recording guitar without an amp

[usul]

I have seen a lot of discussion about recording a guitar by picking the sound coming out from the speaker of an amplifier...so my question:"wich is the best way to record a guitar without a cabinet...which effect-preamp is best?

[Matthew Skinner]

Amplitube is worth downloading the demo to checkout. See http://www.amplitube.com/

[ALBERTPIKE]

So I want to record direct in and use amplitude or other plug-in. What is the best way to record direct in. Through a DI box into mic input?. Plug guitar direct into high-Z mixer input? I've heard of splitting the signal, one to amp and one to board. What device do you use for this?

[S1000W]

Just plugin directly to the mixer... you can always copy the track, and add a second plugin to reproduce the sound of using multiple amps.