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guitar sounds like crap

daniel1988	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 8:52 PM i have cool edit pro 2 im new to this and when i plug my piano straight into mic jack and have volume on low its sounds ok if u turn it up it strarts sounding crappy distorted but its ok.now when i plug the guitar straight in its horrible. i cant get a clean tone out of it.im shure its not hard im just dumb.do i just need to buy a mic? cool edit is cool but kinda complicated
GeneHilbert	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 9:02 PM Most probably to much gain applied through mic channel - run instruments as line level signal or….. Preferably run everything into an external mixer to computer sound card input as line level. Then adjust individual elements as needed. Preamp for mics then required……
daniel1988	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 9:04 PM hmmm ok thnx when i hooked it up to line in nothing happened no sound but ill look into it thanks
daniel1988	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 9:15 PM so it plays through speakers on line in but dosent do anything on record
daniel1988	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 9:20 PM so it plays through speakers on line in but dosent do anything on record
daniel1988	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 9:27 PM i figured it out thnx i feel stupid now
hantu	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 9:48 PM thats a good sign
daniel1988	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 12:43 AM good sign??? amyway it sounds clean now. but when i get like 3 tracks at once they sound all ouuta time and they probally are lol but i guess i need to play with eq settings cuz they all kinda sound the same and start to blend in i guess i dunno regular chords sound ok but when i play power chords/1finger drop d chords is sounds um i dunno kinda off in the distance real low tone
GeneHilbert	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 1:21 AM Digital recording works at a certain bit and sample rate which you set prior to recording. Red Book CD standard is 16bit at 44.1kHz. Recording at 20 or 24 bit and 48 or 96kHz yield better data streams and clarity because of more data is recorded but the files are larger and require a faster machine and larger faster hard drives. So there’s the trade off. If your input signal is weak you are not utilizing all the possible bits available, and your track will sound less defined, or…. well weak. When recording make sure you signal is as hot as you can get it without clipping the input LED into the red. So you need a happy medium, utilizing all you can get without clipping and overdriving the inputs..
johnyjordan	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 3:58 PM My suggestion is just mic everything. Don't directly plug anything. Guitars will sound so much better through a quality amp. Also, I wouldn't rely heavily on Cool Edit Pro's effects for your instruments. Using effect pedals while having your instrument mic'd always sounds much better to me. Then again, it's only my opinion.
daniel1988	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 5:43 PM yea micing it sounds alot simpler.but thanks for all the advice yall.any ideas on a mic i should get.god the questions are never gonna end lol
daniel1988	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 7:06 PM yea i just craped my pants when i saw price of good mics lol i was thinking like 30.00 for a cheap one lol