Brett McCoy escribe: > I personally don't recommend going direct into the sound card with a > guitar, you should at least use a pre-amp or something to boost the > signal, since the level coming from the pickups is very low, and the > pre-amp in the sound card can be easy to overdrive with a guitar. > Something like the M-Audio Audio Buddy or one of the ART MP tube > pre-amps (both are relatively inexpensive) might be good for some > things, although a real guitar pre-amp is ideal (and expensive). You can > also get modeling pre-amps, like the Behrenger V-Amp (only $99 from > Musician's Friend) or the Line 6 PODxt (about $299) -- these allow you > to model amplifiers, microphones, rooms, etc., as well as give you a > variety of effects and tone options. These are great for recording with, > and you're neighbors will appreciate it also. :-) A DI box is even more inexpensive than a pre-amp and does the job. It simply puts the signal at line level. But I once had a JoeMeek pre-amp, don't remember which model, and it recorded lovely both voices and guitars. Not very expensive and well worth the money. Cordially, Ismael -- mí, myself et moi http://lamediahostia.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivalladt/
