[linux-audio-user] Some basic questions

Hello all I'm new to this list and a linux user for 1 year. I use to play guitar and i'm planning to learn to play drum. As i'm starting to create my own songs and i wanna record it to my pc, i need some tips and advices about, witch programs to use and where to start reading about it. I wanna start reading about drum machines too, i've already downloaded and installed the Hydrogen Drum Machine, what do you have to say about it ? Is there another one better? Where can i find texts about programming these drum machines ? And the last doubt, i have an Amplifier with a line out and a phone plug, and i want to play the guitar and record it in the computer but using the amplifier to have a better sound and its distortion. My soundcard is a Onboard VIA AC97 (my mobo is a Asus A7V8X-X). Can i record it? Using the lino out of the amplifier and the line in of the soundcard ? I've tried but nothing happens, but if i try to plug the guitar into the soundcard's line in, i can hear it, but a bad and low song. Thanks (and sorry for any english mistake, i'm from Brazil =-] ). []'s -- Bruno Fialho Marques Gola <brunogola(a)gmail.com> http://www.brunogola.com.br Cel: (11) 9294-5883