Hey guys,
have been following some of the discussion about recording in the forum, as i also want to start recording some songs, with backing tracks and so on.
Before today i barely knew anything about recording, except that its bad to just plug in your guitar in your pc (in my case a laptop), without anything in between.. Thats what a friend told me after i did it. He said i need a "sound-converter" because the sound coming from my guitar/effectspedal is not good for my computer (turned my clean sound into a pretty nice distortion).
Now ive been hearing a lot about this toneport, and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice whether it would be useful for me to buy one of those (remember, at the moment i will be recording stuff with a laptop).
For example, as far as I understand, the difference between the different toneports is mostly the number of instruments you can plug in at a time. I only have one guitar available right now, so why should i not record everything 1 by 1? Couldnt i record the vocals seperately aswell?
Another question i have in my head right now is if i would need anything else, like this cubase or maybe audacity is enough? On the line 6 site they talk a lot about the software you get along with the toneport, is that enough on its own?
I just dont have any idea about recording atm, but i guess no one is born with that knowledge, so please help me out here! Tell me a bit about this sort of stuff (in rather simple terms plz - im a n00b), and whether i should spend my little money on one of those toneports, and which one.
Cheers guitarpeople!!!