Recording Levels

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Recording Levels

Sorry as I am a newbie to logic.
Anyway, that out of the way but I having trouble recording my guitar. When I plug my guitar into my iMac via the built in input I always get a distorted sound due to really high recording levels. when I used the guitar in garageband all I had to do was drag the little recording levels slider down a little. Could someone please tell me how I would go about this in logic please?

Thanks in advance!

iMac 2.4 GHz 4GB RAM 500 GB Internal HD LGW2452T (Second Monitor), Mac OS X (10.5.7), 32GB iPod Touch 2nd Generation 4GB iPod Mini

Posted on Jun 30, 2009 12:19 PM

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Answer 1

Caramby

Level 4

1,523 points

Jun 30, 2009 3:06 PM in response to Bentheguitarman

You shouldn't plug a guitar directly into your Built-in Inputs. The guitar level will indeed be too high; there is a mismatch. I'm not even going to suggest a workaround, because you really need to get some kind of interface to go between the guitar & the Mac.

I realise this isn't the best news you could expect to hear, but unfortunately this is just the way it is…

There are many different ways of sorting this problem; one way would be to use a mixing desk. A more generally popular way would be to get an audio interface with jack inputs designed for guitars. Then there are more elaborate versions with more Inputs & Outputs… there are thousands of different devices available.

I'm sure some people will come along in a moment with their particular recommendations, so best of luck, & make a good choice!

🙂

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