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I have a song that I want to get recorded nice. Im no expert, but I do have some good mics, a decent recorder/mixer, and a copy of Cool Edit Pro.

What I want to do is mic my Fender DeVille and also lay down the vocal track at the same time. My concern is getting a nice crisp and clean vocal track that does not have interference and bleed-over from the amp, which will be screaming.

Any ideas? Or will I have to lay the vocals down separately?

Amp in one room.
You and recording gear in another room.
Headphones needed ....

Another option (if possible) would be to use the headphone/extension cab jack out of the deVille (if it has one) and run that into a 1/4'' input on your mixer. I would research the compatibility of everything first (in terms the resistance, both into the mixer and out of the amp, whether the mixer has passive or active jacks etc). Headphones also required. I am able to do this with my setup, but I would be ABSOLUTELY sure your able to do this before you destroy both amp and or mixer.

Edit: Also this assumes that plugging into the output jack cuts the speakers on the deVille.

They make speaker boxes that you can put the speaker into to get very little sound bleed into the vocal mic. I have never tried it, always multi tracked because my vocal condenser mic will pick up a pin drop two rooms away.

I was thinking of another room . . . . but I still think there would be some bleed over. I may multi track.


Any suggestions on a good set of headphones to use? I dont currently have a pair.

ELPManticore wrote:Another option (if possible) would be to use the headphone/extension cab jack out of the deVille (if it has one) and run that into a 1/4'' input on your mixer. I would research the compatibility of everything first (in terms the resistance, both into the mixer and out of the amp, whether the mixer has passive or active jacks etc). Headphones also required. I am able to do this with my setup, but I would be ABSOLUTELY sure your able to do this before you destroy both amp and or mixer.

Edit: Also this assumes that plugging into the output jack cuts the speakers on the deVille.

Yeah, the DeVille does have a cab out . . . . Ill have to do some research on whether or not the recorder/mixer has passive or active inputs. Im pretty sure that it has passive though.

...Or just record it and don't worry about having both items on the same track, then overdub each one separately...