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02/12/2003 3:58 am
Hi, I'm just wondering if any of you have advice for effects or software to get a professional guitar sound? I know how to hook up my guitar to my PC, but I want better sound quality. I tried Guitar FX 3, but it has some hideous feedback and gets really annoying many times. Any suggestions? I usually run my guitar thru my Marshall and to the line-in port on my PC.
23/12/2003 5:49 am
Sorry it took so long for an answer.
Key point regarding feedback: don't monitor while you're recording or if you do, monitor through a good set of headphones.
If you are using a standard sound card like a soundblaster, the A/D converters are pretty crappy. There isn't much headroom. If you can afford to get a new card do it. M-Audio has some reasonably priced ones that are quite good in quality. It also might be necessary to go through a DI or a small mixer with instrument inserts for you to get decent levels without distortion. The other option which I prefer is to mic your amp with a decent dynamic like a Sure SM57 and go through a mixer into your sound card.