Thanks,Dan. For the guitar tone, I am using my Fender Frontman 212r (the only amp I have =/), which isn't a very metal or gainy amp, so I run it through a digitech rp1000 effects box where I have a noise gate, compression, tube screamer, and some EQ. And that goes direct in to my computer. Oh and the guitar is a Schecter Hellraiser c7. (which has emg pickups)