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GK3 · Post by **GK3** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:51 am

Tonight I recorded acoustic guitar on tracktion but it was so bloody quiet despite having everything cranked up. The soundwave was really small/narrow. For a second I thought I must've accidentally left the 'minus 10db' feature on my condenser mic switched on, but I hadn't. I tried placing the mic really close to the guitar but it was still extremely quiet. I'm a bit of a newbie with this sort of thing so hopefully it's something really basic that I'm missing that one of you guys can point out!

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:35 am

Does the mic need phantom power?

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:50 am

Unfortunately, you're going to have to check every link in the chain and its gain staging. If you're lucky, it's just an unexpected dial you didn't know about set wrongly (usually the mic input in my case). On the bright side, you get to learn about gain staging. On the dark side, you have to learn about gain staging.

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:39 am

Or you are playing really really quiet?

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:41 am

Forgotten wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:35 am Does the mic need phantom power?

My thought too, since there is some signal. My Behringer has a switch on the back for phantom power that I turned off once. Took me ages to realise what had happened..

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 2:23 pm

Will definitely make a big difference...

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 2:49 pm

Did you set the gain properly? Are you using a mic input & phantom power?

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm

what make of guitar? is it a tennis racket?

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:30 pm

Aloysius wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm what make of guitar? is it a tennis racket?

That might explain the low volume...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:04 pm

definitely sounds like the phantom power is missing

probably stolen by a bloody ghost

fese · Post by **fese** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:10 pm

Aloysius wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm what make of guitar? is it a tennis racket?

Or an air guitar? Those are a bloody nuisance to record!

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:12 pm

fese wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:10 pm
Aloysius wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm what make of guitar? is it a tennis racket?
Or an air guitar? Those are a bloody nuisance to record!

Get a Focusrite Clarett. Switchable "air" option for each input.

GK3 · Post by **GK3** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:29 am

Thanks a lot guys, much appreciated. Your tips put me in the right direction and I've now solved the problem

GK3 · Post by **GK3** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:31 am

Btw it was something to do with one of the knobs on my audiobox. Very rookie error on my part lol. Thanks again.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:33 am

you got to be careful with your knob on your box

Volume too low when recording acoustic guitar