Apogee GiO Bedienungsanleitung

User’s Guide

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i GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Package Contents 1

Introducing GiO 1

Quick Start 2

System Requirements 2

Getting Started 2

Install Apogee Software 2

Connect the USB Cable 2

Choose GiO for Mac Sound I/O 3

Connect Headphones or Speakers 3

Connect Your Guitar 3

Set up GarageBand ‘09 4

GarageBand Preferences 5

Using GiO’s Stompbox Buttons 5

Set the Input Level 5

Record! 5

Connecting GiO 6

Connecting an Apple Macintosh computer 6

Connecting Headphones 7

Connecting Powered Speakers 7

Connecting a Home Stereo 8

Connecting an Instrument Amplier 8

Connecting a Guitar or other Instrument 9

Connecting an Expression Pedal 9

Working With Apple GarageBand 10

Using GiO for GarageBand audio input and output 10

Using GiO’s Transport buttons to control GarageBand 10

Using GiO’s Stompbox buttons to control GarageBand 11

Setting GiO’s audio parameters from GarageBand 11

Working With Apple Logic Pro 12

Using GiO for Logic Pro audio input and output 12

Using GiO’s Transport buttons to control Logic Pro 12

Using GiO’s Stompbox buttons to control Logic Pro 13

Setting GiO’s audio parameters from Logic Pro 13

Using GiO’s Expression Pedal with Apple Logic Pro 14

Working With Apple Mainstage 15

Using GiO for Mainstage Audio Input and Output 15

Using GiO’s Transport Buttons to control Mainstage 15

Using GiO’s Stompbox Buttons to control Mainstage 16

Setting GiO’s audio parameters from Mainstage 16

Additional Hardware & Software Controls 17

OS X System Preferences - Sound 17

Apple Keyboard 17

OS X Audio MIDI Setup 18

Selecting GiO for Mac Sound Input/Output 18

Controlling GiO’s Input/Output Parameters 18

Setting GiO’s Sample Rate 18

Working With GiO 19

How do I set a recording level? 19

How do I set my software’s I/O buer? 19

I/O buer continued 20

What sample rate should I record at? 20

Can I record my session on the startup hard drive? 20

How do I set the input control of my powered speakers? 20

Using GiO Cong 21

FAQs 22

Troubleshooting 23

Specications 24

1 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

GiO

1/4” to RCA Cable

USB Cable

QuickStart Guide

GiO is a USB Guitar Interface and Controller for the Mac.

This QuickStart section describes how to set up GiO with your Mac,

connect speakers, headphones and instruments to GiO, and get

started quickly with GarageBand.

Please check our web site for the most up-to-date information:

http://support.apogeedigital.com

Instrument Input Headphone/Speaker Output

USB Port

Stompbox buttons and indicators

Expression Pedal Input

Previous button Next button

Transport control buttons

Introducing GiOPackage Contents

2 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

Connect the USB Cable

Connect GiO’s USB port to a USB port on your Mac using the

provided cable. GiO is powered through the USB connection.

Once the USB connection is made, the Transport buttons light in

sequence and all Stompbox indicators light green, indicating that

GiO is ready for use.

System Requirements

Your Mac should meet the following requirements:

• Intel or PPC G5 processor, OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6 or greater

• 1 GB minimum of installed RAM, 2 GB recommended

• GarageBand ‘09 v. 5.1 and/or Logic Studio 9

(Please consult our website for the most up-to-date

compatibility information: http://support.apogeedigital.com.)

Getting Started

Install Apogee Software

Download the GiO Software Installer from:

http://www.apogeedigital.com/downloads.php

Double-click it and follow on-screen instructions. The installer may

require the connection of your GiO to verify the rmware version, so

please have it ready. When the installation is complete you will be

required to restart your Mac.

Quick Start

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Connect Your Guitar

Connect your guitar to the Instrument input using a standard 1/4”

guitar cable. Shown below is a typical GiO setup shown with optional

expression pedal

Choose GiO for Mac Sound I/O

After connecting GiO to your Mac, a dialog box prompts you to

choose GiO for Mac sound output and input. Click Yes.

Connect Headphones or Speakers

Connect headphones to GiO’s back panel jack.

To connect a pair of powered speakers using the included 1/4” TRS

to dual RCA cable, connect the 1/4” TRS plug to GiO’s back panel

Output jack. Next, connect the white-banded RCA plug to the

left speaker and the red-banded RCA plug to the right speaker

4 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

Set up GarageBand ‘09

Open GarageBand, found in your

Mac’s Applications folder. In the

Project Window that appears

during launch, click Electric

Guitar then click Choose to

create an audio track.

In GarageBand, double-click the

Track header to show the Track

Info pane. At the top of the pane,

click Guitar Track.

Choose a guitar preset from the

pop-up menu at the top of the

Track Info pane. You can scroll

through the preset list by tapping

GiO’s Previous or Next button.

Set up GarageBand ‘09

(continued)

Click Edit (at the top of the Track

Info pane) and click on the guitar

amp to highlight it.

At the bottom of the pane,

select Mono 1 (GiO) in the Input

Source menu and select On in

the Monitor menu. If GiO can’t

be selected in the Input Source

menu, please see the next page.

Click the faders button to the

right of the Input Source menu

to open the Apogee GiO control

panel

5 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

GarageBand Preferences

If GiO can’t be selected in

the Input Source menu, open

GarageBand Preferences

(GarageBand > Preferences),

click Audio/MIDI, and select GiO

in the Audio Output and Audio

Input menus.

Important!

To experience the full audio

resolution of GiO, open

GarageBand Preferences, click

Advanced, and select Best in the

Audio Resolution menu.

Using GiO’s Stompbox buttons

When you load a GarageBand

guitar preset that includes

stompboxes, each of GiO’s

Stompbox indicators light to a

color that corresponds to the

stompboxes selected in the

preset. Press GiO’s stompbox

switch to turn the effect on - the

indicator glows brightly.

Press again to turn the effect

off - the indicator glows dimly.

Set the Input Level

Click the GarageBand track’s

Record enable button to see

the input signal level on the

track meters and hear it in your

headphones.

In the Apogee GiO control panel,

adjust the Recording Level

slider until a good signal level

is displayed in the track meters.

See page 19 for a more detailed

description of setting recording

levels.

Record!

Once you’ve set a level, tap the

Record Transport button. The

newly created region appears

in GarageBand’s timeline. Once

you’ve completed recording, tap

the Play button to stop recording,

tap either the Go To Beginning or

Rewind button, and tap Play to

listen back to your recording.

6 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

Connecting GiO

In this section, the connection of GiO to your Mac, headphones, speakers,

instruments and other audio hardware devices is described.

Type B

Connecting an Apple Macintosh computer

• Using the provided USB cable, connect the Type B connector to

GiO’s back panel USB connector.

• Connect the Type A connector to your Mac computer.

• For the best system stability, it’s recommended to connect

directly to your Mac’s USB port, without passing through a USB

hub.

• To use GiO’s Transport and Stompbox switching, Apogee

software must be installed, as described on page 2

Type A

7 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

Connecting Headphones

• Connect headphone to GiO’s back panel Output jack.

• The output level may be controlled from any of these hardware

and software controls:

Apple keyboard volume controls (when System Preferences

Sound is congured as described on page 17).

Menu bar volume slider (when System Preferences

Sound is congured as described on page 17).

Apogee Control Panel found in Logic Pro and Mainstage

System Preferences Sound > Output pane

Audio MIDI Setup

Connecting Powered Speakers

• Using the included 1/4” TRS to dual RCA cable, connect the 1/4”

TRS plug to GiO’s back panel Output jack. Next, connect the

white-banded RCA plug to the left speaker and red-banded RCA

plug to the right speaker.

• The output level may be controlled from any of the hardware and

software controls listed on the facing page.

• To set the speakers’ input level control (sometimes labelled input

sensitivity), please see the description on page 20.

• If hum or buzz is heard in the speakers, please see the

Troubleshooting tip on page 23.

8 GiO by APOGEE – User’s Guide

Connecting a Home Stereo

• Using the included 1/4” TRS to dual RCA cable, connect the 1/4”

TRS plug to GiO’s back panel Output jack. Next, connect the

RCA plugs to your stereo system’s Aux or Tape inputs.

• Set GiO’s output level to maximum, and control the listening

level using the home stereo’s volume control.

Connecting an Instrument Amplier

• To connect to most instrument ampliers, it’s necessary to add

a 1/4 TS to RCA female adaptor to the included cable’s RCA

plugs. Connect the 1/4” TRS plug to GiO’s back panel Output

jack and the RCA plugs (with 1/4” TS adaptors) to the instrument

amp’s inputs. If the amp has one channel, connect the left side of

the cable.

• It’s possible to set GiO’s output level to a xed value, so that it

can’t be inadvertently changed. Open Audio MIDI Setup (or any

of the other control panels listed on page 7), and select the Amp

(or Instrument Amp) setting.

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