TS or TRS for electric guitar to amp

Quick question... when i'm running a cable from my fender strat to my vox valvetronix amp, do i want to use a TS or TRS cable?
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Cheap i/o device for electric guitar?

hi. i've recorded on an analog four track for years but now want to make the switch to digital recording with my mac. what is a cheap but decent external i/o device i could use to record my electric guitar on my mac without an amp? thanks in advance.

There are lots to choose from, but this might fit your needs, and is inexpensive:
http://www.presonus.com/inspire1394.html
It's also somewhat expandable (you can hook up more than one) and it gives you mic preamps as well as Hi-Z inputs.
For something even more basic, check out Griffin Technology - they have cables and adapters.

Recommendations for Electric Guitar to USB interface?

I'm interested in purchasing a guitar-to-USB interface for my MacBook Pro. This Spring '11 model does not have an audio input jack, so a 1/4" to 1/8" converter is not an option. Can anyone recommend a relatively inexpensive interface that works well with the amps offered in GarageBand (v.6.0.4)? Thanks!

isteveus wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
isteveus wrote:
All Macbook Pros have audio input. It probably shares the same jack as the headphone.
Both the gain and the impedance are wrong for an electric guitar pickup, not a good idea.
Why not a good idea. It's cheep, it works and thousands of people do this every day.
Of course a audio interface is the way to go but if you just want to mess around with with garageband or do the guitar lessons there is no problem using the audio input.
Some single coil pickups may not have enough gain to get a good signal.
Read up on Ohms law

I need the Pink Floyd sound effect for electric guitar

Can anyone please tell me how to setup the electric guitar effects to sound like David Gilmour's from Pink Floyd. Thank in advance.

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Where's input select for electric guitar patch

Trying to record with full band.Drums and bass are under Real Instruments.Want to use Electric Guitar patch with the effects but when I use it my interface won't bring up the input screen.is there a way around this. Thanks.

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Macbook Pro May 2010 Input Line for electric guitar

Hi, i've bought a new macbook a few days ago, it's my first mac and i saw that i can connect my electric guitar to my macbook, but the question is how do i do that? I've seen over the internet possible solutions but what i can't understand is how to configure the "line in" jack on the mac...is it possible to connect the guitar over the USB or Firewire?

It is possible to connect the guitar via USB or FireWire, through any of the USB and FireWire audio interfaces that are offered by third-party manufacturers. That's probably a better option than connecting an analog cable with a mini phone plug directly from the guitar to the audio-in port on the MBP. You'd be able to match the input level to the MBP much more effectively by using an external interface.
I'm not a musician and can't suggest any particular interface.

IMic adequate for electric guitar recording?

Hello there,
Just like the message subject indicates ... any experience/feedback as to how well the iMic (Griffin Technologies) performs (e.g., sound quality, static, etc.)? Many thanks for any input you may provide.
Jacobo
PS - for potential use in new iBook

Hi Jerry,
D.I means direct injection. This is box used on stage to connect your instrument or microphone directly in the PA (that means you don´t need an amp). You can lift the signal from ground to cancel the hum or noises catch by your input or your computer.
2 sorts of DI boxes: Active DI (direct) boxes especially designed to suit musical instruments with piezo pickups.
Have a look on: http://www.leonaudio.com.au/active.htm
or passive: for the other types of pickups, please look at: http://www.leonaudio.com.au/passive.htm for further explanations.
The box should cost between 50 and 100 /$.

What do I need to connect my electric guitar to my iMac?

I've searched and searched, and I can't find a 'clear cut' answer.
I have a new 3.2Ghz iMac and use Garageband 08 and plan on purchasing iLife 09.
I just bought a beginner electric guitar and amp (the amp only has line in and headphone jack).
How do I connect my guitar to the iMac? I have heard that using the mini plug into the 'line in' on the back of the iMac isn't ideal. So what do I need to get? My local Sam Ash musicstore doesn't have helpful people, so I need you all to tell me what to buy?
Oh yeah.. I don't have much money, so I just need to be able to play my guitar using Garageband and all its effects.
Thanks!

I read that it does not boost the sound properly.
The job of that line-in port is not to boost the level, but to convert an analog signal to a digital one, and it does that in a decent manner.
And I've also read that the audio-in on the iMac can cause delays in the sound you hear, along with other strange behavior.
GB always has problems with latency (that's the term for it), and that might indeed be worse when you use the line-in since the computer has to do the conversion and run GB. But the bulk of the CPU load is in GB, especially when you put a lot of effects on the guitar, so don't hope for too much difference when you use an expensive interface.
I can try the headphone out to the audio-in on the back of the iMac, but I guess I'm worried, as I have also read (on here), that you could blow your port if you aren't careful.
You can blow your computer if you use a speaker out, headphones should be fine. Crank them up slowly and watch the signal.

Help! I only hear clean electric guitar while recording, and amp/effects after recording!

I have my electric guitar plugged into an Apogee Duet (driver is up to date with Yosemite). After track is setup with effects, in an audio track or in a guitar preset track (I tried both), I can play and hear the guitar clean tones only without the effects I have put on the track, even though I have chosen guitar effects, like amp, pedals, etc... Only after recording during playback, not pre, can i hear the effects I have chosen. Why is this? So pre recording and during recording, a clean tone. Play back the track, it's all there with the amp and sounds I have chosen. Frustrated.

Excuse this short reply, rehearsal in 30 minutes.
It sounds like you need to first turn off the Direct monitoring of the Interface. Most audio interfaces have a "direct no-latency" monitoring that actually takes place before the audio even goes to Logic, it's done within the interface. Different companies have different names for it, low-latency monitoring, direct monitoring....etc.
Next, open Logic's Preferences and I think with Logic-X it's under the General tab (everything I'm describing will be under the general or devices tabs).
Select Software monitoring, make sure you I/O buffer setting is at 128. Lower buffer settings mean less latency but use more CPU.

I'm new using Logic, i've been using garageband for quite awhile now though but my question is just basic. When i want to record electric guitar while clicking the software option it brings me to alot of guitar sounds that i want to chose. I chose the twa

I'm new using Logic, i've been using garageband for quite awhile now though but my question is just basic. When i want to record electric guitar while clicking the software option it brings me to alot of guitar sounds that i want to chose. I chose the twangy electric or the distorted strat but i only hear clean sounds. No matter what kind of guitar sound i chose in the library it only produces clean guitar. How can i make it sound like it supposed to? Did i miss something i should do?

This definitely has me stumped as I'm unsure as to why your guitar can be heard, but with none of the channel strips plugins applied to the sound.
On the record enabled channel strip that contains your guitar input, is the "I" button located near the "R" active? Also, if you record your guitar, can you hear the FX applied to it when you play back the recorded track?

How to change audio port output to input port on mac os x 10.9.2 to connect electric guitar on macbook pro for garageband

How to change audio port from output to input port so that i can connect my electric guitar to play along with garageband. I couldn't the option to change it in my system preferences of sound as my mac os x is 10.9.2. So please help me!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to play electric guitar with my garageband so badly!!! :O
Mac os x 10.9.2. ; Garageband 10.0.2

There is no audio line input on your Mac, get a USB interface, get one that is specified for guitars.

This program works to plug in an electric guitar with a cable as the iRig and used the pedals and amps right?

this program works with the iRig and then iShred cable to use an electric guitar right?

Mr. Rodriquez,
Thank you very much for your response. Another concern of mine is overwelming the APs. We have 70 of the
"AIR-LAP1131-AG-A-K9" APs and from what I've seen the 386 clients the 4404 knows of includes the 162 clients the 4402 knows of.
I don't how of a way to easily determine how many clients we have per AP, so I am assuming the clients are distributed somewhat evenly. Considering the number of APs and clients we currently have do you see any problem with increases our DHCP leases to 200 or 250?
Thank You,
Andres

Electric Guitar for Recording

Hi,
I'm using Logic Express Actually.
I'm using very cheap guitar for Recording...that's EG112 yamaha electric guitar and RBX170 with me and my recording!!:D
Erm...is it really important to get a high range Guitar for recording??like Taylor,Fender,Ibanez,Martin,Gibson and so on??
What about the lower range of Fender-Squire??Ibanez Gio??and something like Samick Fastback or Cobra??and oso china made guitar??
any expert can really give me a hand and idea on it before i make a investment??
Thanks
Ray

If the rest of the guitar is nice, and only the sound is the problem, perhaps the pickups aren't matched to the body (many inexpensive guitar manufacturers use "stock" pickups which are one size fits all). If anything, I have modified almost all of my guitars (mostly older Ibanez models), fitting in pickups that I felt matched the guitar (part research and part dumb luck - fortunately, my choices seemed to have brought out the best of those guitars).
As for recommending a pick-up, it really depends on what you want to bring out of the guitar. You don't just want to stick a pick-up in and hope for the best. Just remember that you lose high-end as you increase your pick-up output. On certain guitars, this would render it to nothing more than a 6-string baseball bat. Keep in mind the body material, shape and size when choosing a pickup. Everything plays a part in your sound.
jord

Electric Guitar solution for the mini

I finally found something that looks like it will fit the bill of hooking up my electric guitar to the mini without spending $300-$1200 just for the recording box. M-Audio very recently released the JamLab for Mac and PC, it seems to be around $60 shipped from various online retailers. So if you are thinking about, or were thinking about doing this with your mini, check out the JamLab here.
It actually does more than I wanted, I already have a Korg Toneworks PX4 Guitar processor for effects and on-the-road practice, but if you don't own one of these and want something that not only records from your 1/4" guitar cable plug, but also does effects/stompbox processing, this may be it for you as well.
Jan J.

I only want something to plug into GarageBand too. $300-$1200 is just a bit much to ask for something that is really just a USB or FireWire soundcard when all you just want to do is mess around as a hobbyist in GarageBand.
Install the Developer Tools for Tiger, you will get AU Lab, a very powerful audio utility that takes full advantage of Core Audio's power. This image from the conceptual development phase on the developers site doesn't even do the finished app in action justice, and the short blurb written there shows that the person writing it up doesn't even know what the app can do. This is a better description--AU Lab is very efficient and has a very high performance and low overhead audio engine capable of supporting multiple outputs, and advanced routing features such as send buses and sidechain buses and even that doesn't even tell you all that it is. Imagine full control of your audio subsystem, a virtual audio cable, real time effects processing, multiple generators, audio sidechains, audio busses, outputs control and remapping and midi mapping and effects. Low level raw access to the audio subsystem in your Mac! Take control of the input/output ports on core audio devices and remap them and simulate surround sound and other cheeky things.
You can pull off the same tricks as Audio Hijack. It was, after all, to show developers what is possible to do with audio on OS X.
If the GT Player Express software bundled with JamLab won't allow you to record because they want you to buy an upgrade for the software, I'll just rip the audio streams passing through OS X direct to an audio file on the disk with Audio Hijack or AU Lab.
Happy GarageBanding!
Jan J.

What products are available to connect a electric guitar to a IPAD 4 for use with garage band???

what products are availabe to connect an ipad 4 with electric guitar for use with garage band???

I know this will sound a bit snarky but the best source for information is an Internet search. Typing in "connect guitar to iPad" produced pages of products. This one looked interesting to me...
http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/jam.php?gclid=CPSpza6q2bQCFU6mPAodpmcAqg
I don't recall if the iPad 4 has the new lightning connector or not. If it does you'll probably need a 30pin-to-lightening adapter.

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