Enhancing Ovation Gtr Sound In Digi001, Gtr sounds tinny and signal levels vary Options

[Tone]

Being VERY new to VST/Audio Recording I would firstly congratulate you on a helpful and informative forum. I am using the Digi001-MacG4/733-Korg Triton Le MWS at home in Shanghai. The budget is all but gone. Although the overall reults are satisfying I still cannot get a decent sound using my Ovation. The signals vary and the sound is tinny and unnatural no matter how much I adjust the controls on the plug-ins that came with the 001 (Delay etc). Is there an 'alternative' to further purchases of costly equipment to get some realistic gtr sounds into the songs - accoustic chord/rhythm as well as lead?. (As a Brit Expat the local options are impossible to track down).
Thanks again
Tony

[damann]

the secret is to get a sound that you're pretty happy with before introducing plugins.
mics, mic placement, room characteristics, etc, all play a large part in getting a good acoustic guitar sound (i'm presuming you're recording the ovation via mic!
after looking at these issues, eq is always particularly necassary with acoustic guitars.
post some more info if you require more help, good luck...

[gdoubleyou]

I used an Ovation for a while, when I was in the Air Force Band.

It's the nature of the instrument, with the synthetic body all soundwaves are projected out the sound hole.

On a traditional guitar the wood absorbs some of the soundwaves and the back of the body vibrates also.

A neck or soundhole pickup may pickup more of the top vibrations.

If you A/B the Ovation with a traditional design. the Ovation is louder, more peircing the traditional is warmer.

Also a peizioelectric pick may also be better.

[gdoubleyou]

Forgot to ask what kind of Mike you are using.

[Tone]

gdoubleyou & damann, many thanks for the advice
You both hit the nail~. All my equipment (inc Sure Mics and Effects etc) are still in England and not here at my home in China. Being reluctant to pay out all that money on the same equipment I already have even if I could find it in Shanghai, I borrowed a cheap mic which is not the best for my needs. (I am a 10 month 'newbie' still at the trial stage). Anyway now I have an answer, and more importantly direction, thanks to the forum; To get the best sound there is no 'quick-fix' thru software signal correction and I need to purchase the best equipment to get the required sound BEFORE I RECORD into my ProTools (DIGI 001/LE 5.1.1).
Thanks again
Tony
[PS; Sorry to be a painful newbie but, to understand and learn more, could I ask the forum, just for the next week or so, to put the full names in brackets next to the shorthand initials used, So I can get up to speed with the tech terminology - ie " VST (Virtual Studio Technology)". If time does not permit I fully understand.]