Saturday, March 5, 2011

Garage Band: Apogee?s Jam Connects Your Guitar to Your iPad

Apogee's Jam hooks guitars up to iPad

Once Apple?s Garage Band for iPad launches, you?re going to need a way to hook up your guitar or bass to the tablet. And the widget you need may just be the Jam from Apogee Digital, an in-line adapter that piped your instrument?s audio right into any iPod, iPad or Mac.

The Jam is a 24-bit analog-to-digital converter, and outputs a signal that can be sent to any Core-Audio capable app, including the new Garage Band for iPad. It also has a gain control knob on the side, so you can easily change the input level whilst playing.

The Jam costs $99. The iPad starts at $500, and Garage Band is $5. Add those together and you still don?t get close to the original $1,200 Canadian price-tag of the four-track, cassette tape based Portastudio from Tascam that was, during the 1980s, the recording tool of choice for garage bands the world over.

Jam product page [Apogee Digital via Engadget]

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