How do you record electric guitar into Ableton?

[spendthrift2]

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I don't want to buy an interface so I was wondering if there's a way. I took a class once that used Logic and for that I needed a USB dongle that had a little input jack the size of a standard earbuds jack like on a phone or an iPod. Anyway, with that you would just plug your cable (two male ends, both the size of an earbuds jack) into the microphone port of the dongle. This was on a Macintosh.

Anyway, I'm on my Dell Latitude. I don't have a dongle, and while I do have access to a dongle (when I'm not on Spring Break that is...) I wonder if I can just skip the USB dongle and use the microphone port on my laptop.

Does anybody know how to record guitar like this?

What seems to be happening when I just plug in is it still hears me with the laptop's microphone even though my guitar is plugged into the mic port, such that what I end up recording is an unprocessed unamped electric guitar. It's not exactly what I was going for so far.

Any advice or methodology would be greatly appreciated!

[doghouse]

I don't want to buy an interface so I was wondering if there's a way.

There must be some way of disabling your laptop's built-in mike, check the control panel audio settings.

You have the right sceen name, you can buy interfaces for under $100.

[Fanu]

If you're recording into Live, it's good to know that you can only record from one source.
So if you're using a jack etc in your input port, you can record from that, and it will not or even be able to record from the mic at the same time, too...only the source you've set in audio prefs.

[spendthrift2]

If you're recording into Live, it's good to know that you can only record from one source.
So if you're using a jack etc in your input port, you can record from that, and it will not or even be able to record from the mic at the same time, too...only the source you've set in audio prefs.

thank you for the encouraging words. I fear that it can still hear my voice because I can see it register even with a jack plugged into the mic port on the side of my laptop, but I will try it out a little later and see how it turns out. Hopefully it will sound like an electric guitar!

[doghouse]

What audio inputs does Live show as available?

There is literally no way that the audio setup on your PC should automatically mix the built-in mike with whatever is plugged into the input jack. Check your audio control panel!!

For $25 (in USA) Behringer sells a guitar to USB interface

[spendthrift2]

What audio inputs does Live show as available?

There is literally no way that the audio setup on your PC should automatically mix the built-in mike with whatever is plugged into the input jack. Check your audio control panel!!

I am plugging the guitar into the microphone jack on the side of the laptop.

It says Microphone (High Definition Audio Device) DX inside preferences on the Audio tab.

When you do it, are you sure that it doesn't register your voice even with a cable plugged in?

[doghouse]

Does your control panel look anything like this?

[spendthrift2]

Does your control panel look anything like this?

Unfortunately, I can't see the image you posted.

[doghouse]

Look again. You should be able to see two different input devices. You should also see these both as available in Ableton. Turn off the built in mike, use the input jack. Good luck.

[spendthrift2]

Look again. You should be able to see two different input devices. You should also see these both as available in Ableton. Turn off the built in mike, use the input jack. Good luck.

Thank you