I'm trying to get some good distortion out of the program, because I'm trying to record some heavy type music. And this fuzz sound I'm getting is just when I record directly into my computer, I don't re output the signal to anything else. I'm not sure about Input monitoring, because the only time I do that is when I'm recording through Sonar because it allows me to hear the effects in real time. If i record without the real time effect, and then just apply the distortion afterwards, it sounds exactly the same. When I use GR2 standalone I also get the same sound. I recently made a clip, so if you guys could listen and give me your opinions of the sound I'd really appreciate that. For simplicity, I just use one of the presets in the Metal bank, which is Shred. I don't use the noisegate, and even if i do, the fuzzyish sound is still with me. It's the clip entitled "GR2 test distortion" http://www.purevolume.com/passingtheweekend Thanks a lot.