Is there a way to make my acoustic guitar sound distorted like an electric guitar on Audacity?

Ive got the recording stuff down (MP3 player records; sounds really good for bass, voice, maybe drums, and ukulele). I just figured out the power of audacity and would like to change up the sound to distortion. I’m on a xp pc. What effect(s) would do that? Should I download other effects and where would I get those effects?

Here are the Official Audacity Tutorials http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html

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What’s a modern-ish PC amplifier for guitar?

Hey, I asked this a few years ago, but my hardware wasn’t very good, nor was the available software very good…
Essentially, what I’d like to do is hook my electric guitar to my real small, crappy amp and (with no distortion applied through the amp) record a nice clean guitar track.
I’d THEN like to add the distortion effects OVER the recorded WAV/MP3 file. This would make it easier to get better quality despite the fact that it would take longer.
Now I’m looking for software which gives outstanding effects (if a decent enough WAV/MP3 is supplied).
Any help is appreciated!

Forget the other poster here. He’s just a pathetic spammer, spewing his affiliate links to eBay and Amazon over and over. Strange that no one bothers to report him…

As for you question. The method you describe is absolutely a viable way of doing things. The best one for your situation may be Amplitube or Guitar Rig:

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/amplitube/

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/guitar/guitar-rig-4-pro/

Another, simpler and cheaper option is guitarfx: http://guitarfx.net/
Or voxengo: http://www.voxengo.com/product/boogex/ (VST instrument)

Here’s a discussion on the subject:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/381245-why-doesnt-guitar-modelling-software-sound-anything-like-their-advertised-demos.html

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