| So many players want to record guitar playing on their | | | | if you like more components to you set-up you can |
| computer. Digital recording is more popular than ever | | | | always buy a preamp separate from your sound card. |
| for pros and amateurs alike. But there are some things | | | | There are a lot of stand-alone vintage preamps out |
| to be considered when you connect a guitar to a | | | | there that will not only boost your signal, but warm |
| computer; mostly how you want to connect the | | | | your sound before it goes into the 'cooler' digital domain |
| instrument, and the quality of the recording you hope to | | | | of your pc. |
| capture. The type of guitar computer interface you | | | | It's not only the pristine quality of digital that makes |
| choose will greatly affect the sound of the electric | | | | recording guitar on a pc so much fun, it is also |
| guitar through the computer and the overall recording | | | | portability. With very little equipment you can put down |
| you can expect. | | | | a riff (or an entire song actually) into a laptop! And |
| While it is possible to play guitar through a PC just by | | | | added to all this wonderful technology is the fact that |
| plugging it in, this basic approach is likely to be fine for | | | | there are so many recording guitar effects for pc now |
| most though many players don't like sacrificing a good | | | | on the market, a player can access different amp |
| sound for the ease of quick setup. Electric players | | | | sounds and settings, effects. Well after you have |
| need a 'high impedance' input to get their electric guitar | | | | wrestled with how to connect a guitar to your pc and |
| to connect to a computer, and though most computer | | | | have recorded a strong signal, you can call record |
| soundcards come with high impedance inputs, these | | | | guitar effects with pc during recording or in |
| inputs are usually not strong enough to get a good | | | | post-production. |
| guitar signal or in the long run, for recording guitar | | | | Of course information about how to connect your |
| effects for PC. This lower 'impedance' can cause | | | | guitar to a pc and the wonderful wide world of effects |
| noise problems too. A player can avoid all this of | | | | is available through an on-line pc guitar tutor and |
| course by plugging the guitar into a 'line-in' jack, instead | | | | websites devoted to digital recording. You can even |
| of the 'mic-in', but then the all-important preamp is | | | | purchase a computer guitar tuner (some programs |
| needed. | | | | include a free computer guitar tuner) so everything you |
| Almost any one attempting to connect a guitar through | | | | will ever need is self-contained in your rockin' pc! Some |
| their computer or familiar with recording a guitar into a | | | | players are even recording parts, then downloading |
| mixing consol should be familiar with a preamp. The | | | | and sending these pieces of tunes to musician's |
| preamp does exactly what its name implies, it "amps" | | | | half-way across the world. |
| the signal before it goes into the plug-in. Therefore your | | | | The possibilities really are unlimited for the guitar player |
| guitar's signal will get that extra boost it needs when | | | | who says: "I want to connect a guitar to my pc"; he or |
| you record guitar on a pc...or into any other device that | | | | she will be amazed at the varied and easy results |
| is not an amp. There are plenty of external interfaces | | | | they can achieve when they simply start recording |
| that combine computer soundcards with a preamp. Or | | | | guitar on a pc. |