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[geetarbill]

I have just bought a computer and I am downloading Pro Tools Free. The only thing I have is my guitar, a TC Electronics G-Force, an amp, and a computer. What do I need to record on my computer? My processor has digital outputs but my computer doesn't have anywhere to plug them into. What will I need including software and hardware? I don't know anything about recording with a computer.

Thanks in advance,

geetarbill

 

[AlChuck]

You need an audio interface to your computer, a sound card or something like it. There are a bewildering variety of them available today. You need to decide what you want to do and that will dictate what type of device or devices you need. Obviously, for a start you want to record your guitar playing direct from the G-Force. You would want a sound card with the matching type of digital I/O, which I suspect is S/PDIF -- might as well use those digital outputs if you got them. Some sound cards are strictly audio interfaces, e.g. the M Audio Delta 66. Some also have MIDI interfaces, e.g. the M Audio Delta 1010... some even have MIDI synthesizers, though these are usually the cheaper consumer-type cards or more expensive ones like the Creamware Pulsar. The there's analog inputs --some have 2 ins and 2 outs, some 2 ins and 8 outs, some 4 ins and 4 outs, or 6, or 8... Some even have decent microphone preamps so you can plug a mic right in and not have to get a mixer or outboard preamp...

Reading a lot throughout this website is a great start on locating potential candidate devices...

 

[hongteck]

you need to hang around here. these guys are great ! .. or at least some of them their advice has brought me from bad home recording to not so bad home recording in a very short span of time.