Noob recording help!

[Ben_W]

Hi,

I want to start recording guitar. I have Cubase 5, and was given an EMU-0404 as my friend no longer wanted. I used to record at school using Cubase by plugging a Line 6 POD into a mixer and then into Cubase which was pretty easy to do. I am recording mostly to remember tracks and to send ideas to people so don't need great quality.

What is the best way for me to record? Can I plug my guitar into the EMU-0404 and then straight into the laptop? Or do I need to plug guitar into POD (I don't have one yet so would need to buy) into EMU-0404 into laptop?

I have a mixer and some active monitors as I DJ too, so if needed could just plug the POD into the mixer like I did previously, just i am unsure what the EMU-0404 actually does? Might be being thick, but on a pod or a modulator like that, it has lots of pre-built sounds you can use, so not sure whether I'd need to attach something else to the EMU-0404.

Thanks, and if you need any more information please let me know.

[Andrew W]

For what you need I'd suggest plugging a Pod straight into your laptop and ignore the EMU-0404 altogether. If you want to record a real amp (and you have a mic) then the EMU will be useful, but I think that sounds like more fuss than you need.

[JDC]

There are plenty of free software amp simulators and cab sims that you can load into cubase so you could just plug directly into the emu

[Andrew W]

There are plenty of free software amp simulators and cab sims that you can load into cubase so you could just plug directly into the emu

That is a very good thought.

[JDC]

There are plenty of free software amp simulators and cab sims that you can load into cubase so you could just plug directly into the emu

That is a very good thought.

Not sure what sound you want but always heard good things about the TSE x50 (5150) plugin and last I checked Redwirez had their Marshall 1960 cab impulses as a free download on their site, which you could load into a cab plugin like LeCab