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Laurence Payne

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On 15 Nov 2004 00:53:26 -0800, (manoutoftime)
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one- A 1/4 inch
(standard guitar plug size) to 1/8 inch (headphone jack size) adaptor
does indeed exist- I've got one. As James suggested, get thee to Radio
Shack, and tell them what you need. Depending on your soundcard, you
may need a preamp, but you should be able to get along without one. Of
course, the best thing to do would be to get a soundcard that's
designed for it (soundblaster audigy 2 platinum or something high
end), which has the 1/4 inch input, but I've done recording with an
adaptor into the line in, and it's worked fine.

You can certainly obtain the physical adaptor. It won't make the
output of a guitar electrically suitable for connection to either Line
In or Mic In of a soundcard though.

Play with Mic In. You may find the result acceptable. If not, get
a suitable preamp or mixer.

Or, as a guitarist, haven't you got a guitar amp? Maybe it has a
Line Out. Or many guitarists prefer to point a microphone at their
guitar amp's speaker.

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