You will want to record your electric guitar onto an audio track in ProTools. You will set it up the same way you record your acoustic guitar, only difference really be in that the cable will replace the microphone. And yes, you do want to select the instrument option on your interface after plugging in your electric guitar. And, if you would like to emulate the sound up an amplifier or Fx, you can insert those on to the inserts lots on the audio track. Instrument tracks in ProTools, are intended for recording software instruments that you play with a midi keyboard. So you would not use an instrument or midi track to record it electric guitar.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 20, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Chris Smart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your guitar is sending audio into your audio interface, and that audio needs > to be recorded on a track. > > If you want that guitar to sound like it is running through an amplifier, > speaker cabinet, microphone in front of the speaker cabinet etc. you'll need > an effect plugin that simulates those parts of the chain. Your electric > guitar's signal, on its own, naked so-to-speak, will sound totally clean, > perhaps uninspiring. That's just what your guitar sounds like, before going > through any more equipment like effects or amplifiers. > > > > At 01:16 PM 7/20/2018, you wrote: >> All, >> >> I’ve been experimenting with recording my acoustic guitar into ProTools >> and, I bet you don’t need me to tell you, but it’s a blast. I haven’t >> been having as much luck with my electric guitar, though. >> >> I have an audio interface, but when I plug in my guitar and set the switch >> to instrument, I don’t get any sound. So I’m sure it’s a problem on >> the ProTools side. So, a few questions: >> >> To record my electric guitar in this fashion, should I create an audio >> track, an instrument track, or a midi track? So far, when I try an >> instrument track, I get no audio. >> I have a few instruments that came as free downloads with PT. Does this >> apply to electric guitar, or do I have to use a midi controller to be able >> to use these sounds? Does this question make sense? >> >> Anyway, there’s a lot to unpack here, so if anyone cares to mail me off >> list, please feel free to do so at the address in my signature line. >> >> My very best, >> >> Desmond Delgadillo >> Freelance Content Writer >> >> e:<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> <http://twitter.com/desdelgadillo> >> [] >> <http://linkedin.com/in/desdelgadillo> >> [] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to >> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]. >> For more options, visit >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." - > Albert Schweitzer > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
