Buying Electric guitar soon

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I'm getting one tommorow, with a 1/4 cord out thingy.When wanting to record it, all I have to go is plug it into my roland fantom's input and it'll record everything nicely?
 
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You're going to get a real crappy sound like that. If I were you, I'd pick up line 6's guitar port. Check out the line5 web sire for info. Also, you don't need phantom power for the guitar. Make sure to never plug anything in or out while phantom power is on.
 
1/4 out chord thingy

Sounds like a joker, but you never know...
 
what are you guys talking about?this will be my first electric guitar, i have an acoustic, so I dont know sh-- about electric
 
well when a musician says "1/4 inch out thingy" it makes it sound like a joke. even if you have never owned an electric guitar you know more than to say that. hell my 8 year old cousin knows you plug in an electric guitar.
 
well, pluggin into a sampler is about as correct as he can get.., to record it. It`s all the shit between the sampler and the guitar that the "1/4" thingy" can go through that get`s complicated.
 
What exactly will the line 6 guitar port do?Why will I get a crappy sound just plugging the 1/4 cord into the Fantom's input?
 
You're not going to get a great sound by plugging into your keyboard. The fantom might be able to record it fine, but you'll need to work out your sound on the guitar before you try to record it direct. Direct isn't the best way to go, but it'll record "okay" for you for now. I'm saying this because it appears that you haven't played much guitar and it will take you a little bit to get accustomed to it.
 
Ok, here;s the deal. Yes you can record the guitar the way you have planned - once again, please for your own sake turn off the phantom power before pluggin in or out. Anyways, you don't need it for guitar.

BUT, it will sound bad. Basically it will sound as if you are sticking your ear right up to the electric guitar and strumming - only louder and fuller.

What an electric guitar needs is an amplifier. This consists of 3 things, the preamp, power amo, and speaker. The preamp shapes the sound - it's what gives metallica (and every other musician) its distortion. Distortion is that dirty sound that makes you want to bang your head up and down when listening to rock music. The power amp just makes the shite loud. The speaker is oh so important. Without it, your amp would make no sound. And if you ran direct from a preamp into your "fantom" it would sound like an angry swarm of bees. :)

The traditional way to record a guitar is to plug your mic into your amp, turn it up real loud, and put a microphone up near the speaker. This is usually the best sound.

Most people can't do this at home though, because their family would beat their ass. So, technology has afforded us the ability to have these great litltle devices called amp modelers. Basically they simulate the amp, speaker, and microphone. Plus, they have all kinds of neat effects to make you sound great- or at least better than you are. (not you personally, but guitar players in general)

I recommend the guitar port. You need fast computer though. It is 99 bucks. Please go to www.guitarport.com for info. I like it because it records straight from digital from the usb cable. All the amp simulations are run by a software interface, so it looks really neat. And, there is no messing with "fantoms." Please excuse my sarcasm at your expense... I'm just messing with you.

I hope this helps you out.
 
patelt78 said:
Ok, here;s the deal. Yes you can record the guitar the way you have planned - once again, please for your own sake turn off the phantom power before pluggin in or out. Anyways, you don't need it for guitar.
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Dude, he's not talking about phantom power. He's talking about the Roland Fantom series keyboard/sequencers. Something like one of these:

http://www.roland.com/products/en/Fantom-X8/index.html
 
He can sample the guitar directly into the Fantom and select an amp modeler to manipulate the track after the fact, he can also add a decent selection of effects. He can use headphones out from the Fantom and wouldnt need any outboard gear to accomplish what he`s after. It is in fact a digital recorder, now whether or not it is user friendly and has editing capabilities like a standalone recorder or PC is another question..
 
First off I'm a she.Second, so plugging it into the fantom and hit record is all I need to do?
 
I have the RAM maxed out on the fantom, I have about an hours worth of recording time.Yes it's my intention to record and sav as a wav(sample it), and build my composistion over it all inside the keyboard
 
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