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Interesting question. If you're recording into a device/computer which accepts a line level input (like the line input on a sound card), then most any pedal can be connected to it. It may not sound great, but it will work. Now, an amp sim pedal should sound like an amp with line level output, so you can pipe that into your recording device directly. Adding an cab sim will make it sound better. The main thing is that you have some DI, mixer, USB interface or other device to control the input signal level so that your recording DAW gets a robust signal without any unwanted distortion.
My recording rig currently has the following signal chain:
guitar --> effects --> amp (with line out from amp) --> Allen-Heath mixer (which provides signal conditioning) --> computer __> recording DAW software.
I can also plug microphones into the mixer for vocal recording, recording the amp speaker live, or recording acoustic guitars live (which should always be done with a mic in my opinion). This works for me, but there are other paths (such as using a USB interface rather than a mixer).
BTW, my amp is a Roland Blues Cube Artist, which has a line out specifically for recording or sending to a PA for live use.
Hope this helps!
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