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January 14th, 2005, 09:49 PM
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I have this friend (not me ok!) that is a guitarist and wants to record himself playing onto his comp. I want to know two things:
-A program that records sound from a mic (like 10+ minutes)-not windows sound recorder lol. Preferably free!
-How to connect the guitar to the comp to record (stores in canada if possible)
I need ta know both asap
THANKS!
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January 14th, 2005, 10:17 PM
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January 14th, 2005, 10:24 PM
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January 14th, 2005, 10:26 PM
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what kind of sound card does your mate have? | |
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January 14th, 2005, 10:34 PM
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his guitar is a Ibanez rgt42fm and he has an integrated sound card (via AC'97 Enhanced audio controller), same comp as mine.
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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @2.0Ghz
512mb PC3200
160GB IDE
FX5200 w/ 128mb
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January 14th, 2005, 11:09 PM
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I know its a little early to bump but..
BUMP, need an answer soon. But I will come back tomorrow....
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January 14th, 2005, 11:43 PM
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i know nothing about guitars, but electric ones plug into an amp/speaker dont they? have ago at plugging into the line in bit on the sound card | |
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January 15th, 2005, 10:32 AM
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The best Free audio-recording program for now is Audacity. If you need to record the electric guitar using a microphone, the quality of the recording will not be very good. A much better solution would be to record the guitar onto a mixer. Does your friend have a Guitar Effects Processor and a mixer? If so, there is absolutely no need to record the guitar via microphone. I am not quite sure if a Guitar Effects Processor will plug into your mini jack on the computer, if it does, you don't even need a mixer.
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January 15th, 2005, 05:58 PM
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naw, he has nothing of the sort. He needs this for a summative grade assignment. He is looking for a cheap and easy way to hook up his guitar to his comp. | |
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January 15th, 2005, 06:29 PM
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He could go with an relativly long 1/4" to 1/8" adapter cable, one end into the guitar the other into the mic in. That should work fine for basic stuff. Like crypto said having some sort of preamp/fx like a zoom 505 or something would be nice, he could go with the line in getting a better signal to noise ratio.
The adapter cable would preferably be mono but doesnt make much of a difference. | |
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