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Next, you need to plug in the Guitar Link Hardware into a USB port as instructed |
Now the waiting game. Be patient, the screen will change |
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You will receive the following option to install USB driver twice. Click Install for both. |
You will receive the following option to install USB driver twice. Click Install for both. |
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Once finished, you will be asked to reboot. |
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After the reboot, you’ll see the new driver appear in the Sound properties. |
Go to the properties of the Recording tab and select the quality level. There are two options. |
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That’s it for the driver. |
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You will need an amp simulator to get the most out of the hardware. Guitar Link ships with Native Instruments Guitar Combos and a license to the AC Box Combo pack. This will produce simulated guitar amps used in many pop songs and will be a good starting point for general recording. Installing the simulator is a little tricky. I chose not to post the step by step as this is about the Guitar Link, but you will need to setup the software to use the Behringer driver.
Open the NI Guitar Combos software, select File > Audio + Midi Settings and change the ASIO driver to the following
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Now you are ready to play. Open up your favorite DAW and set the audio settings to use the Behringer USB Audio as the input and output device. This will use the Guitar Link as the input for the audio recording channel.
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