20 Oct
2007
20 Oct
'07
6:57 a.m.
Am Samstag, 20. Oktober 2007 schrieb leslie.polzer(a)gmx.net:
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to get my electric guitar connected to my sound card.
Keeping the card's input gain low keeps away the noise, but
produces a very low signal. I can put Jamin right after that and crank
up the input gain, but there's a maximum to it and I'm not sure whether
that's the right approach.
Turning up the card's input volume increases the gain, of course, but it
delivers a lot of very ugly noise as well. If I connect a microphone to
the port, I get a high-gain signal without noise.
The card's an SB Live! Platinum, and the mic port seems to be the only
capture port usable by Jack. The cabling for the guitar is all new.
I can provide samples of the input signal at the various settings if you
wish.
Leslie
You cannot do that in a sane way - the output of a guitar pickup needs to be
modified (amplified and converted to high impedance) before, otherwise the
signal will suffer (treble loss). A guitar amp with line out, or certain guitar
FX processors will do, or you can try to find some cheaper device, look for at
least a impedance converter(transformer), or an active (battery powered) D/I box
with built in amplifier.
Edgar