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in which input do you put your mic on your computer? the (pink) microphone input or the (blue) line in input... you need the line in input... microphone is telephone quality..

Other than that. Buy an SM57 like you said and a XLR to jack cable with a jack to mini-jack plug.

That's the cheapest, better solution I can find.

I'd suggest a cheap usb interface instead of plugging the mic right into your computers sound card.

Stop pirating software.

Start playing live.


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Ardour is really bad ass, and one of the few Open Source projects that have dual primary targets (MacOS X and GNU/Linux/BSD). There's been some recording studios that based all their computing on Ardour, so if it's good enough for professional recording, it's probably exceedingly capable, at least for my own abilities. I'm considering taking an audio recording class at a local community college just so I can use Ardour on my Linux box and Digital Performer on my Mac. The college I think focuses on Digital Performer (because they have a lot of MOTU equipment). But the core principles span all of these software platforms.

Point is, don't pirate software. If you pirate Logic, you're probably not going to produce better results than legally downloading Ardour. Plus, Ardour doesn't fit a business model, so getting help with using it, or this and that with Ardour is easy and highly abundant. Getting help with Digital Performer requires a credit card number.

when I play in my room I always use my Spider II combo and when I wanna record, I have a cable coming from the Line in from my soundcard that I can plug into the line out from the Spider, works fine

hey, glad you like it.

i like it very much so far and it fulfills all my current recording needs.
i've tryed recording first through microphone in front of the amp, then through some cheap audio interface with no software, which was just a pain and then i've settled on this one.
our other guitarist has the ux2 (with a mic input also) and it works just as well, but i like to keep it basic.

i'd say the magic is also in the software, and the way it works with the hardware.
with the other interface i used to get lag and delays.
no problems of this kind with this one.

the only disadvantage i can think of, comparing it to some other multieffect, like say the pod, is that you have to turn your computer on, in order to use it.
i also like it for just jamming with headphones, if you don't want to keep everybody awake at night.

that's about it.
as soon as you register with line6 you may download the latest software and you're good to go.
(the basic software is free, didn't care for the more fancy one)

and look for something used, because it does the same job at 30% of the price.