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, 17 Oct 2011 00:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric http://www.zacharytamas.com/posts/no-nonsense-connecting-guitar-to-mac-for-less-than-5/comment-page-1/#comment-3161 Eric Sun, 26 Dec 2010 01:22:44 +0000 http://www.peacefullyadrift.com/?p=1007#comment-3161 Ernie, I have the same guitar pickup and also cannot find a way for it to work with my mac (I have the same one). The pickup is not defective though. I know it works in an amplifier, just not my computer. I do not think you need to buy a new one. Ernie,
I have the same guitar pickup and also cannot find a way for it to work with my mac (I have the same one). The pickup is not defective though. I know it works in an amplifier, just not my computer. I do not think you need to buy a new one.

]]> By: Bruno http://www.zacharytamas.com/posts/no-nonsense-connecting-guitar-to-mac-for-less-than-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Bruno Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:53:34 +0000 http://www.peacefullyadrift.com/?p=1007#comment-1489 So you are saying that the new Macbook Pro does not allow you to use both the input (for my electric guitar) and output (for my headphones or to plug into my external speakers) at the same time. Isn't there some way around this? So you are saying that the new Macbook Pro does not allow you to use both the input (for my electric guitar) and output (for my headphones or to plug into my external speakers) at the same time. Isn’t there some way around this?

]]> By: Victoria http://www.zacharytamas.com/posts/no-nonsense-connecting-guitar-to-mac-for-less-than-5/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Victoria Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:37:10 +0000 http://www.peacefullyadrift.com/?p=1007#comment-899 Thanks, this was very helpful. I was trying to figure out how to record with my audio in/out on my MacBook Pro 13 inch, but I guess I'll go for the USB interface. Thanks, this was very helpful. I was trying to figure out how to record with my audio in/out on my MacBook Pro 13 inch, but I guess I’ll go for the USB interface.

]]> 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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