Here i will show you my standard setup for making my guitar recordings. Lately i have been using exclusively virtual instruments, as its easier to set up and i can achieve a very good tone.

Im using an pretty old m-audio fast track usb interface, which works great considering how old it is. This can be plugged into my laptop or desktop.

here it is plugged into my laptop, but i use it also on my desktop

First i start opening my Samplitude Pro X2 Suit session. I really like this DAW although i thing its not that popular.

I prepare a single mono track for recording guitar, as you may know the electric guitar is a mono instrument and the signal is recorded directly from the guitar and not from other device that may need stereo recording.

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I use Guitar Rig 5 because it have the best noise reduction i ever played, its perfect to achieve a very clean sound.

After that, i choose my main guitar effect VST, which is Amplitube 4. There are a lot more guitar VST, and most of them are great, but Amplitube is the one i like the most.

Amplitube 4 give me the option of choosing between a vary big variety of amp modeling, i can change the mic set up and the cabinet modeling and mix them to get very unique tones. I can come close to any real tone i like, its like having all the gear in a studio.

And that's it, the preset i use will depend on the song and the guitar i will use. As i have very different guitars i would adjust each preset to fit the instrument.

This is pretty much all i use to produce my guitar tracks on all my videos and songs. For live performing of course i use my Line 6 POD HD 300, i use that one for recording sometimes too, i will show you some sample of that later.