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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 279552" data-attributes="member: 13565">Really depends on how serious you are about sound and your budget.&nbsp; There are several methods...a) This is from Apple's website:<a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:WnMk9mShppUJ:www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/gb2-2.html+plugging+guitar+into+garageband&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=8&amp;client=safari" target="_blank">http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:WnMk9mShppUJ:www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/gb2-2.html+plugging+guitar+into+garageband&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=8&amp;client=safari</a>b) You could plug your guitar, keyboard, microphone etc. directly into the Mac audio in port(using a cheap converter cable).&nbsp; You will find that you don't have much control over the sound quality, the levels and the number of inputs. There is likely to be quite a bit of hum and the need to boost low levels in GarageBand will cause noise and distortion. What you need is an audio interface.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002VRP8C/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-GarageBand-Guitar-Cable/dp/B0002VRP8C</a>c) I personally use an Alto mixing console:<a href="http://www.audiomidi.com/S-6-Mixing-Console-P7206.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.audiomidi.com/S-6-Mixing-Console-P7206.aspx</a>d) You could put a microphone on the speaker of a guitar amp and play through that.e) You can use a Griffin iMic:<a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/" target="_blank">http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/</a>f) You can us an external amp simulator:<a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:nXijrV1KAZMJ:www.macworld.com/2006/09/reviews/blkbox/index.php+external+amp+simulator+for+mac+os+x&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=10&amp;client=safari" target="_blank">http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:nXijrV1KAZMJ:www.macworld.com/2006/09/reviews/blkbox/index.php+external+amp+simulator+for+mac+os+x&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=10&amp;client=safari</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 279552, member: 13565"] Really depends on how serious you are about sound and your budget. There are several methods... a) This is from Apple's website: [URL="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:WnMk9mShppUJ:www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/gb2-2.html+plugging+guitar+into+garageband&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&client=safari"]http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:WnMk9mShppUJ:www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/gb2-2.html+plugging+guitar+into+garageband&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&client=safari[/URL] b) You could plug your guitar, keyboard, microphone etc. directly into the Mac audio in port(using a cheap converter cable). You will find that you don't have much control over the sound quality, the levels and the number of inputs. There is likely to be quite a bit of hum and the need to boost low levels in GarageBand will cause noise and distortion. What you need is an audio interface. [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002VRP8C/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-GarageBand-Guitar-Cable/dp/B0002VRP8C[/URL] c) I personally use an Alto mixing console: [URL="http://www.audiomidi.com/S-6-Mixing-Console-P7206.aspx"]http://www.audiomidi.com/S-6-Mixing-Console-P7206.aspx[/URL] d) You could put a microphone on the speaker of a guitar amp and play through that. e) You can use a Griffin iMic: [URL="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/"]http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/[/URL] f) You can us an external amp simulator: [URL="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:nXijrV1KAZMJ:www.macworld.com/2006/09/reviews/blkbox/index.php+external+amp+simulator+for+mac+os+x&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&client=safari"]http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:nXijrV1KAZMJ:www.macworld.com/2006/09/reviews/blkbox/index.php+external+amp+simulator+for+mac+os+x&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&client=safari[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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