⏲TIMELINE⏲ [0:05] DIRECT AUDIO-IN CONNECTION [0:58] USB GUITAR-LINK JACK [1:51] GUITAR JACK USB SOUNDCARD [2:49] FROM AMP TO SOUNDCARD [4:00] DI BOX/AMP/SOUNDCARD This video shows you five ways to connect your guitar to a pc or laptop. When i say "Problems. low latency" i mean "a little bit of latency" that's my mistake sorry, enjoy the video and keep rocking! To make all this work if you using Windows, download the ASIO4ALL Driver: www.asio4all.org/ 🔧gear Used in the Video 🔊 Soundcard: Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 ▶️ ruclips.net/video/5Qx2aJLv-OM/видео.html Thomann: redir.love/kJ8yHaA7 Amazon: amzn.to/3Zp7rEb 🎸Squier Jazzmaster Thomann: www.thomann.de/gr/fender_sq_cv_60s_jazzmaster_lrl_owt.htm?offid=1&affid=1025 Amazon: amzn.to/2RKdUJj 🔌 Alesis GuitarLink USB Audio Interface Cable Amazon: amzn.to/3b3QnMQ 📟 Behringer Ultra-DI DI100 DI Box Thomann: www.thomann.de/gr/behringer_di100_ultra_di.htm?offid=1&affid=1025 Amazon: amzn.to/2KMCFDz 📻 Line 6 Micro Spider Portable Guitar Amp Amazon: amzn.to/2Ld0Z1g 🔌 Guitar Cable: Vox VGC -13BK Class A Professional Amazon: amzn.to/353vnSP ________________________________________________ ▶️ Tutorials/Unboxing/Demos: goo.gl/fy4m9H 🔧My Gear: goo.gl/SjER7V 🎧 Listen my Music: smarturl.it/StabosMusic ★★★ Thanks for Watching! ★★★ #guitarconnect #guitarplug #guitarpc #guitarlaptop #howto #tutorial
Can you help me ? Im trying to just use my laptop as, basically, a virtual amp. I have dark audacity. Several amp plugins. I cant get any sound out of my laptop. The meters on the screen show that laptop is getting a signal from my guitar. But, nothing is going to my headphones. Im using a 1/4" cable adapter to plug my guitar into the aux in on my laptop.
Every kind of connection results in latency. The more resistors (knots and cables) between guitar and speakers, the longer the signal needs to pass through, everything else would mean that the signal speed is infinite. So, "longer latency" would totally say it all. But whoever uses his brain wouldn't blame you for that. ;)
I currently use an old; M-Audio fast track pro, a Rocksmith cable, an old Tascam PortaStudio (8 track/1 master mix), or a sweet little (Peavey) bedroom modeling amp with Usb I can drop into Reaper if the need arises.
this is not a how to video and if it was it wouldnt be helpful since there are no expalnations for connecting the guitar to pc and using it via drivers-apps
Agree. MKBHD, unbox theraphy : not a good presenter, hype and nothing to shout about. They all Always do giveaways and millions are hoping to get 1 free iphone. Come on, get a life
You may be aware that the inventor of the USB stipulates in his will that when they bury him they are to lower him slightly, pull him out, turn him the other way and then put him all the way down. ;-)
Dude, I struggled like 2 hours fixing a guitar cable to make the connection from the amp to de soundcard, looking in the cellar for my guitar amp, then finally plug all the things to my soundcard to hear a fully saturated sound.I didn´t know you could plug the guitar directly to the soundcard, now the sound is incredible, thanks a lot!!, Greetings from Chile
Thank you so much for this. I was wondering how to connect my guitar to my computer, and I just thought it would be as simple as the first step. I'm going to be purchasing a USB soundcard today at Sam Ash and I'll be using Bias FX, and this video made that possible. Thank you so much.
@@cryoshock8137 If you take latency as a value, then you can say high or low latency, because the latency value itself (expressed in ms) can be high or low.
2:19 when i seen that.. my whole world crumbled i thought I needed to look for another kind of device because of this input plug thanks! been looking for this for about 2 days now
I have been using a yamaha stienburgh interface for about five years and it works just fine connects to any computer , no latency at all . Like all of these gadgets though the sound is somewhat cold and needs a graffic equillizer to warm it up and i found that digital speakers are a bit cold without as well , it also puts up with any effects peddle you want to add with no problems !
hehehe I played Rocksmith for years and oh I know the feeling of plugging your Rocksmith cable into the computer hoping to finally record yourself playing some mad riffs only to realize it sounds like pop-sticles. time to invest in a sound card.
Using a Di box with a clean signal helps a lot, and for the amp maybe not have any issue, always you need to check your recording levels. And if you want to use amp sims, check the gain stages for a nice tone. (-6db)
Thanks for the help brother (I've decided to go for the usb / guitar jack cable method with a digital amp software. It seems like the method that requires the least investment into actual equipment while getting enough usability. I just want to stream audio of my guitar to friends so I can practice in a more public way while staying safe. I would most definetly get a Scarlett if I had more money to spare.)
Great video! I never even thought about doing this. I've just plugged my guitar into my PC using my regular guitar lead and a 1/8th inch adaptor on the other end. Plugged into the Line-In on the back of the PC it sounds great! I didn't notice any latency and it's perfect for recording. You won't get any 'effects' if you do this, so if you want those, you'll have to run it through an amp first or use software if available, and I'm guessing that this is where latency might become a problem. Also, you might have to fiddle with your PC's audio settings to both hear and record what you're playing.
For sure, if your PC sound card is fairly good you do not need an external one. Generally speaking, an external sound card is usually better equipped for recording purposes (pre-amp, A/D converters, latence, monitoring...)
I am facing a problem as I connect my guitar to laptop using 6.35 mm to 6.35 mm cable and a 6.35 mm to 3.5 mm converter it is showing the device but it isn't playing could you help me out please
@@adityapundir9489Check PC volume settings and the other settings for the sound card if you have one. Control Panel/Sound/Input etc. Good luck, friend 👍
I use a mixer with built-in Soundcard and USB. It has a Z-input for pickups, that means one with low impedance. I think, your preferred way is technically identical - Z-input - and in my opinion that makes the point. The mixer is available within the same price range, and, in addition it has an input for condensor-microphones with the required phantom voltage.
I was thinking how to connect an amp to my laptop, I connect my guitar straight to the laptop before, and use cubase for recording and amplitude to simulate the pedals, compressor and all the other stuff and i never have problems with the latency only you need a good computer/laptop with good amount of RAM I think 6 to 16 GB and a good processor, but I purchased a orange amp and I was thinking how I can do? And watching your video I see the things more clear now, I will try to put the amp direct to my laptop sound card, If i can achieve a good quality I think this will get fixed with a usb external sound card, Thanks a lot man for this video
You can take the output from DI box and feed it into the audio interface. You just gotta ensure that the signal and input Jack is matched, i.e unbalanced output into unbalanced input, and vice versa
The DI box directly to the audio interface may be your best option if you're running in to clipping when running the guitar directly to the audio interface. Otherwise, direct guitar->interface should be your best bet.
I've experimented with plugging an electric instrument into my laptop and you don't even need an amplifier or anything else in between your instrument and your laptop. Purchase a direct (1/4" jack / USB ) and plug one end into your instrument and the other end into your laptop and record it directly onto Garage Band. 12 tracks!... 24 tracks!... 36 or 48 tracks!..., It's amazing...And it's all in digital audio. Add distortion, reverb, presence etc. tweak the sound any way you please and it will sound like it was recorded in a real professional sound studio. The possibilities in Garage Band are still vast and unexplored. Record piano/ organ, bass guitar, vocals etc. on any track you please... double up on instruments and best of all, Bouncing tracks is no longer necessary. Every instrument get's it's own track. All the effect's you will ever need are right there on Garage Band. I know this because i have experimented at length with this recording process. I just thought I could save you many thousands of dollars on extra equipment you don't even need to make professional sound recordings in the comfort of your own home. To this day many people still belittle Garage Band but i know better because i have experimented with it. Pro Logic X doesn't sound any than Garage Band when comes to plug in audio recordings. Believe me you will save ten's and thousands of dollars. Garage Band has been way over looked and underestimated as a digital sound studio application.
Good video for beginners in recording, but when it comes to rock/metal music or generally guitar with distortion, I think absolutely most popular and usually the best way is guitar-amp-instrument mic (hail mighty SM57)-soundcard-PC.
Following on about the DI method you suggested, personally (and if anyone disagrees please reply because I record guitar and if I can do it a better way I really want) I'd plug guitar into my amp, if there's any stompboxes I want to use obviously they would go first, whatever system gets me the sound I want coming out the amp, then plug the amp output into the DI input using standard 1/4 jack, regular guitar lead is all you need (what's with the XLR cable from guitar to DI as well dude? You only need to use an XLR if your dealing with balanced signals, which this stage you aren't). At this point the DI will work it's magic and clean up your signal, set it's impedance just right and usually balance it also, which you can then feed directly into your DAW/PC interface, preferably using XLR this time to maintain the balanced signal (assuming DI can output XLR and also your interface can take it). You get the tone you crafted, unchanged in terms of sound and tone, but perfectly setup to record on your PC. Without the DI your great sounding tone may be degraded in the process of connecting amp to PC.
"plug the amp output into the DI input" - the Outputs at the back of almost all amps that have them are Speaker Outputs, and they will also detail a specific speaker ohm to connect to. Is that what you mean? if yes, you should understand that the signal going from the power amp section of your guitar amp, to your speaker cabinet, is HIGH POWER. Face-melting type of power. Most DI boxes cannot handle this kind of power and you will melt them in an instant trying to run them between your power amp and your speaker cabinet.
For those in the future, since this video is 6 years old, I wanna pointed out that there have been significant improvement in onboard audio of your pc. If you have motherboard from the last 3 - 4 years then fair chance that they are using a quality audio chipset thus you wouldnt have any issues listed in the video. They are the same as one of those portable dac & amp even the like of Fiio. Motherboard from the last 2 years have much much better audio as well which is why they are so damn expensive now.
I record this way: guitar plugged into my Boss Katana Artist, then out of the line-out and into the line input of my Alesis iO4 sound card. Works great!
Some mixers have guitar input and are loaded with a driver for computer. So you can join a looper or your favorite backing track in the mix👍😀 usb connection and you can film with computer camera
Good basic information. Presented fairly short (not too long). Please update the video. The Focusrite is most often called an audio interface, not a sound card. Keep up the good work. 😀
Hey very nice and useful video! But can you please helpme? I have a Semi-acoustic guitar with 2 pickup systems, so if I connect my guitar to my laptop using a Direct Audio in cable, can I use a software on my laptop to use my laptop as an AMP. And if so then can I modify the software, so that my Laptop AMP makes an Electric guitar sound?
I guess the noise distortion and saturation from 3:50 are because of the preamp being a preamp amp having an eq, a gain knob etc. I mean what if I want my signal to go into the pc through a pedalboard and a preamp?
great sound gets with the focusrite!! i have a question is possible when the sound output of computer you can amp whit "guitar amp or return loopfx " ? example guitar -> focusrite-> "guitar rig" "bias fx" etc--> amp like matrix power amp ? or another amplifier unit to cab? thankS!
Sundaresh Sankrith You can do that without any problems. Just use headphone output on the processor and connect directly to line-in on the computer. Also, in bypass mode, processor will also serve as a DI box, passing the smooth clean signal for you to use in Guitar Rig, TH3, etc...
Sundaresh Sankrith I have a Digitech valve fx and results may vary according to your PC. I've used a behringer interface and got almost 2 sec latency. With an older PC running XP I actually got no latency at all using the same fx processor and connected without any interface
Digital processors are good in my experience, the ONLY problem i have with them are background noise, which can be cut out by unplugging your laptop/reducing the amount of circulating current near you. They give a good signal ive found
Maybe try the DI after the amp. Why not try this: Guitar in pedals and then to amp, like normal. Phones out of amp into di and then into focusrite USB audio converter into laptop with daw. Most amps have a 4x12 cabinet emulator as phones out. Best way is, if you have no neighbors: guitar to pedals to nice (tube) amp, put a nice mic in front of the amp, and mic to usb audio converter into your laptop daw.
This is a nice video! I really like the part with the Scarlett. The cleanest. My own way to connect a guitar to a PC is by using my amp, Fender Mustang GT 100. It has a micro USB connection to a USB port, then i record the audio using Audacity and a driver from the Fender site.
I mic up my amp, send the xlr Signal in the usb Soundcard ans then in the pc... In my opinion, you get the best sound this way... Of course you need a good mic, but i think when you do not own an axe fx or some virtual Amps, you dont have other possibillitys exeptionally when you want a nice ditortion sound.
I have an old dual Usb DJ mixer which has inbuilt sound cards. I will mic my guitar amplifier using the dj mixer and then use a program like audacity to record the audio. I can't afford an interface right now.
@@_Davepocalypse The line 6 in their era were considered as the best digital amplifiers. However, due to we have tube amplifiers, and technology has evolved with digital amplifiers. Line 6 are not considered to be good anymore, as matter of fact they are considered to be an ok to meh sound. As well social media of musicians, has shamed the line 6, so that's why. They are ok for practice, but you could get a better amplifier for the same price as line 6.
Snobbery, I say! Are they great? No. But, I think a lot of people jump on the bashing bandwaggon when they don't really know what they're talking about. If an amp sounds good to you, and it's in your budget, it's a good amp. I have a line6 Spider III, and I love it. If I gigged, I wouldn't drag it up on a stage, but I play with headphones in my bedroom, and it's a very versatile amp for that purpose. Ask a tube sniffer what their valve amp sounds like in their bedroom on 1 or with headphones, and they'll be quick to say "well that's not what it's made for," but they don't seen to give two ****s what that Line6 was made for. It's just hive-mind, so ignore it, and play what you like.
I’m a beginner and I only want to use GarageBand to mess around with the different amps and pedals, no purpose on recording stuff. Do you think that a USB guitar link Jack will be suitable ?
Is there anyway to use the first way and add effects to the sound on your pc and then connect it to the amp? (use the pc as an multi effects without using soundcard)
4:40 ...Wait...How did you come up with that arrangement? A DI box is used to better match both the signal level (ie loudness/gain) and impedance (it's some complex, technical electronics shit but simply put if the impedance of your output and impedance of your input is in a word, "wrong" you essentially suck a big chunk of tone out of your sound, almost as if you hooked up a 10 band EQ pedal and then set a bunch of frequency bands as low as the slider goes) but you have to put it right before your DAW (the USB interface thing) or mixer equipment otherwise it's pointless. Doing it your way is basically getting an imperfect guitar output signal, running it through the DI so it comes out all sonically flawless and ready for studio quality recording, then feeding this treat to your amp (which will appreciate the shit hot, beautifully balanced signal, with goldylocks impedance levels hitting its input - your amp will sound great, as good as it's capable of doing) but then extracting that perfect signal from the dirty, unbalanced impedance shitstorm that is your amps output...all the benefits gained from the DI are lost the moment you run the signal through anything that changes the gain and the impedance. Does that make sense the way I explained it?
It should. Audio interface just converts analog signal in digital. So it doesn't care what is in line before. But you will have problems when you will try to use plugins like emulated amps and etc. coz you will already have pedal effects in clean channel. If you don't plan to use plugins then you will be fine.
If yo uuse the correct cable and programs you can eliminate latency using the program asio for all on pc ,then using something like guitar rig 6 or amplitube you eliminate noise with a noise gate and get a much better sound with speaker cabinet simulations ( guitar rig and amplitube have that plugin)! And instead of using a 3.5mm cable with a guitar adapter like he used in the video its much better to use a proper guitar cable with a 6.2mm to 3.5m adapter to conect in the line in off the sound card of pc!!!Much better than using even the usb cable !
i use basically the 1st method, using a vst host to use vstplugins and some patience to solve the delay it can get pretty good results and you can play in real time, like having and amp, but you'll need some patience to find the lugins that sound like you want
Well, using dibox when you connect straight to the line-in in computer makes overall quality a little bit better, but it makes no sense because you can buy an ok usb audio interface for its price
okay, yeah yeah I came hear because am looking to connect my guitar to the pc, but got really curious, are you playing "talking on the street" from "Greta Van Fleet"?
Dude, you are using the DI box as a Pedal with wrong cable management. You Connected the guitar using a Jack 1/4"/XLR to the the DI XLR input, output to the amplifier using a 1/4", and line out to the Interface, that don't make any sense. The correct way is plugging in the guitar with a standard 1/4" cable to the 1/4" jack input of your DI box, than, use the XLR output to plug in your XLR input of the interface, the secondary 1/4" jack output on the DI Box it's just for monitoring your guitar, that is the one you plug into your amplifier.
So why use the di box to do the exact same thing as step 4? Using the di box wouls have ran a dry signal to the interface as well. All you had to do was go to line in on the di box and line out to your amp. Then use the xlr output to the interface. You would have not needed to use the line out of the amp. Also using the ground lift on the di box would help too if it has one. Also a better amp used would help. The best to record with what you had set up would have been a mic with an xlr cable to your interface would have been the best. Pretty decent until the last bit by doing the same thing twice.
Hey many thanks you e just cleared my mind with all the testing I wanted to make, I was considering that usb to guitar cable but I imagine I was going to face latency. Would you say the usb sound card would avoid the latency completely?
Yes, not completely 100% but it not be noticeable, i record with my project full of vst's drums, synths, and its working fine. check out the video about the audio interface: ruclips.net/video/i1KKpl9WGLQ/видео.html
I am planning to buy a Squier by Fender Affinity Stratocaster. I want to know if I can get a great sound quality by just connecting it to my audio interface and simply using Logic's virtual amps and pedals or I need any hardware like a multiprocessor, a pedal, or a DI box to make it sound clean? Also, I have tried these amps and pedals with my acoustic guitar with DI to my audio interface; however, it sounds too raw and distorted. Can you suggest me something to fix this issue?
⏲TIMELINE⏲
[0:05] DIRECT AUDIO-IN CONNECTION
[0:58] USB GUITAR-LINK JACK
[1:51] GUITAR JACK USB SOUNDCARD
[2:49] FROM AMP TO SOUNDCARD
[4:00] DI BOX/AMP/SOUNDCARD
This video shows you five ways to connect your guitar to a pc or laptop.
When i say "Problems. low latency" i mean "a little bit of latency" that's my mistake sorry, enjoy the video and keep rocking!
To make all this work if you using Windows, download the ASIO4ALL Driver: www.asio4all.org/
🔧gear Used in the Video
🔊 Soundcard: Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 ▶️ ruclips.net/video/5Qx2aJLv-OM/видео.html
Thomann: redir.love/kJ8yHaA7
Amazon: amzn.to/3Zp7rEb
🎸Squier Jazzmaster
Thomann: www.thomann.de/gr/fender_sq_cv_60s_jazzmaster_lrl_owt.htm?offid=1&affid=1025
Amazon: amzn.to/2RKdUJj
🔌 Alesis GuitarLink USB Audio Interface Cable
Amazon: amzn.to/3b3QnMQ
📟 Behringer Ultra-DI DI100 DI Box
Thomann: www.thomann.de/gr/behringer_di100_ultra_di.htm?offid=1&affid=1025
Amazon: amzn.to/2KMCFDz
📻 Line 6 Micro Spider Portable Guitar Amp
Amazon: amzn.to/2Ld0Z1g
🔌 Guitar Cable: Vox VGC -13BK Class A Professional
Amazon: amzn.to/353vnSP
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▶️ Tutorials/Unboxing/Demos: goo.gl/fy4m9H
🔧My Gear: goo.gl/SjER7V
🎧 Listen my Music: smarturl.it/StabosMusic
★★★ Thanks for Watching! ★★★
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Stamatis Stabos probably a dumb question but for the first way (0:05) are you just using an aux cord with a 1/4” adapter or something else
Can you help me ? Im trying to just use my laptop as, basically, a virtual amp. I have dark audacity. Several amp plugins. I cant get any sound out of my laptop. The meters on the screen show that laptop is getting a signal from my guitar. But, nothing is going to my headphones. Im using a 1/4" cable adapter to plug my guitar into the aux in on my laptop.
Every kind of connection results in latency. The more resistors (knots and cables) between guitar and speakers, the longer the signal needs to pass through, everything else would mean that the signal speed is infinite. So, "longer latency" would totally say it all.
But whoever uses his brain wouldn't blame you for that. ;)
@@whatyoumakeofit6635 open audio properties and select "monitor" for your input on the computer.
I currently use an old; M-Audio fast track pro, a Rocksmith cable, an old Tascam PortaStudio (8 track/1 master mix), or a sweet little (Peavey) bedroom modeling amp with Usb I can drop into Reaper if the need arises.
this is the way "how to videos" on the tube should be made, straight to the point and no messing about with long winded lectures. Well done sir.
this is not a how to video and if it was it wouldnt be helpful since there are no expalnations for connecting the guitar to pc and using it via drivers-apps
@@okann_hasan OHA TÜRRK 😨😱 😳
ironmaidensevdalisi well he isn’t teaching that lol
Agree. MKBHD, unbox theraphy : not a good presenter, hype and nothing to shout about. They all Always do giveaways and millions are hoping to get 1 free iphone. Come on, get a life
1:27 that’s illegal
It should take you three tries to get it right
not if it involves entering another dimension of the universe
hahaaa i get it wrong EVERY TIME i cut it in the video montage 😂
You may be aware that the inventor of the USB stipulates in his will that when they bury him they are to lower him slightly, pull him out, turn him the other way and then put him all the way down. ;-)
@@gerardlanphear9185 very nice
This is the type of videos i wanna watch all day straight to the point and detailed subbed
Dude, I struggled like 2 hours fixing a guitar cable to make the connection from the amp to de soundcard, looking in the cellar for my guitar amp, then finally plug all the things to my soundcard to hear a fully saturated sound.I didn´t know you could plug the guitar directly to the soundcard, now the sound is incredible, thanks a lot!!, Greetings from Chile
generic comment for the algorythm. helpful video man, thanks.
If u just comment for algorithm ,it's not generic.
His name is James
"Algorythm"
I had that once but the doctor gave me an ointment which cleared it up in 2-days.
I connected my 10w practice amp to pc and works well
Decreased input volume to 0 and no distortion , clean sound
I'll try this. Thanks!
If I can't find 109 settings for my guitar, then F it!
Thank you so much for this. I was wondering how to connect my guitar to my computer, and I just thought it would be as simple as the first step. I'm going to be purchasing a USB soundcard today at Sam Ash and I'll be using Bias FX, and this video made that possible. Thank you so much.
I just picked up a Guitarport for $30. It's not the greatest, but it does exactly what it's supposed to do.
same..
"Problems. low latency"
That's not a problem you probably mean high latency..
Yes i wanted to say "a little bit of latency" i'm bad at english sorry
Latency is a function of length and not of height, so in fact you mean longer latency, wiseybear. :-*
@@cryoshock8137 If you take latency as a value, then you can say high or low latency, because the latency value itself (expressed in ms) can be high or low.
@@alanware6492 I rest my case.
@@d3usluke156
no u
2:19
when i seen that.. my whole world crumbled
i thought I needed to look for another kind of device because of this input plug
thanks! been looking for this for about 2 days now
I have been using a yamaha stienburgh interface for about five years and it works just fine connects to any computer , no latency at all . Like all of these gadgets though the sound is somewhat cold and needs a graffic equillizer to warm it up and i found that digital speakers are a bit cold without as well , it also puts up with any effects peddle you want to add with no problems !
hehehe I played Rocksmith for years and oh I know the feeling of plugging your Rocksmith cable into the computer hoping to finally record yourself playing some mad riffs only to realize it sounds like pop-sticles.
time to invest in a sound card.
Using a Di box with a clean signal helps a lot, and for the amp maybe not have any issue, always you need to check your recording levels. And if you want to use amp sims, check the gain stages for a nice tone. (-6db)
Thanks for the help brother
(I've decided to go for the usb / guitar jack cable method with a digital amp software. It seems like the method that requires the least investment into actual equipment while getting enough usability. I just want to stream audio of my guitar to friends so I can practice in a more public way while staying safe.
I would most definetly get a Scarlett if I had more money to spare.)
You should have tried putting the di after the amp
yEAh, that way [he] can re-amp his guitar tracks at a later date [if wanted].
absolutely
Yes i forget to do that on the video sounds way better with DI
whats DI?
@ DI BOX.
Great video! I never even thought about doing this.
I've just plugged my guitar into my PC using my regular guitar lead and a 1/8th inch adaptor on the other end. Plugged into the Line-In on the back of the PC it sounds great!
I didn't notice any latency and it's perfect for recording.
You won't get any 'effects' if you do this, so if you want those, you'll have to run it through an amp first or use software if available, and I'm guessing that this is where latency might become a problem. Also, you might have to fiddle with your PC's audio settings to both hear and record what you're playing.
For sure, if your PC sound card is fairly good you do not need an external one. Generally speaking, an external sound card is usually better equipped for recording purposes (pre-amp, A/D converters, latence, monitoring...)
I am facing a problem as I connect my guitar to laptop using 6.35 mm to 6.35 mm cable and a 6.35 mm to 3.5 mm converter it is showing the device but it isn't playing could you help me out please
@@adityapundir9489Check PC volume settings and the other settings for the sound card if you have one.
Control Panel/Sound/Input etc.
Good luck, friend 👍
What app are you using on the pc?
@@Alex6RFZ Audacity. Free software for sound recording/editing/effects/multi-tracking etc, etc.
It's really great!
I use a mixer with built-in Soundcard and USB. It has a Z-input for pickups, that means one with low impedance. I think, your preferred way is technically identical - Z-input - and in my opinion that makes the point. The mixer is available within the same price range, and, in addition it has an input for condensor-microphones with the required phantom voltage.
Good Job Man! Thanks for that and all the hard work. Keep it up and keep creating ever increasingly wider scope and sphere.
Thank you Mike! 🎸🎵✨
I was thinking how to connect an amp to my laptop, I connect my guitar straight to the laptop before, and use cubase for recording and amplitude to simulate the pedals, compressor and all the other stuff and i never have problems with the latency only you need a good computer/laptop with good amount of RAM I think 6 to 16 GB and a good processor, but I purchased a orange amp and I was thinking how I can do? And watching your video I see the things more clear now, I will try to put the amp direct to my laptop sound card, If i can achieve a good quality I think this will get fixed with a usb external sound card, Thanks a lot man for this video
it's not the ram nor the processor but a good motherboard. I dont know how audio pathway works for laptop though but it might be using cpu
Almost 600 dislikes? Sounds like the “direct audio-in” squad was here. 😅
You can take the output from DI box and feed it into the audio interface. You just gotta ensure that the signal and input Jack is matched, i.e unbalanced output into unbalanced input, and vice versa
The DI box directly to the audio interface may be your best option if you're running in to clipping when running the guitar directly to the audio interface. Otherwise, direct guitar->interface should be your best bet.
I've experimented with plugging an electric instrument into my laptop and you don't even need an amplifier or anything else in between your instrument and your laptop. Purchase a direct (1/4" jack / USB ) and plug one end into your instrument and the other end into your laptop and record it directly onto Garage Band. 12 tracks!... 24 tracks!... 36 or 48 tracks!..., It's amazing...And it's all in digital audio. Add distortion, reverb, presence etc. tweak the sound any way you please and it will sound like it was recorded in a real professional sound studio. The possibilities in Garage Band are still vast and unexplored. Record piano/ organ, bass guitar, vocals etc. on any track you please... double up on instruments and best of all, Bouncing tracks is no longer necessary. Every instrument get's it's own track. All the effect's you will ever need are right there on Garage Band. I know this because i have experimented at length with this recording process. I just thought I could save you many thousands of dollars on extra equipment you don't even need to make professional sound recordings in the comfort of your own home. To this day many people still belittle Garage Band but i know better because i have experimented with it. Pro Logic X doesn't sound any than Garage Band when comes to plug in audio recordings. Believe me you will save ten's and thousands of dollars. Garage Band has been way over looked and underestimated as a digital sound studio application.
Bravo! Still awesome Tips 6 years and going. Well done!
Glad it was helpful!
that USB guitar link jack is pretty practical
A video without words from your mouth and chichats! Straight to the point😂 well done
Thanks
Good video for beginners in recording, but when it comes to rock/metal music or generally guitar with distortion, I think absolutely most popular and usually the best way is guitar-amp-instrument mic (hail mighty SM57)-soundcard-PC.
Just FYI USB Sound card = Audio Interface that threw me at first 🤣 thanks for the straightforward video
I want all of these pick ups guitar plugs, Amplifier and That usb and di box for my PC!
Gonna make distortion!
Following on about the DI method you suggested, personally (and if anyone disagrees please reply because I record guitar and if I can do it a better way I really want) I'd plug guitar into my amp, if there's any stompboxes I want to use obviously they would go first, whatever system gets me the sound I want coming out the amp, then plug the amp output into the DI input using standard 1/4 jack, regular guitar lead is all you need (what's with the XLR cable from guitar to DI as well dude? You only need to use an XLR if your dealing with balanced signals, which this stage you aren't). At this point the DI will work it's magic and clean up your signal, set it's impedance just right and usually balance it also, which you can then feed directly into your DAW/PC interface, preferably using XLR this time to maintain the balanced signal (assuming DI can output XLR and also your interface can take it). You get the tone you crafted, unchanged in terms of sound and tone, but perfectly setup to record on your PC. Without the DI your great sounding tone may be degraded in the process of connecting amp to PC.
"plug the amp output into the DI input" - the Outputs at the back of almost all amps that have them are Speaker Outputs, and they will also detail a specific speaker ohm to connect to. Is that what you mean? if yes, you should understand that the signal going from the power amp section of your guitar amp, to your speaker cabinet, is HIGH POWER. Face-melting type of power. Most DI boxes cannot handle this kind of power and you will melt them in an instant trying to run them between your power amp and your speaker cabinet.
Very straightforward and right to the practical. Thankyou so much.
you have ocd?😂😂🖤 my maaan 🎸
Simple, straight to the point, thanks bro
Man , this was so helpful ,, great Video ! straight to the point !!
The best way is to mic up your amp, in my opinion :)
Yes i know that's a very good way but in this video im trying to show a straight connection
you showed all 5 ways as not that good, but none were picked as a preferred method.??
My preferred method is the 3 [1:51] GUITAR JACK USB SOUNDCARD
Erikx my amp sucks though :p
Why would you pay 150+ dollars for a soundcard when you could buy a proper AMP that price that sounds 10x better?
For those in the future, since this video is 6 years old, I wanna pointed out that there have been significant improvement in onboard audio of your pc.
If you have motherboard from the last 3 - 4 years then fair chance that they are using a quality audio chipset thus you wouldnt have any issues listed in the video. They are the same as one of those portable dac & amp even the like of Fiio.
Motherboard from the last 2 years have much much better audio as well which is why they are so damn expensive now.
thanks from 2024. my motherboard has Realtek ALC887/897, is it good?
Very instructive! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
So on the 4th one, you're able to get your amp's actual sound on your computer?
Nice video. Straight and to the point. Love the bass and organ for #3 too.
I record this way: guitar plugged into my Boss Katana Artist, then out of the line-out and into the line input of my Alesis iO4 sound card. Works great!
Ruiseart Alcorn what application do you use to record the guitar
Thanks for the tutorial. I just ordered a 1/4 to 1/8 TRS cable from Amazon so I can plug it into my PC. Let’s see how that works.
Did it worked?
It didn't work for me,... tried on mac and pc :/
Some mixers have guitar input and are loaded with a driver for computer. So you can join a looper or your favorite backing track in the mix👍😀 usb connection and you can film with computer camera
Why not DI Box directly to PC?
Good Job Man! Keep Creating!
Good basic information. Presented fairly short (not too long).
Please update the video. The Focusrite is most often called an audio interface, not a sound card.
Keep up the good work. 😀
Or you can use a multi fx connect to the pc via usb. Even cheaper multi fx can do it these days
really helped dude thanks
Thanks! Thank you for making this easy to understand.
Thanks I'm glad that I helped, check out if you have a digital amp one of my newest videos ruclips.net/video/nB6cfGl4rdA/видео.html
Great video!
Hey very nice and useful video!
But can you please helpme?
I have a Semi-acoustic guitar with 2 pickup systems, so if I connect my guitar to my laptop using a Direct Audio in cable, can I use a software on my laptop to use my laptop as an AMP. And if so then can I modify the software, so that my Laptop AMP makes an Electric guitar sound?
I guess the noise distortion and saturation from 3:50 are because of the preamp being a preamp amp having an eq, a gain knob etc. I mean what if I want my signal to go into the pc through a pedalboard and a preamp?
Also because of the really shit amp
great sound gets with the focusrite!!
i have a question is possible when the sound output of computer you can amp whit "guitar amp or return loopfx " ?
example guitar -> focusrite-> "guitar rig" "bias fx" etc--> amp like matrix power amp ? or another amplifier unit to cab? thankS!
What about using a digital processor like the Digitech rp 1000 and directly connecting the processor to the laptop or computer?
I never try that but its similar like connecting amp directly to pc, the biggest problem may you have it's latency and sound crash
Sundaresh Sankrith You can do that without any problems. Just use headphone output on the processor and connect directly to line-in on the computer. Also, in bypass mode, processor will also serve as a DI box, passing the smooth clean signal for you to use in Guitar Rig, TH3, etc...
Sundaresh Sankrith Oh, and in addition to above said, latency is not noticable at all. I used this way 3 years to record stuff on my computer.
Sundaresh Sankrith I have a Digitech valve fx and results may vary according to your PC. I've used a behringer interface and got almost 2 sec latency. With an older PC running XP I actually got no latency at all using the same fx processor and connected without any interface
Digital processors are good in my experience, the ONLY problem i have with them are background noise, which can be cut out by unplugging your laptop/reducing the amount of circulating current near you. They give a good signal ive found
Maybe try the DI after the amp. Why not try this: Guitar in pedals and then to amp, like normal. Phones out of amp into di and then into focusrite USB audio converter into laptop with daw. Most amps have a 4x12 cabinet emulator as phones out. Best way is, if you have no neighbors: guitar to pedals to nice (tube) amp, put a nice mic in front of the amp, and mic to usb audio converter into your laptop daw.
This is a nice video! I really like the part with the Scarlett. The cleanest.
My own way to connect a guitar to a PC is by using my amp, Fender Mustang GT 100. It has a micro USB connection to a USB port, then i record the audio using Audacity and a driver from the Fender site.
Thanks! Fender mustang its a nice amp you can connect it with the line outputs to the scarlett and get high quality audio of the amp
I mic up my amp, send the xlr Signal in the usb Soundcard ans then in the pc... In my opinion, you get the best sound this way... Of course you need a good mic, but i think when you do not own an axe fx or some virtual Amps, you dont have other possibillitys exeptionally when you want a nice ditortion sound.
White text on white backgroud, great job
shut up at least he posted it
I have an old dual Usb DJ mixer which has inbuilt sound cards. I will mic my guitar amplifier using the dj mixer and then use a program like audacity to record the audio. I can't afford an interface right now.
Yes, If its works its fine
Thank you. That was very helpful
Glad it was helpful! 🎸🎶✨
..love this type of videos...less talk more play..
I thought you were to be trusted but then I saw that Line 6 Spider amp...
Those amps should be banned
@@MrAriel4444 what's wrong with them?
@@_Davepocalypse The line 6 in their era were considered as the best digital amplifiers. However, due to we have tube amplifiers, and technology has evolved with digital amplifiers. Line 6 are not considered to be good anymore, as matter of fact they are considered to be an ok to meh sound. As well social media of musicians, has shamed the line 6, so that's why. They are ok for practice, but you could get a better amplifier for the same price as line 6.
Snobbery, I say! Are they great? No. But, I think a lot of people jump on the bashing bandwaggon when they don't really know what they're talking about. If an amp sounds good to you, and it's in your budget, it's a good amp. I have a line6 Spider III, and I love it. If I gigged, I wouldn't drag it up on a stage, but I play with headphones in my bedroom, and it's a very versatile amp for that purpose. Ask a tube sniffer what their valve amp sounds like in their bedroom on 1 or with headphones, and they'll be quick to say "well that's not what it's made for," but they don't seen to give two ****s what that Line6 was made for. It's just hive-mind, so ignore it, and play what you like.
@@hbirtt, you get +1 respect for idividual thinking. Thank you, we need more like you.
Cable managment on point
I’m a beginner and I only want to use GarageBand to mess around with the different amps and pedals, no purpose on recording stuff. Do you think that a USB guitar link Jack will be suitable ?
In my opinion, each item like DI box, sound card, jack or the others will work perfectly if we put them correctly, any way thanks for nice video
Is there anyway to use the first way and add effects to the sound on your pc and then connect it to the amp? (use the pc as an multi effects without using soundcard)
Wanted to know as well
Have you tried DI box -> usb soundcard? Also great video btw, I'm definitely learning some more about guitar
4:40 ...Wait...How did you come up with that arrangement? A DI box is used to better match both the signal level (ie loudness/gain) and impedance (it's some complex, technical electronics shit but simply put if the impedance of your output and impedance of your input is in a word, "wrong" you essentially suck a big chunk of tone out of your sound, almost as if you hooked up a 10 band EQ pedal and then set a bunch of frequency bands as low as the slider goes) but you have to put it right before your DAW (the USB interface thing) or mixer equipment otherwise it's pointless. Doing it your way is basically getting an imperfect guitar output signal, running it through the DI so it comes out all sonically flawless and ready for studio quality recording, then feeding this treat to your amp (which will appreciate the shit hot, beautifully balanced signal, with goldylocks impedance levels hitting its input - your amp will sound great, as good as it's capable of doing) but then extracting that perfect signal from the dirty, unbalanced impedance shitstorm that is your amps output...all the benefits gained from the DI are lost the moment you run the signal through anything that changes the gain and the impedance.
Does that make sense the way I explained it?
With the jack cable straight to the usb sound card what if i use effect pedals for my guitar? Would it still work?
It should. Audio interface just converts analog signal in digital. So it doesn't care what is in line before. But you will have problems when you will try to use plugins like emulated amps and etc. coz you will already have pedal effects in clean channel. If you don't plan to use plugins then you will be fine.
Nerdel Gaming thanks
Go with the scarlett 2i4, you won't regret it.
I have a Scarlett 2i2 and I use an overdrive pedal and a wah in front of it. Works fine.
Amazing guide. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice guitar!!
If yo uuse the correct cable and programs you can eliminate latency using the program asio for all on pc ,then using something like guitar rig 6 or amplitube you eliminate noise with a noise gate and get a much better sound with speaker cabinet simulations ( guitar rig and amplitube have that plugin)! And instead of using a 3.5mm cable with a guitar adapter like he used in the video its much better to use a proper guitar cable with a 6.2mm to 3.5m adapter to conect in the line in off the sound card of pc!!!Much better than using even the usb cable !
Very helpful video. Thanks!
1:03 soundtrack is sick
i use basically the 1st method, using a vst host to use vstplugins and some patience to solve the delay it can get pretty good results and you can play in real time, like having and amp, but you'll need some patience to find the lugins that sound like you want
What vst did you use?
hii, can i ask how were you able to make the headphone input to record in your daw?
@@Mana7891-l7w Lots of free guitar vst's/plugins, lots of commercial ones (all price ranges) too. Google is your friend!
@@8GHVT That doesn't make sense, what do you mean?
Well, using dibox when you connect straight to the line-in in computer makes overall quality a little bit better, but it makes no sense because you can buy an ok usb audio interface for its price
okay, yeah yeah I came hear because am looking to connect my guitar to the pc, but got really curious, are you playing "talking on the street" from "Greta Van Fleet"?
Dude, you are using the DI box as a Pedal with wrong cable management.
You Connected the guitar using a Jack 1/4"/XLR to the the DI XLR input, output to the amplifier using a 1/4", and line out to the Interface, that don't make any sense.
The correct way is plugging in the guitar with a standard 1/4" cable to the 1/4" jack input of your DI box, than, use the XLR output to plug in your XLR input of the interface, the secondary 1/4" jack output on the DI Box it's just for monitoring your guitar, that is the one you plug into your amplifier.
I saw it too, fake video. This is not how it works. Guitar in Ultra Di input, and AMP in Ultra Di input
This is what i need, thanks for the video
Now i know a new way to annoy my friends in discord
So why use the di box to do the exact same thing as step 4? Using the di box wouls have ran a dry signal to the interface as well. All you had to do was go to line in on the di box and line out to your amp. Then use the xlr output to the interface. You would have not needed to use the line out of the amp. Also using the ground lift on the di box would help too if it has one. Also a better amp used would help. The best to record with what you had set up would have been a mic with an xlr cable to your interface would have been the best. Pretty decent until the last bit by doing the same thing twice.
OP what are you using on your macbook for audio playback? Garageband?
actually number 4 is great for recording but with a great mixing and great amplifier
Question. Do I need to connect it through the amp if I want to have my pedals? Or can I just do Guitar -> Pedals -> Soundcard -> Computer?
same question after watched all of video tutorial, and I don’t get the answer till right now
Of course yes. Dude, learn something about the difference between analogue and digital signals - i.e which is where.
Will any 6.5mm to usb cable work with Rocksmith?
How to use bias guitar sofware on your computer? What are the steps, thanks God bless
Hey many thanks you e just cleared my mind with all the testing I wanted to make, I was considering that usb to guitar cable but I imagine I was going to face latency.
Would you say the usb sound card would avoid the latency completely?
Yes, not completely 100% but it not be noticeable, i record with my project full of vst's drums, synths, and its working fine. check out the video about the audio interface: ruclips.net/video/i1KKpl9WGLQ/видео.html
for the first demonstration can I use a guitar cable instead of using the headphone cable and use a stereo headphone adapter?
4:58 distrotion :)
It's a big ploblem.
any recommendations on what amp programs i should use?? that are free myb
great that you have a lot of methods
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your good source.
I am planning to buy a Squier by Fender Affinity Stratocaster. I want to know if I can get a great sound quality by just connecting it to my audio interface and simply using Logic's virtual amps and pedals or I need any hardware like a multiprocessor, a pedal, or a DI box to make it sound clean?
Also, I have tried these amps and pedals with my acoustic guitar with DI to my audio interface; however, it sounds too raw and distorted. Can you suggest me something to fix this issue?
When using the third method can I use audio plugins for distortion and then play it through my normal pc speakers? It should work.
Very helpful video!
Very helpful
Fully agreed!
The 2nd method works good With rocksmith? Or it is have latency and noise problems?
thanks for the info
if you're using the first method, how do you get the headphone input to record?
timestamp for myself: 1:51, guitar> audio interface> computer
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