ronnie_ca Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Hello all. I just bought the Guitar Rig from Music 123 and I've been having some problems with it. I can record fine (though I'm recording an acoustic with a mic, due to my only guitar being half built right now ) but I can't get the foot pedals to register. I have my mic hooked into an xlr to 1/4" cable on input port 1 and a 1/4" patch cable on output 1 going into a 1/4" to 1/8" stereo adapter which is plugged into the line in on my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS. Could the fact that the patch cable between the controller and the sound card is mono be the culprit? I'm confussed and slightly frusterated, so any help at all would most deffinately be appreciated. Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Ronnie, welcome to the board. You might have better luck with the product's technical support people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnie_ca Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Thanks, I've tried the Native Instruments user forums, I'm just still not 100% sure on what I'm doing (this is all very new to me). I'm sure I'll get it figured out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 do you use a preamp with yours? i ask you because i have guitar rig without a preamp and cant get it to work, so i was wondering if you need one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, the easiest answer is: you need the Guitar Rig Kontrol. That small issue aside, you'll need a pre-amp into your soundcard's line-in. The mic-in has its own pre-amp, but it's not impedence-matched to your guitar signal. It'll work better than the line-in, but it's not a great match. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 how would this work? http://cgi.ebay.ca/Behringer-Ultra-G-GI100...1QQcmdZViewItem sorry ronnie for taking over this thread, ill shut up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnie_ca Posted September 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 (edited) Hughes, not a problem. You shouldn't need a preamp if you're running the rig kontrol, as it is a preamp in itself. If for whatever reason you have the software without the hardware (I won't ask, I promise ) then yes, you will need a preamp. As my only electric guitar is in the process of being built I can't tell you for sure how well it works. I actually got the rig kontrol working (I bought a cable with two 1/4" mono jacks at one end and a 1/8" stereo on the other and ran it to the line in on my sound card). They only tests I've done with the rig kontrol thus far has been to take a crappy mic with an XLR to 1/4" cable and used it as a preamp. It sounded decent for vocals, but needed to be boosted too far to mic a guitar. (I think the problem was with the mic being designed for vocals, or the lack of phantom power, but I'm not knowledgable enough to say for sure). Oh, I just thought, if you don't have the Rig Kontrol and you want a foot controller to control Guitar Rig, I'd suggest the Behringer FCB1010, I might upgrade to that when my budget allows. It's only about $150 I think, but I've gone a little overboard with my guitar building lately Edited September 23, 2005 by ronnie_ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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