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GB and guitar line in

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flyosophy

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I bought a us-122 tascam usb-midi audio interface. Line in with voice is fine, but line in guitar w/guitar is distorted and low in input??? My us-122 has a strong signal, but the problem is in GB or Mac? Any ideas???
 
Try opening Audio MIDI setup in your Utilities folder. For the input level to be at the correct impedence, set the value to 16 bit - rather than the default value of 8 bit.

Now, you SHOULD have nice, crisp audio!

🙂
 
Microphones with the headphone type jacks are worlds different than a guitar. You'll need to amplify the guitar if you want to actually hear it on your recordings. If you have an amp or effects processor, run that into the computer through a line-out or headphone jack.
 
Horrortaxi said:
Microphones with the headphone type jacks are worlds different than a guitar. You'll need to amplify the guitar if you want to actually hear it on your recordings. If you have an amp or effects processor, run that into the computer through a line-out or headphone jack.
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just to elaborate... you need a pre amp...
 
I use a Griffin iMic - it works perfectly!

A voice input goes in at MIC level, and the guitar is meant to go in at LINE level. The iMic automatically does this - it's self-switching.

Therefore, the Mac acts as the pre-amp - all for $30.
 
OS X on e-Mac. - re ' GB.

Can't turn off internal microphone. Selected 'Line in audio.' ...but no good. Can't get any level on a external mic. Do I need a pre-amp for the mic ?

Any help would be appreciated. And by the way. Just registered with this site. How do I simply send a question across the board ? - I'm very,very new at this.

Thanks.
 
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