Recording with my Computer

[Darkness]

right now my recordings suck...........my mic is HORRIBLE and I plan on getting a Bass V-Amp ( I play bass, a friend recomended me here for this question) for X-mass. I want to know if I use the Midi out and get a usb/midi interface, will I have good sound quality, im pretty sure I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card. I dont know if its good or not, no clue here. and the other question is......I herd some things about the V-amp's having a Line out.......im guessing I can just plug that into the Line In input on the back of my Tower.........what kind of Chord would I need for that and is it any better sound quality that way rather than through Midi. Thanks.

[Soup Kitchen Studios]

You can't send sound through midi, only data. The midi port allows the POD to be controlled by, or control, other equipment. For example, you could have a patch editor on your PC, and you could edit the patches on your V-AMP from your computer.

To get the sound of the V-AMP into you computer you're going to need a new sound card. Take a look at something like the M-Audio Audiophile 2496.

[AndrewTodd]

To get the sound of the V-AMP into you computer you're going to need a new sound card.

Erm, not really. You can take a line out from the vamp straight into the line in (or mic in if you need some more gain) on your PC.

The soundcard has a 3.5mm stereo input, whereas the vamp has left and right 1/4" outputs, so if you want a stereo signal you need a means of combining the two outputs and feeding them to a stereo 3.5mm jack.

I have my v-amps two outputs going to two channels on a mixing desk, then the tape sends from the desk go into the stereo in on my soundcard.

I usually patch things together using phono connectors; I have a twin phono -> stereo 3.5mm jack adapter which goes into my PC - you could do the same but you'll also need two phono -> 1/4" jack adapters to go at the v-amp end.

hth

[Soup Kitchen Studios]

Okay then, to get a decent sound out of the V-Amp into your computer, you're going to need a new sound card.

[AndrewTodd]

Originally Posted by SKM

Okay then, to get a decent sound out of the V-Amp into your computer, you're going to need a new sound card.

I can't argue with that!

[JESTER700]

The Santa Cruz isn't a bad consumer card. For demos, it should do OK for electric guitar sounds. But yeah, a better card would be better if you want to release anything. The Audiophile is a good one. I have (and like) Echo's MIA. Same internals as the Audiophile, IIRC, just different jacks & drivers.