wasabihead Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 So I have an Emu 0404 soundcard and a cheap guitar. So I tried recording guitar and doing stuff with it on Reaper by connecting the soundcard with a guitar cable. So far so good, but... I think I'm doing some really wrong here... Laugh at me if you want, but I'm feebly attempting to get into this remixing for the millionth-ish time here and I THINK I'm starting to have a better handle of these things... Quote
Skummel Maske Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Why do you think you're doing something wrong? Please explain the issue further Quote
Jens Wulvik Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Are you using the Hi-Z input? Are you staying below the 0 dB limit? Quote
wasabihead Posted September 9, 2008 Author Posted September 9, 2008 Not sure what a Hi-Z input is, but I have it hooked up with a guitar cable into the white pci card L input. I'm pretty sure I'm going by the standard 0 db and not over it... Also, my guitar actually makes regular flat guitar tone albeit in very low volume even on the max volume on my guitar. So I tried recording on Reaper with the recording monitor ON in one track with initial excitement, only to realize that its very disorientating and odd to have two seperate noises coming from the guitar through my speaker and whats actually BEING recorded. Even more so because the noises aren't quite in sync with each other.... So I'm either thinking that either 1. I need a proper preamp or something or 2. I need to tweak my patchmix dsp accordingly...which is something I have no clue about. : d Quote
po! Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 you shouldn't be plugging the guitar directly into the soundcard because it isn't line level (the level at which most audio components work at) you would need a preamp to get it to line level, otherwise you're losing a lot of resolution by recording at low volume then amplifying it digitally Quote
Lunahorum Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Not to mention loss of tone do to impedance missmatch (I am not sure on how/why this happens). Anyways I do it anyways as I am too lazy/cheap/not good enough anyways to buy a recording interface. Quote
SnappleMan Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 So get a $20 DI box and use that till you feel ready to advance to a fully functioning audio interface/monitor/mixer setup. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-ULTRADI-DI400P-Passive-Direct-Box?sku=182498 That's the cheapest one I could find. My guess is that it'll work damn well compared to what you're used to. Quote
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