Guitar to PC?

[Alec Lewis]

So I have a probably basic tech question. If I have my guitar plugged into my amp (like I normally would) and I also have the Rocksmith aux to USB adapter, could I get away with plugging that into the headphone out Jack and into my pc (ignoring sound quality for now…just want to get a method to record). Or will it not work in the headphone jack?

 

[Billy Robertson]

with the right program it would.

 

[Billy Robertson]

I think you could get it to work with guitar rig or maybe pro tools

 

[Josh Wright]

It should work. I did something similar awhile back and it’s kinda hard if you rely on being able to hear yourself play, because the headphone jack cuts the speaker.

 

[Billy Robertson]

hes talking about plugging the cord into the headphone jack on the amp he would still hear the music through the computer speakers because the rocksmith cable has a usb that gets plugged into the computer

 

[Josh Wright]

That’s dependent on if the program he uses to record does live playback, not all do.

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

I would say it does not matter which program you use. Just connect the amp with laptop via any usb cable whose other end is a standard 1/4″ jack. Go to your speaker settings and check the box “listen” on the recording device ( which usually shows up as a P2P device). There you go. To listen to your guitar on your laptop, you don’t need any software. To record, you need. I hope you find this helpful.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

It depends on your situation. My amps I can plug the cord straight into my PC. I also have a pedal that can do the same and an audiobox as well. But when I play with headphones it definitely records exactly what I hear in the headphones to the computer. I use Audacity. I dont think I’ve tried a single other program b ecause of simple it is. I hear Reaper is good too. I tried pro tools, but its way too complicated to try to learn on your own. I’d need someone to actually show me lol

 

[Calvin Phillips]

lol read the one comment and realized I answered wrong too

 

[D K]

When I try to record from my amp directly into my PC and check the “listen” box on the recording device, I hear what I’m playing but it’s delayed. Is there a way to fix this?

 

[Filip Tomiša]

The way to fix this is to actually get an audio interface with zero latency monitoring. Read this article if you don’t know what that is: http://www.audiomasterclass.com/newsletter/zero-latency-monitoring-what-is-it-why-should-you-want-it

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

D K, thanks for bringing this up. This is a very common problem that we guitarists face, including me. I did some research on it. I use windows 10. Apparently no one, even the microsoft people cannot come up with a full proof solution. There is always some delay. You update your drivers, change settings…whatever. So I suggest you have to find a way around it. What I usually do is, I do not listen to my guitar through laptop at all. Suppose a backing track is playing and you wanna record over it. You select the tone. Then you listen to the acoustic strumming of your guitar, Forget the earphones. You have to trust your naked ears. You may find it difficult in the beginning but you will get used to it. Please tell me if you find a better solution.

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

Thanks Filip. Looks convincing. Will definitely try it.

 

[D K]

Yeah when recording I usually just play without being able to hear the amp, this isn’t really a big problem. But it would be better if you could actually hear the amplified sound to hear the nuances that you can’t hear with just the acoustic sound.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

My peavey was delayed a bit live. But the spider V is right on. I dont even have to use the computer speakers there.