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Andre thanks a million for your advice! I am not picky about strings though:o) > Yo Louie, > > Louie Angulo wrote: > > > I am curious to know what amp you are using and if > you > > could recomend a DAt i´´m going to start shopping > > around for this things. > > Be careful, man - you're one step away from asking > what kind of strings > I use. ;) > > The amp is a Mesa/Boogie DC3, which I got back in > '95. I haven't been > following the world of DI amp recording since then, > but I'm sure there > are all kinds of wonderful developments since then. > > The DAT machine was a hand-me down from a few years > back, and was > already a bit obsolete by that time anyway. I've no > idea what the > current market is like for those... I know a lot of > folks also swear by > MiniDisc for live recording (though with MD there's > always a bit of > lossy data compression). > > > I am tired of unplugging the > > output of my guitar input into the comp. and > getting > > huming noises. > > There'a actually a TON of hum and noise on the DAT > tapes of the stuff on > my web site - I had to clean them up quite a bit to > make them sound > presentable. I could certainly take more care with > my live amp > recordings than I have been. > > Hum in general can be combatted by taking care that > different components > are plugged into the same basic source - having the > computer in one > outlet and the amp in another can be a surefire > prescription for hum, > for instance... so you could likely record direct > into the computer > without that nasty hum. Do some experimenting with > different wiring > (both in terms of power cables and audio cables), > and also be careful of > things like monitors for introducing extraneous > noise into the signal. > > Thanks again for listening! > > --Andre LaFosse > http://www.altruistmusic.com > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com