Comments on: No Nonsense: Connecting guitar to Mac for less than $5 (usually) http://www.zacharytamas.com/posts/no-nonsense-connecting-guitar-to-mac-for-less-than-5/ Welcome to my personal, professional home on the web. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:36:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ernie http://www.zacharytamas.com/posts/no-nonsense-connecting-guitar-to-mac-for-less-than-5/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Ernie Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40:59 +0000 http://www.peacefullyadrift.com/?p=1007#comment-135 I'm having a problem plugging in directly to the Mac. I have a new iMac (not the very brandest-newest-ones they are advertising with the screen that goes all the way to the edges - I have the one that was out just before, the one that has the barest bit of aluminum around the screen ;-)) and I'm trying to plug an acoustic guitar pickup into the Mac directly to use in GarageBand. I have (I think) the proper adapter for it and it fits nice and snug into the back of the macine. It's a 1/4" Female Stereo to 3.5mm Male Mono made by PlanetWaves. I've SCOURED the internet for advice on this and I think I am doing what I should be: I've changed the line-in setting in system prefs, I've changed the GarageBand input source to Mono1 - In fact I've used every combination of those settings and I just can't get a sound out of it. Nothing reads on the track volume levels, nothing reads within the system pref volume levels. I don't have an amp so I don't know if the cord itself is defective - I'm going back to the store to plug into one of theirs to see if it is dead. Is that the only solution? Is there something else I could be doing wrong? The acoustic pickup is a Dean Markley ProMag Plus. I'm completely new at this so there's no detail too small or too obvious not to bring up. Thanks. I’m having a problem plugging in directly to the Mac. I have a new iMac (not the very brandest-newest-ones they are advertising with the screen that goes all the way to the edges – I have the one that was out just before, the one that has the barest bit of aluminum around the screen ;-) ) and I’m trying to plug an acoustic guitar pickup into the Mac directly to use in GarageBand.

I have (I think) the proper adapter for it and it fits nice and snug into the back of the macine. It’s a 1/4″ Female Stereo to 3.5mm Male Mono made by PlanetWaves.

I’ve SCOURED the internet for advice on this and I think I am doing what I should be: I’ve changed the line-in setting in system prefs, I’ve changed the GarageBand input source to Mono1 – In fact I’ve used every combination of those settings and I just can’t get a sound out of it. Nothing reads on the track volume levels, nothing reads within the system pref volume levels.

I don’t have an amp so I don’t know if the cord itself is defective – I’m going back to the store to plug into one of theirs to see if it is dead. Is that the only solution? Is there something else I could be doing wrong? The acoustic pickup is a Dean Markley ProMag Plus. I’m completely new at this so there’s no detail too small or too obvious not to bring up.

Thanks.

]]> By: zacharytamas http://www.zacharytamas.com/posts/no-nonsense-connecting-guitar-to-mac-for-less-than-5/comment-page-1/#comment-47 zacharytamas Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:24:42 +0000 http://www.peacefullyadrift.com/?p=1007#comment-47 <p>New blog post: No Nonsense: Connecting guitar to Mac for less than $5 (usually) <a href="http://bit.ly/4SHhH" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/4SHhH</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/zacharytamas/statuses/2676474711" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> New blog post: No Nonsense: Connecting guitar to Mac for less than $5 (usually) http://bit.ly/4SHhH

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