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Would this work for an interface? This may be a ten minute thing so don't want to go too crazy.
https://www.coda-music.com/bandlab-link-analog-mini.html
Some background.
When the iPhone/iPad first came out, the early interfaces to let you connect your electric guitar to your computer were analogue connections using the microphone input to your computer. So, the analogue signal from your guitar was sent to the computer as if it were a microphone signal and the analogue-to-digital converter in your computer did the conversion work. What you heard on your headphones was converted back to analogue and amplified by the headphones circuitry in your computer.
They were then superseded by "proper" audio interfaces that contained their own analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters. They'd generally use better converters than the one in your computer, have some helpful electronics for your input signal, a headphone amp for your phones and deliver better quality sound. Some are powered by external power supplies and others over your USB connection to the computer.
You can usually tell which is which by the way it connects. If it connects using the jack cable, then it's the first type. If it connects using USB, Firewire or whatever then it's the better type. The one you've asked about connects using a jack cable. It will work, but may not sound very good.
You don't say if you have an iPhone or iPad. If you do, you might like to look at the iTrack Pocket from Focusrite. It's no longer made, I think, but it's a great convenient audio interface for iDevices that uses a Lightning connection. I own one. The guitar amps on Garageband iOS are decent. There's a used one on eBay right now that ends tomorrow and hasn't had a bid yet.
Yes it's a bit more money, but with something like this you get the low latency you need for playing and listening, and it will also open up a world of opportunities for recording and mixing your music.
I am very fussy when it comes to live/studio guitar sounds, but for practice and demos, Garageband is fantastic and the built in amp models are more than adequate to get ideas flowing.
Does anyone have any recommendations for speakers to connect to the Mac? I'm enjoying using the headphones but do get to play loud sometimes. There appears to be a billion speaker options so any help would be appreciated. Do I need a pair or will one do me?
As with all things it depends on how much you want to spend. These were about £200 for the pair.