Recording guitar on Mac

malxwal · Post by **malxwal** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:10 pm

Anybody got any reccomendations for audio capture and editing (guitar) on Mac ? Macbook 2Ghz, 2 gig RAM, Audiophile (I'm poor !!)

BeatFeet · Post by **BeatFeet** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:14 pm

You don't say if the guitar is electric or acoustic. iMic is a real inexpensive audio interface for po' folks. After that, the sky's the limit if you need a USB preamp and good microphones.

dru · Post by **dru** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:41 am

On a budget, you could try several things.

With an electric guitar, you could always plug it into the Audiophile (does it have DI?) and use some guitar amp sims.

With an acoustic, try building a cable with a 1/4" mono jack on one end to plug into the input on the Audiophile and a $2 Piezo pickup/transducer on the other end and tape the piezo to the body of the acoustic guitar. I've never actually tried this, but it may just work.

malxwal · Post by **malxwal** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:19 am

Thanks folks, but I was meaning software. I use electric through an effects unit and electro acoustic which also goes through the same unit. I'm really looking for recommendations on audio editing software and guitar sim software...

BeatFeet · Post by **BeatFeet** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:44 am

Let's see .... maybe Ableton Live?

Or Live Lite?

Or Amadeus?

dru · Post by **dru** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:49 am

Amplitube? NI GuitarRig? There's plenty of guitar sims.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:25 pm

Line 6 Toneport.

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:21 pm

malxwal wrote:Thanks folks, but I was meaning software. I use electric through an effects unit and electro acoustic which also goes through the same unit. I'm really looking for recommendations on audio editing software and guitar sim software...

when you say "effects unit", do you mean a mulitfx stomp thing, or a proper amp modeller like a pod? if it's the former, then something like guitar rig or whatever, if it's the later, you don't need anything else.

though i wouldn't recommend di'ing an acoustic. but "buy a mic" isn't very helpful advice.