![]() ![]() You can buy the Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 from Amazon (affiliate link) for a very reasonable price. I have recorded 3 commercially released EPs using them, and they have always given me great-sounding recordings for not very much money. My personal choice for audio interfaces are the Focusrite Scarlett series. My “ how many audio interface inputs do I need” article will help you make that decision, and help you not spend any more money on an interface than you need to. ![]() There are a lot of audio interfaces available, and it can be difficult to determine the type of interface you need and how much money you should spend. This is what takes the signal from our guitar and sends it into the computer to be recorded or processed in software. It will also have 1 or more sets of outputs for speakers, headphones, external amplifiers, etc. microphone, cable from an instrument, etc). This unit has 1 or more audio inputs that you can plug audio sources into (e.g. There are ways of connecting without an audio interface (see later in this article), but I wouldn’t recommend them.Īn audio interface is a unit that you attach to your computer usually via USB or thunderbolt. Whatever method is chosen to connect the acoustic guitar to the computer, you will need an audio interface. However we do it, all these methods take the audio produced by the guitar and turn it into an electrical signal that can then be recorded or processed digitally on the computer. a microphone, that is in turn physically connected to the computer. Or it could mean via some intermediate device e.g. ![]() a cable connecting the guitar to the computer in some way. This could be via a direct physical connection from the guitar to the computer e.g. That is what “connection” means in this article. We want to get the sound from the acoustic guitar into the computer somehow. What does “connect acoustic guitar to computer” mean? If you are interested in checking out the best recording gear such as audio interfaces, studio monitor speakers, microphones, etc., you can find them at Amazon by clicking here. We’ll also consider why you would want to connect your acoustic guitar to your computer, and associated hardware and software that you could use. Let’s go into some detail about all these methods. Acoustic-electric guitars can plug straight into the interface. You can also attach a pickup to the guitar, its jack cable plugging into the interface. To connect an acoustic guitar to a computer you can use a microphone in front of the guitar, plugged into a computer’s audio interface. ![]() In this sense “connecting” means getting a signal from the sound that your guitar makes, and ultimately capturing that sound in software. Connecting an acoustic guitar to a computer is usually done to record the sound of the guitar on the computer. ![]()
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