Just looking to record some guitar ...

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Heyho . bin to college studying music practice so ive never been very good at the tech side of things . while at college ive built a collection of devices and i had the idea that maybe i could record with them. i have a behringer v-amp 2, a midi to usb cable ,a laptop with factory soundcard and a copy of cubase . im trying to figure out if i can record my guitar with what ive got and if i can how . i can handle drums with my copy of reason. and all im really looking for is guitar and drums so i can let some of the idea's flow . the word noob is an over statment :D . please help :D
 
thanks much for the link , itll definetly help me when getting started off , but i just need to know if recording guitar can actually be done with the equipment i have at the moment or if i have to wait till some money comes my way . Any insight is greatly appriciated :)
 
you can prolly get a good sound. i just dont know about the V amp i've never used one. but if it works and its a reputable piece of hardware than yeah.

what kind of music do you record? sometimes depending on the type of guitar or genre of music i like micing the amp.
 
i have a very wide taste in music but ill mostly be needing a warm sound on clean and a very heavy but clear sound for distorted . stuff like devin townshends new album Ki (it inspired me to try and get some stuff written ) or messhugah . i would mic up my amplifier but being unemployed i have no money and no gear (not even a mic :D) i just noticed it had midi on my v-amp and i had a spare midi to usb cable from college days and wondered if id be able to somehow use it to record on my computer even tho i have no mixer or anything ?
if not ill just have to wait untill i can find a job and grab some gear
thanks for the input :)
 
I don't know the V-amp at all, but it's unlikely that the midi connection is intended to be used as you're suggesting. More likely, it provides a control interface, allowing you to change settings on the Vamp from your computer (that's the story on my Vox Tonelab, anyway).

If the V-amp has a USB out and shows up as an audio input device (or audio interface) on your computer when it's plugged in, then that would be the best way to go, based on the equipment you listed. If the V-amp has some other sort of digital out, like S/PDIF, and you can map that to your computer, then that would likely be good. Otherwise, you'll want to try taking an analog out from the V-amp and plugging it into a line in on your sound card -- this may introduce some noise and signal degradation (trending away from "warm clean" and "heavy clear" :) ), but if so, there's not much you could do about it without getting more equip.

I could be missing something, of course.
 
cheers for the help . having you said that about the midi it actually makes alot of sense with the problems ive been having . Im going to assume by analog out you would be talking about line out as there is nothing else to pull out of it lol . theres no s/pdif unfortunatly they only added s/pdif on the model after mine . but im going to try using the line out and plugging it into the line in on my soundcard and recording it that way , at the moment im up for anything aslong as i can record it . thanks for the help guys , if anyones got any other ideas ill be happy to hear . :)
 
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