80's Tascam 4 track casette connect to computer?

[dull_thud]

I have built some guitar equipment that I want to make some single track demo clips of. I have an old 4 track cassette recoder by tascam. A stereo RCA cable is running from the lineouts on the mixer to the line in jack on my creative labs SB live sound card(came with computer), via a stereo RCA-stereo 1/8".

Its working, but it sounds bad.

(pardon the sloppy playing)

The guitar tone sounds alot less "chainsawy" IRL.

I'm recording a small tube amp with an "AV-Pro DM-579" unidirectional mic. Using Acoustic Labs Mixer as the recording program ( http://www.acoustic-labs.com/mixer.html ) .

Can someone help me turn off the chainsaw??

Thanks

K

 

[Dogman]

First off, check in the soundblaster control panel to make sure the mic is boosted. You probably need a preamp, but I don't know for sure. Just a start.
Good luck.
Ed