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I just picked up the amp sim. program Guitar Rig for my Pro Tools setup. I'm new to recording electric guitar by direct input, so can anyone give me any pointers?. I have a Digi 002, so do I just plug straight from the guitar into one of the 4 Digi002 input's that have a preamp?..

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AudioGeezer Mon, 12/01/2008 - 10:44

tonybran wrote: I just picked up the amp sim. program Guitar Rig for my Protools setup. I'm new to recording electric guitar by direct input, so can anyone give me any pointers?....I have a Digi 002, so do I just plug straight from the guitar into one of the 4 Digi002 input's that have a preamp?..

That will work. A direct box into the low impedance mic would be my preference.

Boswell Mon, 12/01/2008 - 19:43

The jack inputs on the first four channels of the 002 are designated as line/DI and are specified as having a 10M input impedance, so it's OK to plug your guitar straight into one of those. You don't need a separate DI box.

The 002 inputs are not known for their great headroom, so don't push the input levels too high.

anonymous Mon, 12/01/2008 - 22:17

adamsapplemac wrote: ... a acoustic guitar straight in to the DI...

Acoustic electric, or an acoustic with a microphone? Before I owned and electric guitar I had limited success making the acoustic sound like an electric using a microphone.

You may have impedance problems connecting the guitar directly to the Digi unless it has an instrument/line switch like many of the Tascam and M-Audio units do. If you have a DI, then try it.

anonymous Wed, 12/03/2008 - 10:13

GeckoMusic wrote: [quote=adamsapplemac]... a acoustic guitar straight in to the DI...

Acoustic electric, or an acoustic with a microphone? Before I owned and electric guitar I had limited success making the acoustic sound like an electric using a microphone.

You may have impedance problems connecting the guitar directly to the Digi unless it has an instrument/line switch like many of the Tascam and M-Audio units do. If you have a DI, then try it.

acoustic electric ;)

I don't think my friend would have let me stick a jack lead into his guitar if there was no input :)

AllAboutTone Thu, 12/11/2008 - 20:53

tonybran wrote: I just picked up the amp sim. program Guitar Rig for my Protools setup. I'm new to recording electric guitar by direct input, so can anyone give me any pointers?....I have a Digi 002, so do I just plug straight from the guitar into one of the 4 Digi002 input's that have a preamp?..

This is NEVER good, always use great external preamps instead of the preamps that are in the 002/003 etc, they are horrible.

pc131 Mon, 01/19/2009 - 04:15

Boswell wrote: The jack inputs on the first four channels of the 002 are designated as line/DI and are specified as having a 10M input impedance, so it's OK to plug your guitar straight into one of those. You don't need a separate DI box.

The 002 inputs are not known for their great headroom, so don't push the input levels too high.

Do the guitar really need 10MOhm in DI?

I had problems getting good clean sound (which is success to get any decent sound from any VST later) using my Soundcraft Compact 4 Mixer which has 0,3Mohm impedance. That was real crap in fact. The guitar sounded muddy, pickup changing wasn't making any difference.

Then I plugged my guitar into my Hughess & Kettner 30R amp, and connected Line-Out of the effects loop in amp with PC. What a difference it made! I was amazed. Now the guitar sounded diffenent on all pickups and was sparkling on single coils.

But why do I need 10MOhm of impedance?

Tom

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