guitar into soundcard?

anonymous 18 February 2006

Hi all. Trying to record guitar on PC. I have a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. I am going direct from the guitar into the soundcards 1/4" Line 2/Mic 2 input. The sound is incredibly distorted and blown out, as if the signal is too strong, no matter how far down I turn the volume on the guitar, the level on the input, etc. I went to guitar center and the guy told me I needed a Direct Box. So I bought a Groove Tube Passive Direct Box, and I notice no difference. Is there a different way I should be going in to get a normal sounding signal? Am I just doing something wrong?

Thanks

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Make sure when you are going into this mic/line in, it is config

anonymous Sat, 02/18/2006 - 19:24

Make sure when you are going into this mic/line in, it is configured for line operation. Sounds like it is looking for a mic input and thus the distortion.

OK, I figured out how to switch it over to line, which is fine,

anonymous Sat, 02/18/2006 - 19:47

OK, I figured out how to switch it over to line, which is fine, but it only goes through the left channel...

What software are you using? Make sure when you add a track to r

anonymous Sat, 02/18/2006 - 21:15

What software are you using? Make sure when you add a track to record, you add a mono track. Then it should come out of both speakers.

Right now I am using Acoustica Mixcraft. I don't think it has an

anonymous Sun, 02/19/2006 - 12:12

Right now I am using Acoustica Mixcraft. I don't think it has an option to set a track as mono or stereo. Besides, even if I have software that does have that option, how would I then pan the guitar or bass or anything else going through the mic input?

The pan function works on mono tracks, pan a little to the left

anonymous Sun, 02/19/2006 - 18:06

The pan function works on mono tracks, pan a little to the left it goes left, pan a little to the right it goes right. There has to be a mono track option.

Comments

Make sure when you are going into this mic/line in, it is config

OK, I figured out how to switch it over to line, which is fine,

What software are you using? Make sure when you add a track to r

Right now I am using Acoustica Mixcraft. I don't think it has an

The pan function works on mono tracks, pan a little to the left

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