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my brother kept yelling at me to look at this site to find out information about home recording
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I like your brother!
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Now with me I know there is a difference with a studio recording and a live recording
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Like what? The concepts are all the same.
You used the word "best". EVERYTHING in recording is subjective when you get out of the technical realm.
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He refuses to listen to me and for a clean sound plug into the machine
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I have no idea what a "clean" sound is. Does this mean you like the sound of electric guitars recorded directly into the machine? If you like the sound better, it is better.
Personally, I HATE the sound of direct guitar for anything other than industrial music. If I need a guitar sound that sounds like a real amp, I use a real amp. I'm not aware of their being any benefits to plugging straight into a machine for most instruments except for maybe keyboard and things like that. Bass I do record DI quite often.
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when he records he put his amp volume up high
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I've been recording for years with my 100 watt heads on 10 through a 4x12 cabinet. Lately, I started using a THD Hotplate and a 1x12" speaker.
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What is the best way for the bass and guitar to record as far as how loud should their amp volume be?
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You are asking very general questions, so I'm limited to giving you a general answer. I always try to make the guitar and bass sound exciting to the people buying the cds. In terms of volume, there can be huge benefits to cranking up. There can be huge drawbacks. Use whatever sounds best.
Maybe you could post a mp3 in Recording Reviews and we could give you better advice.
Brandon