Hi Keith,

I agree with Andrew, my first advice is to try some USB device with guitar/instrument input provided, and don't use the MIC input. Guitar multieffects, preamps, mixers and any device with LINE OUT, deliver a pre-amplified hot signal compared to the millivolts range coming from a microphone, which may overload the high sensitivity microphone input, may even exist a damage risk to PC audio circuit. Also, if you connect your guitar straight to the mic input, the impedance differences between both type of circuits will produce a dark and weak guitar tone plus floor noise.


Gabriel Arellano,
Nucleox Music