If you press record in Audacity, you should be able to see the blue wavelengths showing up on the audio track. At this point, if you set all the dials on the AudioBox to 12pm, you should be able to hear the guitar in your headphones. This will tell your computer to play whatever sound comes through the AudioBox, while also telling Audacity to record that sound.
From the drop-down menu select the PreSonus AudioBox device.Look for the drop down menu next to the small microphone icon, usually right beneath the play button.
In the following screen right click the PreSonus AudioBox device and select Set as Default Device. On the taskbar in the bottom right-hand corner, right click on the sound icon. Once you're certain that your computer is recognizing the PreSonus device, you can set playback and recording volumes via the following steps: Steps for Windows Setup Plug amp into USB interface and USB interface into computerĪt this point you can use the outputs from the line out on the back of your amplifier to plug into the PreSonus Audiobox, per the following picture: As you'd expect, the wiring thus far is simple: Once we get the USB interface hooked up, we can put our headphones on and dial in our EQ. Amp EQ: Start with all three EQ knobs at 12 o'clock and reverb OFFīasically just keep everything really simple. Amp: Master volume set to "bedroom" level. Here are the guitar and amp settings I'd recommend for recording on your computer: Dial in volume on your guitar, your amp and set your amp's EQ. Set it up as though you had no intention other than to play it straight through the amplifier. Setup guitar and amp then set volume levels for eachīefore you mess with any other technology, get your guitar figured out first. Setting it all Up: Step by StepĪssuming you have an amp with some kind of line level output (even a headphone output would work) here are the steps to connect your guitar to your computer. Having something like the AudioBox as a buffer between your guitar and your computer is the best way to make sure your recording software and amp are getting along as well as possible. However, I don't prefer USB mics for instrument recording because they make it a lot more difficult to do any kind of mixing and instead force you to rely entirely on your amp for volume control. You can do this and I've actually put together a list of USB microphones that I'd recommend for recording. Couldn't I just use a USB microphone and skip the interface? If your amp doesn't have any outputs, you'll need to look into either a preamp or a microphone for your amplifier. 
Having two is a more ideal scenario (since most USB interfaces support a left and right signal) but not critical. This means that your amplifier needs to be equipped with at least one output. The most common arrangement will be the following order:ġ. If you have these tools in place, we can turn our attention to configuration and order of operation.
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