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I just got a new microphone to record my guitar with a USB port on the end. But I thought that I would need a interface or something to improve and edit my sound. What do ya'll use to record your music? And is there anything else I will need?
I'm new to this recording stuff.

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I just record it through my multi-effects processor
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A decent sound card helps.
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Your first mistake was purchasing a USB mic. Really, the only improvement you can make with that is upgrading your soundcard. If you got a traditional mic with the XLR, then a interface would be necessary and quite helpful.
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I got the mic free from a friend. :winkwink:
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USB microphones are alright for gaming and recording voices but not vocals.
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As Nic and Boni said, I'd suggest you buying an audio interface and an XLR Mic. I personnaly use a UGM96 as my audio interface (which is USB), and I connect my guitar or my mic to it. Guess you can buy some pretty nice stuff for a hundred dollars, maybe a little more.
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I'm also onto this thing with recording.

I don't really know the idea of quality how it can differ, so can anyone tell me if there is a big difference in quality when it comes to having a well sounding guitar for example?

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182sins wrote:As Nic and Boni said, I'd suggest you buying an audio interface and an XLR Mic.
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Ok, well I'm now looking to buy a mic with that. But will I be able to use my pedal board with a interface?
Can someone explain what I need to do and how it works?
And also, any rec's for software and mics?

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They are all to expensive for my price range :(

I was looking at the Lin 6 POD's.
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What's your price range ?
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$300-350 including software.

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ok, i go tmy line 6 ux2 and all teh software and my e906, but when i connect my mic to the interface then to my pc nothing happens. its like not evening have a mic plug into it. can someone help me?
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