[LAU] Very low input from accoustic guitar pickup

[Edgar Aichinger]

Am Donnerstag, 22. November 2007 schrieb lanas:
> Folks,
> 
>   I'm connecting an accoustic bass guitar that has an internal pickup
> to a 1010LT card (inout 3 for instance) using a 1/4" cable and a 1/4"
> to RCA converter.  The guitar has volume, bass, treeble controls.
> Unless I crank up the guitar's volume to the max there's no much sound
> that goes in.  The appropriate ADC channel setting in Envy24 is at the
> max.  

If it has controls for volume, treble and bass that means it has an 
amplifier on board. Maybe the battery is low? 

> 
>   Pushing the volume to the max also brings noise with it.  What I
> would like to do is to set it at about 5-6 and have some room in Ardour.
> 
>   Does this mean that I have to plug some kind of impedence adapter
> between the guitar and the 1010LT ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Al
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Edgar