21 May
2025
21 May
'25
10:46 p.m.
On 5/21/25 06:06, Will Godfrey wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2025 08:23:05 -0700 (PDT)
Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
Thanks for the explanation. It's not something I'd consider easy to do,
my soldering/electronics skills aren't up to that!
A friend gave me a DI box that has amp modeling and other capabilities,
but it does have one feature I've used many times. Gain control. Plug
the guitar into it's guitar input, leave everything else at neutral (no
amp modeling), and adjust gain until it's output is right for line input
to my little USB card.
I bought a contact mic for the guitar that outputs electric guitar
levels but haven't tried it yet with my classical guitar. I wonder what
a classical guitar might sound like going through Guitarix?
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There are lots of guitar to USB audio devices out
there and it seems they
have all done them wrong. I modified one of them and it actually sounds
very good. Perhaps better than plugging into the "high impedance" input of
many audio interfaces or using a DI box into a mic input. The result is a
much more open sound in particular with single coil pickups (or tapped as
I happen to have).
Why do I think they have likely all done them wrong? The Application notes
say: "Please follow the reference schematic for microphone section
design." So not only is it easy but it is recomended. I am sure it works
well for a computer mic.
Anyway, for those who want a good quility direct to usb guitar cable here
is my journey to fix a toy into something better.
https://www.ovenwerks.net/hardware/GuitarUSBhack/index.html
I find it amazing that the manufactures would not reduce their parts count
while making a better product.
Len
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Len Ovens
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Thanks for that. Very interesting and quite easy to do!