Problems with headphones

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Problems with headphones

Okay, I have a 20" iMac and yesterday I bought a cheap Radioshack audio cable so that I can plug my guitar into my computer to record in GarageBand. I had some hassle in getting the guitar to come through and I found out I had to turn on "Monitor" and then my guitar came through my speakers. The problem is I can't get the guitar to come through the headphones. And when I unplug them, I have to restart GarageBand because my guitar signal cuts off. Am I doing something wrong? Also, if anyone has better suggestions for recording an electric guitar on my iMac then that would be appreciated as well. Thanks!

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20-inch iMac (2.4 GHz), 250 GB HDD, 2GB DDR RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 19, 2009 12:47 PM

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Answer 1

poflynn

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Jan 20, 2009 12:52 AM in response to Warheart1188

I thought normally if you plug in the headphone it overrides the speakers.
Try going to GB Prefs, Audio/MIDI and choosing Built-In as the output.

Certainly an audio interface is better for recording guitar (or anything, really).
M-Audio, PreSonus, Alesis, etc, etc, etc, make interfaces (I like firewire best, but USB will do). You can start here: http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Interfaces.html (also lots of useful info on that site for beginners).
Also search Google, or go to zzSounds, Sweetwater, MusicansFriend, etc.

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Warheart1188 Author

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Jan 22, 2009 1:59 PM in response to poflynn

Thanks for that! I finally got the darn headphones to work.

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