For you Mac users out there. Â Just wanted to let you know that they just came out with their iLife suite of applications. Â One of them is called GarageBand. Â It looks really simple to use and you can literally start recording on your mac in a matter of minutes. Â If you go to the Apple website, http://www.apple.com/ilife/ . Â It has a couple of amp modelers in there as well which you can plug your guitar/keyboard directly into the computer and make a variety of different sounds/music. Â Â And it's just $49 for the entire suite. Â A good deal for those wanted to do some recording but are on a tight budget.
Dave
Sometimes in life you get shown the light,
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I agree that this level of attention to us guitarists by a big computer company is quite exciting. ...And you can't beat the price. ...But, I think you'll find that there will be more cost to get beyond just getting some sound into the computer.
Plugging your guitar or a vocal mic direct into an imac sound card will not give you the greatest sound. You will probably still want a preamp for each, a mixer, and a USB or PCI (if you own one of the big box macs) audio interface designed for instruments (at least a $40 USB Griffin imic, if your guitar amp has line outputs).
It would have been nice if that $99 USB keyboard they are offering also had audio connections of some kind. Even RCA connections would be a start.
