Guitar 2 PC

dantonkin · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:35

I currently have a very old Soundblaster Live in my system along with a Tascam mixer (4input thing) to plug mics/guitar etc for recording into the computer.

I'm lining out from the mixer using 2xphono - 2 - 3.5mm jack into the mic port. I gather this isnt the best way to do it, so what is?

Cheers

Dan

dantonkin · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:12

Cheer for the reply boss. those soundcards look the biz. Think i'll invest in one the AudioPhile cards.

Cheers again for the help

dantonkin · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:41

yeah i did notice that.

Another quickie, may not be the right place to ask as its software related. but seeing as though u seem to know whats what I'll ask you.

Whats the best music looping/layering/efx prgramme around for noob use? I'm using Fruityloops for my drum patterns right now & Cool Edit Pro.

dantonkin · 21 Apr 2006 at 11:20

I did get my hands on a mixer in the end. Guy I lived with actually had one at his parents house, so no longer using the mic into soundcard setup.

To be honest i'm not the most musically gifted person, and as i've only just started to learn to play the guitar, this 4 chan tascam mixer does the job just right.

Theres quite a lot of hiss when recording into the computer, but the software can soft this out.

Also for some reason i cannot record from two channels into the comp at any one time. For example. Singing into the mic and playing the gitbox at the same time.. One of the channels goes crazy..