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Feb 2 2008, 02:18 AM |
In order to play through a computer you need a some kind of an audio interface. You can plugin your guitar in your soundcard, but the sound is bad because the soundcards in mainstream computers are bad generally. THey are not made for guitar recording or any type of music work for that matter. IF you want to record music on your computer you'll need a n aduio interface. It's a specially designed audio card device that is fast and has decent quality AD/DA converters that convert your guitar signal to digital fast. Also these devices have low latency issues (the time that takes for the signal to go from your guitar to computer , be processed and send back to the device and onto the speakers, mesaured in milliseconds - ms ).
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Feb 2 2008, 02:39 AM
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wait-so do i have to buy a special cord or something to be able to play directly into the computer?
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Feb 2 2008, 02:41 PM |
If you need to record your guitar directly into computer, than I suggest you buy somekind of transformer that turns unbalansed signal from your guitar to balanced signal that soundcards on PC support. (line in is a balanced line input).
THere are several solutions based on the financial factor, here is the range from cheapest to expensve ones (note that the price ranges are very relative, but this should give you some idea what to look for in the entry level of the market) - DI box. Cheap Behringer DIboxes can be bought everywhere and cost little money. You can then record with little better quality. You still need software processing onboard for this one, so only clean signal can be achieved with no latency issues. - Guitar2USB interfaces. These are new interfaces, and with them you can directly plug one end of a cable into guitar and the other into PC. Practical and cheap, but haven't tried any yet. Must look for some reviews. - Processor unit. MulitFX, or modeller proc units can be cheap or expencive, and they all do the digital conversion internaly and better than most software modelling apps. With them, you need only a cable that connects processor to line in on your card and your good to go for recording. No latency except the one that your card has by default because you will be using no software modellers that slow down the signal. - Audio interface. units that serve as an audio card, has a relatively quality made AD/DA converters. maybe a mic input as well, and even modelling software onboard (like some Line 6 devices, check them out). -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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