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guys im newbie to electric guitar world…well i was told i need to get a distortion effect (thing) they offered a sound processor (with multi effect) and a distortion pedal…i have a limited budget and im learning…

now…does the sound processor produces same effect for distortion or reverb or (i forgot the name guess its overdrive)

now the pedal is BOSS (http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetail…

and the sound processor can be one the followings:

http://www.digitech.com/products/RP350/i…
http://www.digitech.com/products/rp50.ht…
the thing is does the sound from the sound processor comes out as if its artificial unlike the real distortion pedal, if so…do i have to buy a pedal for each effect…

guys im confused and i need your help with that

Sound Processors or multi-effects pedal do the same thing as a single effect pedal.

But keep in mind, that single effect pedals are usually better for a single effect. Reason being is quality and the amount of tweaking you can do for that one effect. A good example is look at the Boss DD-20. That is a pedal just for Delay and it has 6 knobs to tweak it. It cost $220 for just the delay effect and it comes with looping.

So if you look at a processor that has 50 effects and cost $200. Then you are looking at roughly $4 per effect, so the quality is going to be low, and you’ll have 2-3 basic knobs to tweak the effect with.

Also distortion is hardly ever good on a sound processor or multi effect. Reverb is really basic and will sound find with any multi or sound processor. Flanger, Chorus, and Delay are usually pretty solid on mutli effects processors too.

But Distortion, get a single pedal for sure. The RP350 or 50 won’t do the distortion or overdrive (same as distortion) any justice.

In Pro Tools it says that I’m clipping but the actual Pre isn’t at all in the hardware. Why is this? And Why does the tone in my Digi002 Pre’s suck unless they’re clipping…..And when they say they are I don’t hear it. There’s no sound of clipping or distortion. My mixes don’t sound distinct at all. Cluttered. Please help.

In pro tools it only take 3 samples of audio to clip the meters.(3/44100 of a second) This is not a reliable meter to determine clipped audio for that reason. Most important is the sound. If you think it sounds okay, than ignore what the meters tell you.
When you say the mixes aren’t distinct: its very hard to diagnose without hearing the mix. It may just be an issue of equalization and/or spatialization. That comes with practice and training.

I have a Storex club mpix-355 750GB hard drive, but when i try to watch stuff recorded off the tv using my Archos 705 wifi the sound is totally distorted, can anyone tell me why and can i do anything about it?

Sounds as though the sampling rate might need adjustment. Look at your manuals.

Well I pluged up my bass to my friends amp (he plays guitar). It just had distortion on it (like a button you press) & i’m wondering what kind of pedal would do that or just a good pedal for my bass. The amp gave my bass a different sound and bends and harmonics sounded alot better.

They make bass-specific fx pedals that are designed to operate in the frequencies that a bass guitar generates (check out www.musiciansfriend.com for what is available).

At the same time, you can use pretty much any guitar pedal with your bass.

My friend uses a Russian made Electro-Harmonix Big Muff for both his bass and guitar with fantastic results.

Boss makes a wide variety of overdrive and distortion pedals, also check out Ibanez, EH, and DOD.

Hi I have a Skyfi3 and love it. It has the slot for the memory card and I have put many mp3s on it.
Problem is some of them sound somewhat distorted or as if they have way too much bass trying to come through. It doesnt happen to a particular song type like rap as it happens just as much on some country songs.
Other songs sound completly fine as do the tunes coming directly from the XM radio. Even if I try to adjust the EQ on these songs they still sound this way.
Any suggestions?

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I converted my OS to Windows XP. But to no avail.I downloaded the latest file but still the problem persist.
I have P3 550 Mhz, 128 MB SDRAM

are you sure it’s not the speakers. If you have a headset around, swap’em and make sure. If you installed this sound card because your onboard (intergrated) audio went bad, then make sure you disable it in the bios. Does the distortion happen when you logon to windows (windows startup sound) or does it only happen when your playing a specific game, movie, or software? You say when playing mp3’s, how did you get the mp3’s? sometimes DRM (digital rights management) software will cause this to occur.

What are the best effects of amp settings for shredding style distortion like Cliff Burtons and tapping. I put the distortion on full on my Marshall MB15 amp, and it only sounds good when I fingerpick really hard or use a pick, so tapping sounds awful. What can I do to make it sound better? Thanks in advance.

Use a line 6 bass pod it gives you a lot of versatility and control over your sound. many pros use line 6 PODS for their effects.

when i record on audacity on "stereo mix"(recording sounds from the computer) i get such a noisy fizzy distorted noise, how can i fix this?

Check that the recording level is not set too low or too high – there is a slider in the middle of the toolbar to control this. When you play the sound you should see the audio levels going near the top of the range without touching it.

I think I should be able record through my receiver but I have not been able to figure it out. The sound meter shoots to red when I connect from the tape deck to the mic port on my computer. I have tried adjust the mic levels to no avail. Please help!
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Clean the heads on the tape deck. Probably gotten dirty, if that doesnt help, Maybe something is frayed and causing ground static. hope that helps.

hi, i need to make my electric guitar sound distorted without amp just a keyboard. is there any way i can do this without going out and buying crap? because ive had this guitar a while now and do not want to invest more money into it.
thanks in advance.

no, ull either have to buy an amp with distorntion/overdrive built in or buy one thats not and buy an effects pedal or two