{"id":28684,"date":"2004-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=28684"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"imic-garageband","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/imic-garageband\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Use the iMic in GarageBand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To record in Apple&#8217;s GarageBand software using the Griffin iMic, just follow the instructions listed below:<\/p>\n<p>Connecting the iMic:<br \/>&#8211; Connect the iMic directly to a USB port on your Mac.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Connect your source device to the iMic&#8217;s input jack (the input jack is identified by an icon of a microphone; the iMic&#8217;s output jack has an icon of a speaker).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Set the iMic&#8217;s switch to the correct position (towards the microphone icon for line level devices; towards the speaker icon for mic level devices).<\/p>\n<p>In Mac OS X:<br \/>&#8211; Open Audio MIDI Setup (Applications > Utilities).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the System Settings, Default Input pop-up menu, select iMic USB audio system. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the Properties For pop-up menu, select iMic USB audio system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Under Audio Input, make sure that Format is set to 44100.0Hz, 2ch-16bit.<\/p>\n<p>In GarageBand:<br \/>&#8211; Open GarageBand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Select Preferences from the GarageBand menu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Click the Audio\/MIDI icon in the Preferences window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Select iMic USB audio system in the Audio Input pop-up menu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Close the Preferences window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Select New Track from the Track menu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Click the Real Instrument tab, then select Basic Track > No Effects (alternately, select the type of instrument you want to record as well as whatever effects are available).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Set the Format to Stereo, and set the Monitor to On if you want to monitor your audio as you are recording.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Click OK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Start recording!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[23739],"manufacturers":[33410],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the How Do I Use the iMic in GarageBand?\u000b page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/imic-garageband\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Do I Use the iMic in GarageBand?\u000b - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To record in Apple&#8217;s GarageBand software using the Griffin iMic, just follow the instructions listed below: Connecting the iMic:&#8211; Connect the iMic directly to a USB port on your Mac. &#8211; Connect your source device to the iMic&#8217;s input jack (the input jack is identified by an icon of a microphone; the iMic&#8217;s output jack [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/imic-garageband\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\",\"name\":\"SweetCare\",\"description\":\"Service and Support\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/imic-garageband\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/imic-garageband\/\",\"name\":\"How Do I Use the iMic in GarageBand? 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