Little help recording with distortion please

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3stringbill
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2012/01/09 09:42:04 (permalink)

Little help recording with distortion please

Hi all i recentlz bought myself a roland duo capture and am using it on a windows pc with sonar le, im only going to be using it for guitars, i just need a nudge in the right direction, i want to be able to record with half decent metal distortion, ideally i would like to be able to hear the distortion as i play but i will settle for applying the distortion post-recording if it is not possible. I cant for the life of me work out how to add any effects besides the chorus/delay effects that are built into sonar, i used to use guitar rig 2 standalone and had no problems (besides the quality) if somebody could post me a quick noobs guide i would really appreciate it, thanks
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    57Gregy
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    Re:Little help recording with distortion please 2012/01/09 10:16:02 (permalink)
    Welcome to the forum.
    Right-click in the audio track's effects (FX) bin and see if you have a distortion effect. If so, select it and the distortion will be applied to the output. It won't actually be recorded, though.
    To hear the effect in real-time, click the Input Echo button in the track. Some adjustments to the Roland may be needed to reduce any latency you might experience.

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    Re:Little help recording with distortion please 2012/01/09 11:29:25 (permalink)
    (In case I'm misinterpreting, ignore this)
    Do you mean you're now recording clean guitar without Guitar Rig or any amp sim? If so, I don't think there are any convincing guitar distortions in LE. Using GR as a VST you'll surely get a more realistic sound.

    The Input Echo button is the one that makes the FX audible in real time monitoring.

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