guitar->mic input=unwanted distortion. solution?

Posted by Wes Morrison on Wed, 09/19/01 - 12:59:32.

My laptop has a microphone input, but no line input. If I plug my guitar directly into it, I get distortion no matter how low I set the input level for the mic in Windows' mixer. Is this caused by an impedence mismatch? Any ideas on what I would need to put inline so I could record it "clean"? Preferably something cheap I could build with a few parts from Radio Shack.

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Re: guitar->mic input=unwanted distortion. solution?

Posted by valdimir on Mon, 10/08/2001 - 06:01.

try turning the volume on your guitar down. if this does not work, put a variable resistor PARALELL to the guitar signal. if u put it in series it will sound even shittier

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