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help with recording
« on: January 13, 2009, 02:07:56 PM »
hi guys.
i have reinstalled windows, took off vista and put xp back, and now when i plug the guitar in (using a converter off course) in to the line in input, the computer doesn't react...
i use mixcraft acoustuca, but i tried pther programs also, and none of them saw the guitar. when it recorded it used another microphone (i think the microphone of the webcam), i took all of those out, fixed the setting in controll panel so the main microphone will be the one plugged in to the motherboards sound thingy, but its still not working....

please help me!
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 07:23:46 PM »
Have you tried re installing the drivers that came with your converter?

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Re: help with recording
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 09:17:58 AM »
i didn't get a driver with it...
it's just a normal thingy, you plug the big jack in it, and it has a small jack at the end, which i can plug in to the computer...
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 07:21:36 AM »
you are pluggin in your electric guitar right to your soundcard?
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2009, 08:25:20 AM »
yes, in the blue hole, which is the "line in"
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 01:49:32 PM »
I don't think that is going to work.  I sort of suck at these things but uhh   wait blue hole?  isn't the red hole for the mic ?

also uhh... I still don't think its going to work.  isn't guitar like line level mofo-ish-nish  ... like no pre-amp-ish-nish ?

 :lol: sorry laughhing at how much I suck now...

I think you need some sort of card that will at least give you a signal boost  :paranoid: at least.  and then there are uhh breakout boxes type deals?  :shy:  I forget half of what I used to. 
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 01:54:00 PM »
Quote from: Sean on January 17, 2009, 01:49:32 PM
I don't think that is going to work.  I sort of suck at these things but uhh   wait blue hole?  isn't the red hole for the mic ?

also uhh... I still don't think its going to work.  isn't guitar like line level mofo-ish-nish  ... like no pre-amp-ish-nish ?

 :lol: sorry laughhing at how much I suck now...

I think you need some sort of card that will at least give you a signal boost  :paranoid: at least.  and then there are uhh breakout boxes type deals?  :shy:  I forget half of what I used to. 

well if you only plugg your guitar in line-in then it aint gonna work!! I think
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 01:55:05 PM »
he would need to have an amp...  that would act like the 'pre' and then he can do headphone out from the amp to the soundcard.... sure that would work
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2009, 01:56:34 PM »
Quote from: Sean on January 17, 2009, 01:55:05 PM
he would need to have an amp...  that would act like the 'pre' and then he can do headphone out from the amp to the soundcard.... sure that would work

it will work..but it will sound like shit!!! :D

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Re: help with recording
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2009, 01:57:58 PM »
Quote from: wyldechild on January 17, 2009, 01:56:34 PM
it will work..but it will sound like shit!!! :D



or any lineout would work.   yea it would but we are talking about the cheapest way to get sound to the pc  :D
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2009, 02:02:05 PM »
IF you are going to plug your guitar straight into your computer it will work but it will sound like SHIT. You need a pre-amp if you want it to sound decent. The best one I can think of for the cheapest money is the Line 6 Toneport GX, its 50 bucks comes with built in effects and has a decent sound. The better the pre amp the better the recording and the quality of even a $50 pre amp beats the shit out of any mic that is $50 under. Basically you have to install software for the pre amp and thats how it will recognize the guitar. The actual pre amp is very small and light weight and you plug your guitar into the pre amp, then the pre amp comes with a cable that plugs into the USB port (atleast this is how it works with the Toneport GX). Thats all I know. If your computer is not detecting your guitar simply with you plugging your guitar straight into the comp, either you have to change your sound settings or your computer doesn't support it (the soundcard) for ex. my laptop doesn't let me directly plug in my guitar but my other desktop comp does.  Good luck
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2009, 02:03:55 PM »
Quote from: shackler on January 17, 2009, 02:02:05 PM
IF you are going to plug your guitar straight into your computer it will work but it will sound like SHIT. You need a pre-amp if you want it to sound decent. The best one I can think of for the cheapest money is the Line 6 Toneport GX, its 50 bucks comes with built in effects and has a decent sound. The better the pre amp the better the recording and the quality of even a $50 pre amp beats the shit out of any mic that is $50 under

+1

and I have a toneport... the next model up. Still dont know how to use it though (correctly) .... EPIC FAIL on recording
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2009, 03:04:57 PM »
get guitar rigg 3 or amplitube 2 / metal.. and you're gonna have the tone of gods  :) :thumbsup:
I use stealth plugg ... it's better than line 6 in my opinnion
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Re: help with recording
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2009, 08:33:58 PM »
Quote from: wyldechild on January 17, 2009, 03:04:57 PM
get guitar rigg 3 or amplitube 2 / metal.. and you're gonna have the tone of gods  :) :thumbsup:
I use stealth plugg ... it's better than line 6 in my opinnion

tone of gods through effects put onto a CD-Rom?  :lol:

Thats the only downside to all cheap pre amps (line 6 included), all those CD's/software they give you for "effects" are really bad. People always say "you gotta play around with it to get a killler tone!"

no


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