Guitars Home Recording

The lack of the information on the Internet about small home recording mixers capable of accepting direct signal from electric guitar or bass guitar is quite obvious. It's probably because there aren't too many of them in the market. In fact, there are only handful of such mixers that are able to deliver professional guitar recording quality. And guess what? Some of them actually have real tubes inside ! For all these reasons I took the time (read: two days) to do my own research and I have compiled this list of low budget mixers you can plug your guitar or bass guitar cable straight in, without having to buy any additional equipment such as active or passive direct boxes, additional audio interfaces, guitar processors, etc. While selecting the mixers for the list below, aside from dedicated guitar inputs, I had following criteria on my mind: Mixers should be at affordable low cost, anywhere between $100 and $300 Mixer reviews must be good. Low budget does not necessar...

Connecting guitar to computer

This comprehensive guide is meant to walk you through all possible ways of connecting electric guitar or bass guitar to PC or Mac computer. Of course, not every suggested solution will work equally good for everyone's needs out there. That's why you should choose guitar plugging option that suits your personal home recording demands, your budget and the equipment you already have. But first, just in case someone missed it, let me answer possibly the most frequent and the most important question on this topic: Can I plug guitar to computer directly? Always remember that plugging guitar straight to computer won't do you any good... The answer for plugging guitar straight to computer is rather straight: no, don't do it! Let me explain why: Electric guitars send very different electric signal from the one your computer inputs are designed for. In other words, guitar signal is too weak for computer inputs and figuratively speaking - it can't get through to y...

How NOT to connect electric guitar to computer!

I'm sorry about the exclamation mark in the title of this post, but here you will find about the worst possible mistakes people make when trying to plug their guitars into desktop and laptop computers. Some of these practices are so dangerous that can even damage your computer and gear permanently. And just in case you have missed it, please read my article on how to plug guitar into computer right way first. Here are big no no's you should avoid at any cost if you want to make your guitar sound right: 1. Connecting guitar amp from "speaker out" to computer Never use external speaker output to connect to computer! This is the deadliest and the most nightmarish common mistake people do, because the "speaker out" connector from the back of your amp sends very strong, amplified signal that can burn your computer motherboard down along with your sound card and possibly your amp will get fried too. The only good way of connecting your amp to comp...

The best small guitar amp for home recording

Look no further: Yamaha THR 10 is the best home recording guitar amplifier When reading music gear articles of this type, one may expect the reviewer should take several home recording guitar amps into consideration and recommend the best one after detailed comparison of them all, right? But that's not going to be the case this time. Here's the reason why: all of the others home recording guitar amps come and go, but Yamaha THR10 stays at the top as the best small guitar amp home recording for years now. It's simple as that, so I won't waste your time with any newborn stars that may fade in couple of months from now. I may be wrong though, but hundreds upon hundreds positive reviews about this amp is telling me I'm not the only one who's in love with this amp! Why Yamaha THR10 is the best guitar home recording amp? Let's for a moment think about the features we expect perfect home recording amp to have. Here's my wishlist: - Home reco...

How to choose the best DI box for home recording?

Countryman DT85: considered by many to be the best active DI box for the money Okay, I know the net is literally flooded with zillions of articles offering truly helpful information on just about everything DI box related. Great tips, honest reviews, detailed tutorials and plenty of stuff on technical side of DI boxes... it's all there at the reach of a hand. So why in a world the world would need just another DI box advice? Well, the truth is that there are too few resources out there that focus on DI boxes for guitar home recording exclusively. And as in certain home studio setups DI boxes tend to be irreplaceable piece of signal chain gear for good quality guitar recording, I thought this particular topic deserves more coverage. So let's build this tutorial from zero, just to make sure we don't skip any important information. Are there DI boxes specially designed for home recording? I know this question may sound a bit odd to most of you guys reading this...

Electric guitar direct to PA is not OK

PA systems with dedicated guitar inputs are so rare you just can't count with that At the first impression, plugging guitar directly to PA system may seem a bit off the topic when it comes to home recording, right? But actually, it's quite opposite in a long run. It's because the right choice of your home recording studio gear for plugging electric guitar to computer could also be used to connect your guitar to PA the right way. Yes, this means you can use your home studio gear to plug your electric guitar to PA in church, school, gigs or wherever PA may be found. For the start, it is important to remember that any peace of home recording gear that helps you connect your electric guitar to computer could also be used for plugging your guitar to PA, provided the gear is equipped with audio output . Not USB output. Not S/PDIF or any other optical or digital output. Audio output only. Figuratively speaking, it's killing two birds with one stone: a single pie...

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