08-10-2012, 01:10 PM
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Guitar to PC
Hey there.
This is probably a much discussed topic, but I couldn't find any other topics that explained my situation. Here's the thing: I bought a cable Jack to USB, a GuitarLink by Alesis. The problem is that the sound is too distorted. I opened Audacity and the sound sounds like it's already distorted. And if I turn the volume knob on my guitar all the way to 0, I get a fuzzy sound... Is there any way to fix this? I mean, is it possible to correct this playing around with settings and whatnot, or is buying a proper audio interface the only way to fix it? Thanks for reading, Kav
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08-10-2012, 01:14 PM
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That's your problem right there, you are not going to get a good sound from that no matter what you do, return it if you can and try to save for a decent interface edit: read this http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/foru...d.php?t=1541771
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08-10-2012, 01:35 PM
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Guitar straight into your PC? Are you recording cleans only? If so just use a regular instrument cable with a 1/4'' > 1/8'' adapter. But if you're going from an amp or something to your PC it's going to sound like shit regardless unless your amp has the right circuitry for direct.
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08-10-2012, 01:40 PM
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Go in the windows volume settings and turn down the input volume to 10 or so.
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08-10-2012, 01:48 PM
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Yep. And also, if you're using Audacity, there's an input volume at the top left-hand part of the window, turn that down. If you were using a line in make sure NOT to plug it into the microphone jack but the direct-in.
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08-10-2012, 03:02 PM
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Terrible idea. Read the thread donegan_zealot linked to. It tells you all you need to know about those adapters, as well as everything you need to know about proper interfaces.
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08-11-2012, 12:08 AM
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Good article, but you can get decent results with an adapter. Obviously a proper interface will be better though.
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08-11-2012, 12:12 AM
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I used to have one and if you use distortion it's pretty damn hard to get anything near mildly sastisfying
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