GB and guitar line in

[flyosophy]

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???

 

[kiwi_the_iwik]

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!

 

[Horrortaxi]

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.

 

[g30ffr3y]

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.

just to elaborate... you need a pre amp...

 

[Horrortaxi]

just to elaborate... you need a pre amp...

To put it another way.

 

[kiwi_the_iwik]

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.

 

[enobmort]

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.