guitar into laptop?
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- xrusos
so now that Apple released the new iApp, GarageBand... I'm wondering what the best way to hook my guitar into my PowerBook.
Can I just hook it directly into my mic jack?
Do I need to get another input device like mBox? I've heard that there are usb input devices too.
Anyone know what the best way is? experience with this?
here's Apple's suggested accessories...
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garag…
- xrusos0
is that what you use?
why not a simple phone jack adapter like this:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-…?
- brundlefly0
yeah the jack should be enough, right into the input by the headphones....garageband is supposed to have over 30 tube amps built in so have at er...
- instantok0
if you buy a decent mic and record the sound coming out of your amp the quality will be better than that which goes through the jack directly into the computer...i know that sounds backwards and makes for an extra step but every musician friend i have spoken with says this is the way to go
- cinder0
makes sense considering it would be the sound of soundwaves coming from the amp into the mic rather than sound piping directly into a computer with no natural reverb, distortion, echo, and whatnot
- exador10
i know that it's a mac type hookup you're all talking about, but for PC's, i recently bought the guitar pod..
http://www.guitarport.com/
best money i've ever spent on musical equipment....
as for the sound..it's absolutely incredible...
can't say enough good things about it....
it's not mac supported unfortunately...
- pascii0
i wonder how good+simple garageband will be. if it's cool, i have to buy a laptop!
- xrusos0
Thursday morning bump...
- xrusos0
so what you're saying is that plugging my guitar directly into my mac's audio-in jack would overpower the sound and therefore lose quality. right?
and usb devices somehow interact better and keep the quality up?
what if i have a preamp on my guitar and can turn down the gain there? does that not help?
i'm also on an acoustic rather than electric.
thanks.
- Luckyitem0
don't forget to buy iLube
- ********0
all you really need is a mic and software to record it. after that you can fuck with it
- xrusos0
i guess what i'm asking is if there will be distortion because "too" much sound will be coming into the mac in that tiny jack.
for instance, if i plug my guitar directly into my little computer speakers, it's bound to snap, crackle and pop rice crispies style... too much input for the little speakers. and i'm sure that if i play the inputed guitar through the PowerBook speakers i'll get similar distortion. BUT...
what i'm wondering is if that is just the nature of the output device? and it's inputed just fine?
whoa, can you tell i've been up all night? i barely make sense to myself this morning. i hope the proposal i'm preparing for work is clearer than this post.
- tymeframe0
i've had better luck simply plugging straight into my mac. I get crazy fuzz when i plug from my amp. unless it's just my shitty practice amp.
I wonder if there's a filter that'll get rid of extra noise in Garage Band, like that one for Cubase.