Positive Grid - the company behind the insanely popular Spark practice amp - has entered the world of recording interfaces with their latest guitar-focused product, Riff. Even if you’re dead set on using hardware, the potential for tonal experimentation before recording is worth the price of entry alone. The ace in IK’s pack is the included Amplitube 4 Deluxe amp/FX modeller – the not quite flagship but still impressively featured plugin/app you can use in place of your ‘real’ gear. Featuring two instrument inputs (plug your electric guitar or bass guitar in here!) and dual phantom-powered combo inputs (for use with condenser mics and line-level signals), the Axe I/O offers plenty of, er, I/O for recording your, erm, axe. Best guitar audio Interface: Our top picksĮvery audio interface here is a worthy product, but IK Multimedia’s Axe I/O is among the best.

We've included some in-depth buying advice at the end of this guide, so if you'd like to read it, click the link. So, let's not delay the recording of your magnum opus any further and dive into the best guitar audio interfaces on the market right now. We've put together this list of our favourite guitar-based audio interfaces from industry leaders such as IK Multimedia, Focusrite, Universal Audio and many more.

Well, you don't need to worry, that's what we are here for. Now, there certainly isn't a shortage of options out there for guitarists looking to record, and let's be honest, it can get very confusing when trying to work out which is the correct interface for you.

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