More and more people are using laptops as their home desktop system every day. The requirements for them are increasing every day. Laptops are used not only as a stationary computer, but also in some specific professional areas. For example, in music. Many musicians have long since replaced desktop computers with laptops, customizing them to suit their needs. With the increase in the power of laptops, it became possible to connect them to musical instruments, in particular to a guitar and speaker system.
It is necessary
Guitar, preamp, piezo pickup (if there is no built-in one), external USB or MSI sound card
Instructions
Step 1
As a rule, the power of a standard built-in sound card in a laptop is not enough to fully connect a guitar and speaker system. This is where external sound cards come to the rescue, usually connected via a USB or PCMCI connector.
After purchasing such a sound card, the process of connecting your guitar to a laptop will be the same as connecting it to a computer. First, you need to make sure that the guitar has a pickup. If this is an acoustic guitar, you can use a conventional microphone to pick up the sound. You can also purchase a piezo pickup.
Step 2
A guitar with a piezo pickup is connected to the microphone input. If your guitar has a preamplifier, connect to the line input. This will give a louder and better sound.
Step 3
Next, you need to install the guitar processor on your computer system. There are a lot of them, but Guitar Rig and Revalver are considered the highest quality and used ones. You can also install the usual program for sound recording (Sonar), but you still have to install guitar plug-ins (the same Revalver).
