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How to play electric guitar - on PC and mobile devices

If you want to forgo external hardware such as amplifiers and effects pedals, electric guitar plugins are probably the solution for you! Whether on your desktop PC, laptop, tablet or even smartphone, there are electric guitar plugins for every device! You only need an (audio) interface to connect your electric guitar via the cable to the plugin.

Advantages and disadvantages of mobile devices

Compared with our five other categories, this solution has the following

advantages:

Electric guitar plugins are usually inexpensive.
Simple solution for in-the-box singer-songwriters.
The software packages are often very comprehensive, featuring a variety of amps, cabinets and room simulations as well as effects.

Disadvantages:

Rather unsuitable for (loud) practising and playing with other band members.
Depending on your PC's performance, latency issues (delays) can occur.

Expert opinion:

Or even simpler: plug, for example, the Kong EarWorm directly into your guitar's jack and connect your headphones via the built-in mini-jack. Then you can start playing electric guitar straight away! We developed the EarWorm especially for the needs of ultra-mobile musicians. It fits in any pocket and is guaranteed to have no latency!