Hello all!
I just hooked up my new condenser mic for the first time and recorded a couple of songs that I have been working on the past week.
Please let me know what you think!!
Patty Loveless - You’’ Never Leave Harlan Alive
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This next one is a song that I saw performed recently by several of my favorite artists. However, I still like the original the best.
Please let me know what you think! I’m getting closer to not just recording with an iPad now. A couple more purchases and my sound will improve drastically 
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Vocals sounded really good. In the first video I could hear the emphasized strum but it was really difficult to hear if there was any other strums, I think there were . Could be just my dreadful laptop speakers. Hope this makes sense.
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Really dig the vocals! Guitar sounded great too as far as I could tell. You were far away from the camera so I couldn’t see much but notice anything with my ear.
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Hi Travis did you use condenser to pick up both guitar and vox? How did you connect the mic and to what? Usb or audio cable? I am not sure if what I heard was an actual condenser mic in all honesty, sounded very unusual to my ear
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Thank you! I was trying to play with some dynamics a bit on both of these recordings so my strumming is quieter in some places.
My dynamics definitely need some more work
Thank you @alexisduprey !! I still need to work on my camera viewpoint and set up a little more. I should be fully visible for the best feedback.
@adi_mrok I just had my vocals going into the condenser mic in front of me, and I didn’t have the phantom power on because I was getting feedback through my monitors.
I didn’t even think about it in this scenario but I’m going to use my new headphones to monitor next time I record.
I haven’t gone any route other than just setting up my live gear and recording with an iPad yet. I have a Scarlett 2 input audio interface now too. I gotta figure out how to use it more, but I couldn’t get it to function properly on my iPad.
Laptop next
You need phantom power for condenser mic as far as I am aware, otherwise you are not able to get anything off your mic to your ipad or laptop. So basically from what I understand you still recorded sound via Ipads mic rather than via condenser and that sounds that way too as condenser mic would sound better I am sure.
You had feedback because condenser mics are sensitive so you can’t use your monitors to hear yourself, you need headphones ideally. When you switched phantom power off you lost your condenser and you recorded with ipads built in mic I think.
Try on the laptop and see if you hear a difference. Use headphones and phantom power - I am sure I will be able to tell you did it the right way 
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Heya all!
New Phone so I’m testing video quality for the first time!
This is a clip by one of my favorite artists.
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Here is a tune by one of the most talented people in music today! I hope that you all enjoy it.
Any feedback is always awesome!
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Nicely played, you seemed confident and at ease. Strong voice too. Well done
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Great work as always Travis!
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Thank you @Eddie_09 !! Trying to push the Bm barre chord a bit there, and making that a more comfortable exchange.
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Well played Travis, would be good to see your guitar in the videos though! Only saw it a couple of times in that last one.
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I realized that after. Getting there! Ha
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Some great video’s there Travis. Loved the whiskey and you track.
I hope you’re enjoying your new equipment.
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Thank you @SgtColon !! Unfortunately I can’t use the audio interface that I got until I get a laptop, which is my next purchase! It doesn’t seem to work with my iPad.
I did get a new phone that I recorded “Whiskey and You” and “Set em up Joe” on, and it seems to have much better video and sound quality.
Baby steps! Ha.