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Unread post by jizzo » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:19 am

i use cool edit pro 2.1........and i bought one of the converters from radio shack and plugged it into my mic plug-in at the back of my comp and it still sounds distorted... :(
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:20 am

jizzo wrote:i use cool edit pro 2.1........and i bought one of the converters from radio shack and plugged it into my mic plug-in at the back of my comp and it still sounds distorted... :(
"it" being your amp or your guitar?
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Unread post by Roastbeef » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:22 am

Check your Record Volume level in your Sounds and Audio Devices control panel. Mine is set to the lowest level. Pehaps yours is set too high and it's clipping and distorting...
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:22 am

Roastbeef wrote:Check your Record Volume level in your Sounds and Audio Devices control panel. Mine is set to the lowest level. Pehaps yours is set too high and it's clipping and distorting...
also check for a +20 dB Boost. It would be under "advanced" under the microphone slider. Uncheck it if it's checked.
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:28 am

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Unread post by jizzo » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:44 pm

thanks for the help guys...im at school right now but ill try to lower the recording volume next....i had already unclicked the Db booster thingy and it helped a bit maybe i should borrow my buddys amp and try that.

This is exactly how I've got it set up now

guitar>patch cord>amp>patch cord out of amp>radio shack cord converter>mic plug-in in the back of computer.

thanks again for all the help

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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:52 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:
Trippin Hillbilly wrote:For the most natural sound just mic your guitar...
costs dinero for a good mic
yeah but I used to a use a £12 behringer mic a while back and it worked just fine.... you cant be THAT broke.. :wink:
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:17 pm

Hey man, $18 is nothing to sneer at

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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:24 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:Hey man, $18 is nothing to sneer at

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Unread post by Brock » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:37 pm

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TrippnBill686 wrote:Hey man, $18 is nothing to sneer at

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Unread post by Roastbeef » Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:16 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:Image

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I'm a moron. I never checked this setting before and I just discovered it was checked. Could be why my recordings have been called by some "sonically heavy". Now I have the Microphone volume setting cranked and the Mic Gain Boost off and the B-Band sounds a lot cleaner and more natural. Thanks TrippnBill686!
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