Audacity is free but I found it very unintuitive.  I never could figure out how to use it as a DAW.  I used it some just for an audio file editor.

I really like Reaper.  It isn't free; it is something like $60.  But it is a lot of software for that price.  And one can download it and try it for 2 or 3 months before having to pay for it.

Ron,

I agree... +1 for Reaper... and there is a full Reaper video course on their site... https://www.reaper.fm/

I'm going through the course myself now... I think Reaper is a great starting place as it has features that Audacity does not have which one will perhaps wish to have down the road ... then if you convert to Reaper it,s a new learning curve old recordings can't be read in...

I record myself in front of my PC camera ,  and the recording works ,  but what I just laid down from my Fender Princeton Chourus and my SG that sounded great,  always seems to have a tingy quality.

How to capture the sound that came out of my amp? Help anyone?

@guitar1949 , does your amp have an output to your computer?  Does it have a USB out?  If so, just run that into your DAW. If not you have two options:

1) Mic your amp.  this, of course, means purchasing a microphone, if you don't have one, and then running that to an interface, such as a Focusright Scarlett.

2) Plug your guitar into an interface, again such as a Focusright Scarlett, and run that to your DAW. 

Then record your playing through the DAW at the same time you're recording video with your camera.  In both cases you are then going to have to use a video editor to replace the audio from your camera with the audio you recorded with the DAW.  This sounds complicated but it is not.  You just have to "line up" the audio with your playing in the video.

This is a little complicated , but I'm sure I can figure it out. Just needed a direction.

Thx for your help..... John

I'm no expert at recording, for sure, but I think Ron [Matonanjin] nailed it. 

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I'm no expert at recording, for sure, but I think Ron [Matonanjin] nailed it. 

 

And I sure hope I didn't seem as trying to come off as an "expert at recording".  I am the furthest thing possible from that.

Posted by: @matonanjin

Posted by: @jestme

I'm no expert at recording, for sure, but I think Ron [Matonanjin] nailed it. 

 

And I sure hope I didn't seem as trying to come off as an "expert at recording".  I am the furthest thing possible from that.

@matonanjin Ron I should choose my words more carefully. I did not mean to imply anything like that at all. I was basically giving you a high five for good advice that I totally agreed with.

@Guitar1949 Since I am back here in the thread I guess I will add... I can't speak for Robert but when students submit pieces of there playing to him, I think he not really very concerned about the guitar tone. If he can hear it well enough to offer some good suggestions then he is happy and will offer encouragement and tips.

The easiest is the best. Usually, that means use a webcam, basic video camera, or even a smartphone.

If you want to be serious about it, you use a separate microphone, then into an audio interface, then into the computer. 

The thing is, you more time you spend fiddling with the gear, the less you end up playing... so for something like this, submitting some playing for me to listen to, do what's easiest.

You can also tell me what gear you have - amp, microphone, audio interface, software, and I can get you more suggestions in detail, if you so desire.

I play about 3 hrs a day. Been playing quite awhile. Never was any good at the sound and tech stuff.

But,  I have a decent ear,  and it just sounds tingy when I use the items you mentioned.  So, I'm going

the mic - audio interface- to PC and see how that sounds.   Thx John