Using the LINDY USB Guitar Cable with Garageband ’11
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Setting up our USB Guitar Cable with Garageband ’11 couldn’t be easier…
Before launching Garageband, first plug the USB Guitar Cable into a spare USB port on your Mac. We recommend you plug directly into a port on the Mac rather than a USB hub.
You should see the blue LED illuminate on the Guitar Cable’s USB connector.
Plug the cable into your guitar.
Now launch Garageband. Select New Project and then choose the Electric Guitaroption.
From the next option you can name your project. Once the project has loaded, you should see this message:
Click Yes to select “Generic USB Audio Device” (i.e. the USB Guitar Cable).
IMPORTANT! By default, Garageband will automatically select this device for both input and output. To actually hear your guitar you must change the output to a different device!
To do this, go to the the Garageband menu, select Preferences and click theAudio/Midi tab. Change the default from Generic USB Audio Device to the device you’d like to use on your Mac. For instance, Built-in Output to use the Mac’s onboard speaker:
This message will appear:
Click Yes.
Now you should be able to play and hear your guitar. If you can’t hear anything, make sure the Monitor On icon is selected. You can check it here…
…or by clicking on the amp in the right hand side window. You can also change the Noise Gate threshold here to reduce any buzz you might be experiencing, especially if you’re using single coil pickups:
If you experience latency problems (where the sound you hear is fractionally after you hit the strings), a good tip is to hit record, wait a few seconds and then press stop. Try playing again and the latency should be gone!
Note: For instructions for earlier versions of Garageband, see our post here.
We’ve moved!!!
We won’t be adding any new posts to this blog. Instead, head on over to the blog on our UK website for all the latest, exciting developments in the crazy world of cables and adapters!
We’re moving!
We’re in the process of moving the blog so it’s hosted on the LINDY website. God help us!
Hopefully it will go smoothly, but please bear with us if we experience any problems over the next few days.
MikeO
USB 2.0 & eSATA Dual Bay SATA Hard Drive Docking & Cloning Station
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Handy hard drive docking & standalone cloning station!
Cloning stations are the ideal gadget for system builders, integrators, technicians and IT departments. This neat little device also acts as an external hard drive for 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA hard disks as well as handy cloning station. It allows you to easily create bit by bit clones (including OS and Partitions) from original drives onto target HDDs. It is the easiest way to upgrade to larger capacity hard drives.
The great standalone cloner allows drives to be cloned without a computer. That ease of use is great for IT techs and upgraders. A useful docking function means blank drives up to 2TB can be connected to a computer via eSATA (3Gbps) or USB 2.0 (480Mbps). Recovering data and backing up files can be done simply, without much effort or the need for installation. The dual bay design allows two hard drives to be connected at the same time so data can be copied between multiple drives of different types as 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA drives are supported natively.
As well as being PC and Mac compatible this handy device also comes with a power cable, USB cable and eSATA cable included.
Read more about this USB 2.0 & eSATA hard drive docking and cloning station.
