Recording Guitars With Pro Tools

If this is your first step in recording on your computer, then one of the most cost effective ways to get a complete solution is to go for a complete. You get everything you need to record the guitar direct, or to mic up your amp. Plus you can easily overlay vocals with the included microphone, and you get all the software you need. Read our full on the market. Our top pick for guitar is the. The Simple Computer-Guitar Cable or Adaptor There are several ways of recording your guitar directly onto the hard drive of your computer. If you play an electric guitar, then the simplest way is to connect the headphone/line out from your amp to the line in of your soundcard.

Sep 12, 2016 - Top 5 Pro Tools Tips For Home Studios by Performer Magazine. There are tracks ready for drum mics, a bass DI and Mic, a vocal mic, and some guitars. Enjoy low latency when recording and monitoring through Pro Tools. Eleven Rack is a professional Pro Tools hardware/software bundle that provides the ultimate recording and amplifier emulation solution for guitar players.

All you need to do this is a simple Computer Guitar Adaptor which has a standard jack input for your guitar lead on one end, and a mini-jack on the other. You can try out how this sounds by using the built-in Windows sound recorder software although better still download which is free and easy to use recording software. It’s also possible to buy a guitar cable with 1/4″ jack on one end and 1/8″ mini-jack on the other. You can also experiment by plugging your electric guitar directly into the mic-in socket on your sound card (or the mic in on your laptop). This will work but it may not give the high quality performance needed for a more professional sound. In general, electric guitars need a high impedance input, but although most computer soundcard’s mic inputs have a high impedance, it is not as high as a normal guitar input.

This lower impedance can result in quality problems. To help you find your way around generally if the sockets on your sound card are colour coded then the microphone will be pink, the standard single channel line-out or headphone will be green, and line-in will be blue. If you are using a laptop then usually there is a mic input next to the headphone socket. If you have a standard generic sound card, then you may find that the above solution gets you going but the recording quality is not too good.

Ordinary sound cards are better at sound output than recording and will often produce noisy low-quality recordings. You may also find that many laptops and macs do not have any line-in socket at all, and that the microphone socket, if available, is quite noisy. If this is the case or you want to make a huge improvement, then there a whole range of specially designed USB solutions for recording your guitar on your computer.

The price range is huge so there should be something that suits your budget. USB Audio Interfaces For Recording Guitar Although the computer guitar cable is a simple and cheap solution, there are a whole range of dedicated devices which will offer massive improvements in quality. For the guitarist with a slightly bigger budget seeking a higher quality solution, there are a tremendous range of USB devices which have been specifically designed from the ground up to with your recording needs in mind. All of these eliminate the need to use your existing sound card for recording and provide a dedicated external solution with all the hardware and software you need to record your guitar.

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We are big fans of these dedicated devices, they are easy to use and install, have special inputs for guitar, usually come with a great software package and will massively improve the quality of your recordings. If you need more information before reading on then we have a whole article that for complete beginners. If you are right at the budget end, and just looking for a simple connection, then you can buy guitar-USB linking cables which will easily and cheaply enable you to connect your guitar (electric or electro-acoustic) directly to your computer.

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You’ll then be able to record, add effects etc and you will get much better results than just going straight to the generic line-in on your computer. However, many guitarists also want to be able to record vocals, so prefer to look for a device which will successfully record both guitar and mic. Fortunately there are plenty of dedicated interfaces available especially designed for guitar and microphone to USB recording and there is something to suit every budget. All the USB audio interfaces that have guitar and mic input can be used to record guitar alongside a dynamic vocal mic.