- How To Use Garageband On Mac
- How To Use Microphone On Mac Garageband On Mac
- How To Use External Mic On Garageband
Amp Designer provides seven virtual microphone types. After choosing a cabinet, you can set the type of microphone to emulate and place the microphone, relative to the cabinet.
Recording With Multiple Microphones Using GarageBand You can use more than one microphone or input device with GarageBand on your Mac. Instead of buying more hardware, you can configure your Audio MIDI Setup utility to create an aggregate device that treats each mic like a track in a single input.
The Mic pop-up menu is near the right end of the black bar. The microphone placement graphic appears when you move your pointer in the area above the Mic pop-up menu.
How To Use Garageband On Mac
By default, the microphone is placed in the center of the speaker cone (called on-axis). This placement produces a fuller, more powerful sound, suitable for blues or jazz guitar tones. If you place the microphone on the rim of the speaker (called off-axis), you obtain a brighter, thinner tone, making it suitable for cutting rock or R&B guitar parts. Moving the microphone closer to the speaker increases bass response.
Choose a microphone
Mic pop-up menu: Choose a microphone model from the Mic pop-up menu, located below the cabinet graphic.
Condenser models: Emulate the sound of high-end studio condenser microphones. The sound of condenser microphones is fine, transparent, and well balanced. Choose from Condenser 87 and Condenser 414.
Dynamic models: Emulate the sound of popular dynamic cardioid microphones. Dynamic microphones sound brighter and more cutting than Condenser models. The mid-range is boosted, with softer lower-mid frequencies, making dynamic microphones a good choice for rock guitar tones, and useful if you want guitars to cut through other tracks in a mix. Choose from Dynamic 20, Dynamic 57, Dynamic 421, and Dynamic 609.
Ribbon 121: Emulates the sound of a ribbon microphone, a type of dynamic microphone that captures a sound often described as bright or brittle, yet still warm. It’s useful for rock, crunch, and clean tones.
Tip: Combining multiple microphone types can produce an interesting sound. Duplicate the guitar track and insert Amp Designer on both tracks. Select different microphones in each Amp Designer instance while retaining identical settings for all other settings, then set track levels.
Set the microphone placement
Move the pointer over the area below the cabinet graphic to show the microphone placement grid.
Drag the dot to change the microphone position and distance from the cabinet.
If you’re a guitarist who’s just getting started with GarageBand and are dying to jump in a start recording, you may be overwhelmed with the different gear options available to you.
While many would argue that the only way to accurately capture an electric guitar performance is by mic’ing up your amplifier and hitting record, in my latest video I share 3 ways that you can directly input your guitar into your Mac so that you can record it in GarageBand.
Directly inputting (or ‘DI-ing’) your instrument in this way gives you more control over how your recording sounds if you choose to use Garageband’s built in amp designer and/or Audio Unit plug ins.
Check it out below:
You can find the gear mentioned in the video here:
TOOGOO(R) 3M Guitar to PC USB Recording Cable
How To Use Microphone On Mac Garageband On Mac
IK Multimedia iRig Pro I/O
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
How To Use External Mic On Garageband
How do you prefer to record your guitars in GarageBand? What gear do you use? Leave a comment and let me know or come join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.