Most (if not all) newer Macs only have a "Line-In" input jack, rather than a "Microphone" type of jack. The main difference between them is that a Line-In jack doesn't provide a built-in means of amplification; its designed for a higher strength signal (like that coming from a stereo or some sort of pre-amp'ed signal). This is unlike the Microphone input that was used on older Macs.
There are many 3rd party audio devices that can be used to amplify the signal of your guitar (so that it can be plugged directly in to the computer through this line-in jack). They typically run on USB or Firewire (The Griffin iMic comes to mind - it's been around for a while), and plug into your low-level jack (guitar).
With this new release of Guitar Shed 2.9.9.5, it should work with most 3rd party audio devices (although we can't test them all for obvious reasons, so far it's been very compatible). I would recommend trying one of those such devices first (Try to buy it somewhere that you can easily return it if there are any compatibility problems with your favorite software applications).
Or for now, you can even get a decent tune on an electric guitar by holding it up to your iMac's built-in microphone and pluck/tuning it. If the Guitar Shed Chromatic Tuner doesn't respond to your built-in microphone, please follow the instructions here:
http://www.astoundit.com/cgi-bin/faq/faq.pl?rel=4557828
(Number 6 is the tip for this)
As always, if you have any other questions or problems, please let us know anytime.
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Most (if not all) newer Macs only have a "Line-In" input jack, rather than a "Microphone" type of jack. The main difference between them is that a Line-In jack doesn't provide a built-in means of amplification; its designed for a higher strength signal (like that coming from a stereo or some sort of pre-amp'ed signal). This is unlike the Microphone input that was used on older Macs.There are many 3rd party audio devices that can be used to amplify the signal of your guitar (so that it can be plugged directly in to the computer through this line-in jack). They typically run on USB or Firewire (The Griffin iMic comes to mind - it's been around for a while), and plug into your low-level jack (guitar).
With this new release of Guitar Shed 2.9.9.5, it should work with most 3rd party audio devices (although we can't test them all for obvious reasons, so far it's been very compatible). I would recommend trying one of those such devices first (Try to buy it somewhere that you can easily return it if there are any compatibility problems with your favorite software applications).
Or for now, you can even get a decent tune on an electric guitar by holding it up to your iMac's built-in microphone and pluck/tuning it. If the Guitar Shed Chromatic Tuner doesn't respond to your built-in microphone, please follow the instructions here:
http://www.astoundit.com/cgi-bin/faq/faq.pl?rel=4557828
(Number 6 is the tip for this)
As always, if you have any other questions or problems, please let us know anytime.
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Friday, October 06 2006 @ 08:56 PM PDT