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johnebaker wrote on 9/4/2013, 2:52 PM

Hi

Depends on the type of guitar -

    Acoustic only - microphone and a decent mic/USB analog to digital converter

    Electro Acoustic or Electric - a decent guitar preamp/usb analog to digital converter

To cover all bases you can also get an Analog to Digital USB converter with caters for guitar and microphones.

Once you have one of these devices plugged in it will appear as one of the sources in the recording options

HTH

John

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gandjcarr wrote on 9/4/2013, 5:18 PM

Hi,

John's answer is really good if you want to use the computer exclusively to record your guitar.  I was a professional musician for over 20 years and my preference was and still is to use a independant multi track recorder to record live instruments.  The reason, is that you have a direct plug in for the instrument built in pre amp for guitar, bass and microphone, and you can control eq. 

The small portable 2 track machines run around $100 US, and they are made by Tascam, Zoom, Boss and many others.  The key is to get one that exports the files as .wav and or .mp3. 

I like this approach because I record the riff and just drag it in to Music Maker.

George