just want to know some cheap, good-quality equipment i can use to put my music on my computer. i'm tired of using sound recorder and my phone...

any suggestions? preferable something less than $100. thanks guys.

-Jake

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How about free? just google "Audacity"

wow that's awesome i'll try it out. thanks! but i'm also looking for actual recording equipment rather than using the mic on my computer. anything like that for free? haha.

-Jake

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I use the TASCAM US-122L. It is an interface that uses USB2 to connect music equipment to the computer. It comes with Steinberg's Cubase LE software which has more than enough features for home use. It is best to use this system with some sort of rudimentary PA system otherwise you'll have to switch between the interface and your sound card when switching from recording to playback but even without a PA simple tracks can still be recorded and edited. It just take a little more time switching back and forth. Connected to the PA the process is quite seamless. It's an inexpensive unit considering all you get and it's capabilities.

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thanks a lot! i'll be getting that when i can afford it. unfortunately i owe my parents 400 bucks, so i'm kinda in the whole right now. but when i'm able to get it, i will for sure! again, thanks a million!

-Jake

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I would have to know more about your amp. If it has any kind of line out, or headphone jack, then a trip to radio shack should find the adapters you need. If you have 1/8 inch headphone jack, you should be abe to go straight to the harddrive and use Audacity to record and mix with.

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3. 2008 Am Std Strat in 3 tone sunburst

Yes this is how I record using a Line 6 Floor Pod into the Line-in on my soundcard. No interface. I've used real inexpensive Digitech multi-fx pedals and they work great. Headphone jack in most units utilizes speaker simulation and that adds a lot to the recorded sound.

It takes a while to get to know all of the features of Audacity but it works really well.

i use a line 6 pod studio ux1, it came in at £99 GBP, and came with ableton live lite, riffworks, and pod farm 2. it seems pretty good

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There is sooo much to choose from nowadays. I use stand alone digital recorders as well as software.

The Blue Snowball USB mic is great!

Tascam/M-Audio/Line6/ and anything under $500 is going to sound about the same. (for USB audio interfaces).

BR-600 is a good deal, Tascam and Zoom have good stand alones too.

For PC, Digital Performer/Ableton Live/Cubase/PT...all good.

Audacity is good starting point....you can use a mixer with a better mic than what you described. (Dynamic or condenser mic(s)?)

The best is decide WHAT you want to record (how many channels, vocals, instruments, etc) then look here :

http://homerecording.com/

Good luck!

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my amp's a fender hot rod deville, and i'm using a boss DS-1 sistortion pedal. there is no headphone jack so i need a mic.

-Jake

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I know its not cheap, but everyone that wants to go direct should consider a guitar tube preamp. I love mine.

So many use pedals, which just don't sound as good to me as a good tube pre. Whether using one like a pedal in front of your favorite combo amp, into a power amp, home stereo, or computer, they just seem to sound as good as anything. Plus it means you can take your tone anywhere with you.

Tube preamps are somewhat lost on todays guitarist for some reason. They died a bit in the 90's with the retro amp craze. Its time to find your tube pre's again. It is amazing the diffrent tones a good one is capable of. You could basically model diffrent amps with these before it was called modeling. It was not called modeling because it was the real thing.

Today I plugged into my old (1993) ada mp-2 tube pre (I adore it) through my 1995 Mesa 50-50 stereo tube power amp through my 1991 Marshall Vintage 4x12 1960A. I have 10 tube voices to choose from. I used the Vintage Brown channel, and had the gain at 45% with the eq's set flat. It was playing just above a practice level and had a tone that would clean up while still gritty when plucked softly. When I would dig in, the notes would pop out with more growl. Wonderful dynamics and presence. Very defined and complex natural sounding overtones. Of coarse, bottom end chunk. It makes for a great practice and recording rig. The ada actually is all analog, and offers 2 and 4 X12 cab options for its XLR recording outputs.

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1. mid 70's Ventura MIJ Gibson l6-s clone (Pre-lawsuit) in Black with Rosewood FB and EMG 81 BR/ 85 Neck
2. ESP KH2 Neck Thru
3. 2008 Am Std Strat in 3 tone sunburst

Given the budget constraint. Audacity software (free)

Behringer XENYX 802 Mixer for $60.

Behringer XM8500 microphone for $30
If you already have a microphone like for a PA you can use that.

Next thing to buy would be a USB sound card interface such as Behringer U-CONTROL UCA202 USB-Audio Interface for $30. The sound cards built in to most computers are inadequate for recording full fidelity sound. This item would cure any clicks, pops, stutters etc.

If you have a microphone already that you can use then buy the USB sound card interface and the mixer and the cables to connect to the AUX input on your computer at Radio Shack and come in right at 100 bucks.