Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

[D-EJ915]

My Sony VAIO T250's microphone input has a built-in overdrive/distortion circuit, lol...just listen to these. The pickup names are in quotes because they're the Duncan Design ones in my H207 7-string. I just recorded a simple thing to compare the tones, I thought it was kinda funny that it did this.

"Jazz" normal
http://media.putfile.com/dd_jazz_normal

"JB" normal
http://media.putfile.com/dd_jb_normal

"Jazz" mic boost
http://media.putfile.com/dd_jazz_mic_boost

"JB" mic boost
http://media.putfile.com/dd_jb_mic_boost

 

[Tux789]

Re: Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

Damn you discovered my discovery
its even better when you run the resulting sound from a headphone slot to a transister amp clean channel to amplify it

my formula for success:
Rage 158 + 1998 Compaq Presario + ****y computer speakers=
Cranck It!!!
how'd you do the mic boost

 

[Tux789]

Re: Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

oh by the way keep doing that and kiss you computer speakers goodbye in a couple of months believe me i speak from experience

 

[Kommerzbassist]

Re: Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

Also works with the mic input of some amps...

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

Those clips sound like a bad fuzz pedal to me. But it's pretty cool that the laptop has that boost... I wonder what it would be used for?

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

It does sound bad, and tapping doesn't work haha but I thought in a pinch it was cool you could just hook your guitar up if you were making something up on the spot and it was cool.


Umm, it just makes microphones louder.

 

[Tux789]

Re: Sony laptop's input does overdrive/distortion

It does sound bad, and tapping doesn't work haha but I thought in a pinch it was cool you could just hook your guitar up if you were making something up on the spot and it was cool.

Yeah but i use it because i had the cables laying around so i got the distortion for free