Internal mic not picking up guitar well in Garageband?

[rims007]

Hi guys,

I recently bought a brand new MacBook Pro 13", and have been very frustrated with the quality of the internal mic when I am playing my guitar into it. For about the first 3 seconds of my playing, it sounds ok, then it fades to a point where you can barely hear the guitar. is there some microphone setting I forgot to select? or do I maybe have a bad egg? Lol please help!

Note: Vocals seem to pick up fine on the mic, its only the guitar playing that is of poor quality.

Thanks.

 

[Mal]

The internal mic isn't really capable of handling that with any quality. You're going to want an external microphone (or if you have a pickup on the guitar, just plug it in) to really pick that up.

jW

 

[deadwulfe]

I got a "clip-on" mic with my Korg electronic tuner for tuning my acoustic guitar. That worked well for messing around with my old PC. I imagine it would work with my Mac if I had the right adapter to convert it to a small size plug.

 

[Cenobite]

Try turning off "Use ambient noise reduction" in the Sound Preferences under the "Input" tab.