What do I need for Garage Band?

I'm sorry if it's been asked before but will someone tell me what is needed to record music from a guitar. What chord do I need for the guitar to the computer or external device? I also would like to know what kind of microphone I need. It's actually for my husband. Your advice would be greatly appreciate. I'm new to the Mac and researching has become tedious for me.

Is this an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar? Or both?
If there is an acoustic, does it have a pickup already?
Is the mic for vocals or guitar? Or both?
Does he need to mic an amp for an electric guitar or does he need to mic an acoustic guitar or both and vocals?
Is this a gift?
What kind of guitarist/musician is he? In other words what kind of guitars and or amps does he have?
Tube amps? Fender, Marshall? etc. Does he use pedals? etc.
Depending on the use, budget and type of musician, there are many options on what to suggest.
A mic to use on an amp, versus a mic for vocals, versus a mic to record acoustic, versus a mic to handle as many duties as possible, all will yield different suggestions.
Let alone the type of music he play's and budget involved.
If it's a gift and he is a serious guitarist with some serious gear then he may be very unhappy going straight into the Mac with an adaptor.
And it's definitely not a good way to do it either for several reasons.
Maybe a USB mic is all he would need or maybe he won't be happy with anything but a Royer 121.
No way of knowing.
The more info you can provide the more germane the suggestions will be for you and hopefully less tedious.

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Hi all have not yet bought a Mac but will do soon I hope.. just doing research first
Some questions if anyone can help Garage band equipment needed
1.      what spec. mac book/pro or Imac do i need ...ram ect.
2.     what hardware do I need PreSonus/M-AUDIO have no idea what brand or keyboard pro keys
I will be recording my guitar, Vocals( have a XLR mic) and some type of keyboard is M-AUDIO PROKEYS SONO 88 any good?
Thanks for your help
please any advise welcome
Richie

richardfromknocklyon wrote:
Hi all have not yet bought a Mac but will do soon I hope.. just doing research first
Some questions if anyone can help Garage band equipment needed
1.      what spec. mac book/pro or Imac do i need ...ram ect.
2.     what hardware do I need PreSonus/M-AUDIO have no idea what brand or keyboard pro keys
I will be recording my guitar, Vocals( have a XLR mic) and some type of keyboard is M-AUDIO PROKEYS SONO 88 any good?
Thanks for your help
please any advise welcome
Richie
I think these days, any mac will do. Personally, I'd want to get one with Firewire since the interfaces I'd want to use are all firewire (with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions), and Thunderbolt isn't quite there yet with peripherals.
If your music goals are more ambitious, you might weigh higher-end options, but in terms of basic garagebanding around, any current mac should work fine.
M-Audio makes a variety of good keyboard controllers. I like the ones with at least a semi-wieghted keyboard like the Axiom series, or their fully weighted keyboards. I've got a keyboard background so the key action is important to me.
Here's a site that has a number of models on it to peruse.
http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/keyboards/keyboard-controllers/
Best is if you can feel the actual keyboard to see if you would be happy with it. If you've had a piano background, you'll probably want a better physical action than the cheapest synth actions. However, if you're just getting started, that might be fine. Outside of the keyboard itself, M-Audio controllers work well, and offer good bang for the buck.
You would also want to get an audio interface. A link for those:
http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/computer-audio/audio_interfaces/
A lot depends on your budget. If you're just starting you can get away with something for around $100 or so. Double or tripple that for better quality. Add a zero for something even more substantial. Firewire is generally better, although RME makes a great USB interface now although it's pricey. A lot of the less expensive USB interfaces are widely used and popular, presonus, m-audio, motu, mackie, etc. The good thing about the Sweetwater site is you can see what other people seem to be buying these days.

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raviprivate wrote:
Could anybody please let me know
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I have seen a
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In the middle of downloading an update for garage band and lost the connection, now the app won't open or finish the download. Can I reinstall the app without losing my music?

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kirkegrd wrote:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5704
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