Originally Posted by: gary_g5I just bought an acoustic/electric guitar, and I'm wanting to connect it to my computer for recording. If I connect the guitar directly to the mic input of the soundcard, the sound is really weak. I've read that I should use some kind of preamp inline. I bought a little Behringer AT108 practice amp, so can I just hook the headphone-out jack of the amp to the line-in jack on the soundcard? What's the difference between a pre-amp and an amp?

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I got it and so far it totally rocks. Cheap too. I've had lots of fun with Amp models and effects. It can be used as a stand alone program for just playing/practicing or integrated to recording software (from Sweetwater regarding capability: "Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic, GarageBand, and others"). I'm a fussy tone person and have found some really cool setting that I really enjoy playing through. It's a consideration and gives quite a lot for the money.