On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 06:50:16AM -0600, ed orphan wrote: > I've been connecting my Sound Blaster Live card > to an old Fostex X-26 Multirack tape deck. I don't > record to the tape deck, just use it as a small amplifier > and run the guitar signal through it and into the > sound card. > Maybe I could improve on this, without > spending too much money. Are there any small, clean > signal amps out there M-audio buddy is a two channel mic preamp with High-Z jack inputs suitable (designed, even) for plugging in a guitar. It's not a top of the range mic preamp, but it's good value and probably better than the ones built in to a tape deck. http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.list&ID=preamps -- Anahata anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827