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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 04:07:36PM -0400, Christian Delahousse wrote:

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> Another question about impedance and guitar sounds: I have a Tascam US 122

> interface with guitar (hi-z)/line(low-z) switchers on the inputs (2 ins with

> preamps and 2 insert jacks) and a guitar tube amp with an effects loop

> preamp out (Fender Hot Rod Deluxe).

>

> If I use my amp's preamp to colour my tone before going to the interface,

> will the signal coming from the preamp out be high impedance or low

> impedance (line). Should I plug the cable into the line level input, guitar

> (hi-z) input or the insert jack (since it has already been preamplified).

I would use the line in.  I would only use the insert jack if I was

actually using it as a loop, unless I knew it was OK to do otherwise.
> Would all this be worth the trouble? Will using tube preamplification change

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> the attainable tones?

It depends on if you like the tube pre better than a computer model of a

pre-amp.  I would imagine that the answer would be yes, you do want to

use the pre-amp.

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