grounded.

Yeah the hum is on the amp when it's turned off. Also when i hold the guitar a certain way the hum goes away like when i tilt it the hum disapears. I'll try another guitar and see if that works. I'm at school right now so i can't say anything will work, but i think the hum has always been there ever since i got the amp. It's also been there with every amp i've had so maybe it is an outlet problem.

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Recording in my environment.

Recording. Alright well here goes. I love recording, my amp is awesome, my mic is good, interface is cool, but my room is crap. Two of my walls are full concrete and the other two are 1inch thick pieces of wood with thick studs and another 1 inch piece of wood on the other side.

I feel the room may be making my sound more sterile and killing the life out of it. I have my mic 5-6 inches away from the speaker and a little bit away from the cone. My sound is not peaking or anything. Is there something else i could do to make it sound a bit better.

This is just a little clip of what i got..nothing special just to show what i have so far as sound goes. environment

http://www.box.net/shared/1jv9sdp4fd

Any ideas. If pictures are needed to show what i got i can provide them.

I added some reverb to it too. So thats not my room.