[lug] Guitar to USB

Mike Witt msg2mw at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 11:52:01 MDT 2020


On 06/16/2020 02:25:19 PM, Davide Del Vento wrote:
> I don't understand how this could work.
> Isn't the output of the guitar analog signal that needs to go into  
> and A/D
> converter and then into a D/D adapter converting from the raw output  
> of the
> A/D converter to the USB protocol?
> Or does the cable include all of that, pretty much like the Focusrite
> Scarlett and similar devices do?
> 
> Anyway, I had the Scarlett for a while and it worked in linux. By  
> worked, I
> mean the OS recognized it as a valid I/O system (i.e. mic/line in and
> speaker/headphone out) and I could use it to record stuff e.g. with
> https://www.audacityteam.org/

Good tip on Audacity. I was able to record the guitar through USB and  
play it back, and it sounded OK. So whatever other problems I'm having  
it appears that the cable works on my system. So that's really what I  
was trying to determine. Now on to the Rosegarden list to figure that  
out :-)

-Mike


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