How to play the electric guitar - via PC and mobile devices

If you want to do without external hardware such as amplifier model and effects pedals, electric guitar plugins are probably the solution for you! Whether on your desktop PC, laptop, tablet or even smartphone, electric guitar plugins are available for every device! All you need is an (audio) interface to control the plugin with the cable from your electric guitar.

Advantages and disadvantages of mobile devices

Compared to 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 extensive with various amplifier model, speaker and room simulations and effects.

Disadvantages:

Rather unsuitable for (loud) practicing and playing with other band members.
Depending on the performance of your PC, latency problems (delays) may occur.

Expert opinion:

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