Transform your PC into guitar effects processor FREE!
Electric guitar sound doesn't always mean analogue stomp boxes or tube amps! If yopu want extra fat, screeching scooped crunch, shiney sparkle,
smooth and mellow, clean or dirty guitar sounds read this article, software and enjoy!
Demo sounds in mp3:
( These sounds were created using software from http://GuitarFX.Net )
Ask yourself why you plug your guitar into effects pedals, boxes or stompboxes?
The answer is you want to have a great sound. You are dreaming about power impressive distortions
like Metalica has and natural sounding 10 sec sustain like Santana guitar sings!
During XX century guitar players have known one way only - to buy expensive pedals and stompboxes and
plug a guitar into a hole in these devices. But times have changed.
Today all we have got personal computers (PC). I am sure many guitar players with PC have seen several
holes at the back side of their PCs. These holes look very similar to the holes on the effects pedals!
So, many of us sometimes think -
I have pluged my guitar into effects pedals during last 10 years.
But now I would like to try something new. Well, why (at the end) do not try
to plug in a guitar into PC? What happens if I put my guitar cable jeck
into one of the holes at the back side of my personal computer?
The answer is you will get a great guitar sound! Yes, your PC can
pumps electric guitar signals, processe it, apply distortion, sustain,
wah, chorus, flanger, reverb, delay effects and output result signals on your
headphones or speakers.
PC doesn't need in additional equipments to do this. No options necessary!
(I am sure your PC has a sound card).
How to do it?
Usually, we have "big jeck" or 1/4" jeck at the end of a guitar cable.
At the back side of PCs usually we can see 1/8" holes. So, you need to buy in nearest computer or music shop a 1/4" to 1/8" adaptor.
It costs around $1..$2. Then you can plug in your guitar into the blue color hole at the back side of your PC.
Usually this hole has "Line" title. Don't forget to plug in your stereo headphones into black color hole (with title "spkr")
at the back side of you PC. Now you can tune your sound card audio mixer. Go to the Windows 95/98/2000/XP "Sart" menu at the bottom right corner
of PC screen, choose "Run" option, type "SNDVOL32.EXE" and press "O'k" button. You must see a picture like you can see in
Set up all slieders exactly in the same positions as you can see in the article.
Now you are ready to get some for free software from my site, install and run it.
Now try to play something on your guitar and you hear that your personal computer works like the best traditional effects pedals or stompboxes!
You must know that you can find in the Ineternet hundreds titles of free audio effects softwares for your PC.
It means you can enjoy with the best world distortions, sustains, reverbs, choruses, flangers, delays, equalisers, tube amp simulators
realy for free using only your personal computer!
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If you have no an asio sound card or if you have Windows XP with cheap (or onboard) sound card
you can use software from
Usually, we have "big jeck" or 1/4" jeck at the end of a guitar cable.
At the back side of PCs usually we can see 1/8" holes. So, you need to buy in nearest computer or music shop a 1/4" to 1/8" adaptor.
It costs around $1..$2. Then you can plug in your guitar into the blue color hole at the back side of your PC.
Usually this hole has "Line" title. Don't forget to plug in your stereo headphones into black color hole (with title "spkr")
at the back side of you PC. Now you can tune your sound card audio mixer. Go to the Windows 95/98/2000/XP "Sart" menu at the bottom right corner
of PC screen, choose "Run" option, type "SNDVOL32.EXE" and press "O'k" button. You must see a picture like you can see in
Set up all slieders exactly in the same positions as you can see in the article.
Now you are ready to get some for free software from my site, install and run it.
Now try to play something on your guitar and you hear that your personal computer works like the best traditional effects pedals or stompboxes!
You must know that you can find in the Ineternet hundreds titles of free audio effects softwares for your PC.
It means you can enjoy with the best world distortions, sustains, reverbs, choruses, flangers, delays, equalisers, tube amp simulators
realy for free using only your personal computer!