Recent content by Tioli

NOT that there's anything wrong with that!

Fender makes a little electric called the DuoSonic, that I love. Has a great feel and sound and short neck.

I think I'll check out Fretboard Journal. I've always been a Guitar Player reader, but I tire of the competitive feel of the writing. Every guitarist they feature is the best at something. which is probably true when you think about it, but I'm not into the guitar as a competition, but just to...

For those that might be doing a search: I found that GuitarPort works better with the latest version of Gearbox software.

Have you already tried to Select Line-In in your soundcard's panel (its mixer) instead of the "What You Hear" which is selected now (with some cards it is called "stereo mix"..or analog mix..whatever)

Porn gridlock? On MY computer? You wouldn't find any of that stuff on MY computer. No sir. No porn anywhere on my computer. Why I'm a good christian man, like that Ted Haggard guy in Colorado Springs who got caught with a hooker and methamphetamines, but porn? uh-uh, no sireebob. Hang on, I...

Somewhere I found a guide with tips for tweaking Windows XP for best performance. It talked about disabling certain services in Device Mangler, as I recall. Anybody know where this resource is?

Thanks Mike. I ended up replacing the GuitarPort with a Line6 Toneport UX2 that my son was using. It works fine, with just the instrument jack. No skipping or anything. I did end up bypassing the soundcard and just use the ASIO drivers for the Toneport to run all the sounds on the computer.

I've been using Sonar 4 with a Variax and GuitarPort interface. I'm using a Sony Vaio with an Audigy soundcard. Been recording this way since late 2004. I recently installed Cakewalk Virtual Instruments which work great except when I try to record audio, then the program locks up and drops out...