little help

[s0ze]

ok, every studio experiance Ive had was me plugging into an amp and recording from a mic placed directly in front of it.
a while back I had a studio sit in with a friends band and the bass/guitar players all sat in a sound proof room and plugged directly into the mixer(or at least it seemed like it) which plugged into a mac laptop and it was all recorded clean and listened to through monitors.
we listen to the initial product clean then they added the effects and the guitars and bass had a much better sound/tone then I have ever recorded. Better then my live amp.

can anyone suggest a high end software that will allow me to plug cleanly into the computer, add the effects later and produce a high quality recording???

if not can anyone suggest a way for me to pull this off???? (I live in an old, unupdated, 1920's house so my noise levels are through the roof. when I plug into my amp all the lights go dim and I get a noticeable hiss when I record through a mic, but when I plug directly into the audio interface it sounds pretty clean.

any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[fuzzyhair]

ok, every studio experiance Ive had was me plugging into an amp and recording from a mic placed directly in front of it.
a while back I had a studio sit in with a friends band and the bass/guitar players all sat in a sound proof room and plugged directly into the mixer(or at least it seemed like it) which plugged into a mac laptop and it was all recorded clean and listened to through monitors.
we listen to the initial product clean then they added the effects and the guitars and bass had a much better sound/tone then I have ever recorded. Better then my live amp.

can anyone suggest a high end software that will allow me to plug cleanly into the computer, add the effects later and produce a high quality recording???

if not can anyone suggest a way for me to pull this off???? (I live in an old, unupdated, 1920's house so my noise levels are through the roof. when I plug into my amp all the lights go dim and I get a noticeable hiss when I record through a mic, but when I plug directly into the audio interface it sounds pretty clean.

any help would be greatly appreciated

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[Sampler]

You need an audio interface that has some type of guitar input (with a preamp to boost the signal) or you'll have to run your guitar into a direct box and then send it to a line-input. As far as quality goes, most moderately-priced software can do the job quite well...the main thing is high quality Analog/Digital (A/D) converters on the interface. Again, you can get some good quality USB and FireWire interfaces for a decent price.

Much of the audio recording software out there comes with some effects built in. You can always expand and add new ones, but typically they give you enough to start with.

Just to throw out some names...Cakewalk Sonar, Steinberg Cubase, Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer...there are many versions of these, so you should be able to find one to fit your budget.