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Rikki27	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 2:10 PM im scottish so im allowed to say "wee" Anyways, up until now, ive been recording my songs from a roland cube 15 as it has a recording jack, and ive just een plugging this into my microphone jack on the front of my computer. BIG mistake. little did i know that it was slowly destroying my soundcard, untill bzzzt. I got a rather sore electric shock, and my soundcard blew. Im getting a new one in a few weeks. So my question is, if this isnt how i record, are there atapters I can use that will stop harm being done to my soundcard? And if not, how do you all record? Cheers for all those who respond
Opossum	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 2:23 PM Huh? So that's what happened... As crazy as it sounds, I just plug everything directly into the input. Dry, no pre-amp, nothing. This includes the bass, and a Yamaha MIDI keyboard, etc., also the microphone, which has a pre-amp built in I think (Duh, what do I know?). If I want effects I use software emulation, easier on my ears as well. Haven't "blown" anything relative the computer, anyway, or even come close to it. Well...I've blown up a few mice (the organic kind), but it was their fault. The worse thing that happened was that I left a power adapter plugged into a wall outlet, and there was a tiny short I didn't know about. I left it on over the weekend and it overheated and just died.
Rikki27	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 3:28 PM u plug it all into the output?!
GeneHilbert	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 3:53 PM Pro audio sound cards are pretty cheap these days. M-Audio Delta 66 is perfect for small personal or project studios. 4 in/out 1/4" analog plus S/PDIF in/out - last time I checked they were $150. I've had one for years they work great. I’ve never had a problem with it. I also patch the Delta into one of my Mackie’s – so it always ready to go. I also have my sound blaster and my on board sound cards. I use the M-Audio for recording and monitoring, and I use the sound blaster for all the regular computer sound stuff as well as midi in/out and .mp3 & .wav mix down monitoring for quality control purposes on a different signal path and playback. So I can check for the portability factor.
Opossum	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 11:56 PM Rikki27, no, I only do one session at a time, with only one thing using the computer (live) at a time. Sometimes it's a headache switching things, but I've had no problems with the same set-up and sound-cards for the last few years. Way, way back, before computers, when I didn't have a reel to reel at the time, or an extra cassette deck, I actually removed the erase head of a casette deck - so I could dub over stuff without erasing what I previously recorded. This, of course, meant that if I made a mistake, I had to erase the tape on someone else's recorder, plus the dynamics (on the previous recording) lessoned each time, depending on the next recording volume level, so it was mostly only good for 2-4 dub-overs. And you had to have the timing perfect from the start, since you couldn't hear what you were recording over. For all I know the erase head and the tiny screws are probably still stuck to the gum on the mirror - haha.
imemine	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 12:22 AM Lots of Cranberry juice! Yep----that always fixes my wee problems! Or a shot of penicillin in that ONE case!
Opossum	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 12:37 AM Yes, you are right, cranberry juice does the trick! Although with cats, it gets much harder to resolve and I heard it was from too much dry food.
Opossum	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 12:40 AM And I hate it when it goes too far to the left or right, or divides and does both.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 9:27 AM Rikki, Gene's advice is good. It's good to have something that allows you several inputs to record in and out, the Delta 66 or 1010 from M-Audio or firewire interfaces such as MOTU's ultalite or Presonus make similar products. They are a bit pricey but are an investment. You could also consider something like Line 6's toneport USB soundcard/amp simulator if you only need 2 inputs, you record direct and it has several amp modelling options for clean or overdriven sounds etc. Basically your soundcard blew due to an impedance mismatch, a regular computer soundcard should not be recorded into directly from a headphones jack or line out, you need to use a pre-amp before the sound card (which balances the impedance before output) or record into a mixer and take out from there into the soundcard. Oh and cranberry juice works wonders but it has to be real cranberry juice, not cheap supermarket dilute, or cranberry mixed with apple juice etc... Another idea Rikki - Put a mic near to the amp and record that way, recording direct has come a long way with amp sims and effects but nothing captures the dynamics from a guitar as well as micing up the amp.
Saint	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 9:29 AM I thought this was gonna be a thread about constipation
Rikki27	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 9:47 AM ^

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