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GarageBand For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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GarageBand For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Bob LeVitus
September 2023
Beginner
432 pages
10h 41m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 8

Recording Electric Guitars and Other Electronic Instruments

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Direct recording with virtual amplifiers

Bullet Recording with a microphone and amplifier

Bullet Customizing your guitar tracks’ sound

In Chapters 6 and 7, I explain how to record software instruments and vocal and acoustic instrument tracks. In this chapter, I explain how to record another type of instrument: an amplified instrument, most notably an electric guitar.

Remember Throughout this chapter, I use the electric guitar as an example because that’s the instrument I happen to own and play. However, the electric guitar is just one of many electronic or amplified instruments you might record directly. So, if you play another electronic instrument, such as an electric piano, violin, bass, or whatever, merely substitute the name of your instrument wherever you see the word guitar.

For the most part, electric instrument tracks are the same as vocal and acoustic instrument tracks (discussed in Chapter 7). The big difference is that you can record electronic instruments without a mic by plugging the instrument directly ...

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