How to record simply

[Lemusa]

I have a line 6 POD, ibanez rg something (its japanese though!) and fairly up there pc

i run through pod then into line in on soundcard but i cant seem to get the sound coming thru "crackle" free. its not speaker crackle but just noise likes its being overdriven. also have a few latency troubles if i get the crackle to go away

could you give me a run down on how to set it up good good? i have audicity, cool edit pro 2 and adobe audition (but thats really confusing)

help please

[rocklander]

I hear ya.. same crap happens to me... running XP? I had the issue with win2k and essentially gave up. bought a usb module (m-audio thingy) but yet to kick it into life

have ya tried it through the mic in instead of line in?

[Lemusa]

use vista

have tried through both, found mic worse. i think i might splash out on a recording orrientated sound card

[rob_on_guitar]

I go straight trough line in, but I actually found realtek better than soundblaster when dealing with direct line in.
Soundblaster normally is the one for latency issues, but like Rocklander for my new pc I ended up getting a Tascam US-144

[acwild]

Have you checked the output levels of the Pod? Sounds like it's too hot of a signal. Either that or check the input level of your soundcard. I can dig deeper when I get a computer again. Should be shortly.

[yosoytudios]

that crackle is digital distortion.you're overloading the input. on regular soundcards there is no analog buffer circuit to give you a little extra headroom. the buffer is there to go into analog clipping first, which is much better sounding than digital clipping. gotta get an audio interface, external preferably, such as a presonus inspire gt. firewire has less latency,mine is 1.5ms, wich is not noticable. btw rob gets a pretty good sound out of his pod direct.

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(25-02-2009 04:33 PM)Lemusa Wrote:  i have audicity, cool edit pro 2 and adobe audition (but thats really confusing)

help please

cool edit pro, and adobe audition are the same program. about as easy to use as they get.

[Lemusa]

(01-03-2009 09:25 PM)yosoytudios Wrote:  cool edit pro, and adobe audition are the same program. about as easy to use as they get.

I am aware they are the same thing but cool edit pro is by far simpler being an older version

[yosoytudios]

(01-03-2009 09:47 PM)Lemusa Wrote:  I am aware they are the same thing but cool edit pro is by far simpler being an older version

cooledit 2.0 is the older version. cooledit 2.1 is what became adobe audition. still simple though. i use it, if you need help let me know.

[missygurl32]

If y'all dumb it down x 1000, I might just ... and ONLY just get the gist of what you're saying... hehe.

note to self
To avoid looking silly, I will avoid tech threads.

[Lemusa]

cheers i might just ask soon! im looking at gettin one of these
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUSB.html

ever used one? any good?