Originally Posted by: GibsonLPSG

Hello! Been looking to get in to some recording at home - nothing serious yet, just being able to record and listen, maybe be able to record a couple of tracks on top of each other. I've been looking around a little bit at what is out there but figured I would also check in here.

I'm looking for something to hook up to a computer. I have a newer Dell laptop, and an older MacBook with GarageBand. Currently I'm using a first-gen Apogee Jam into GarageBand, and it's ok. There's the smallest bit of delay between when I play and GarageBand registers the sound, but it's enough to throw me off if I try to record more than one track, for instance a backing track and then trying to jam over it. I'm hoping it's just outdated equipment.

So I'm looking for a go-between for the guitar and computer, and if there is any software out there besides GarageBand that does the same sort of thing.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Hey GibsonLPSG,

If you haven't already, check your LATENCY settings in your Apogee (I'm guessing there is some sort of Apogee app installed on your computer). Lower your buffer size to 128, 192, or 256. Somewhere in that range should get rid of most of the delay so it is not noticeable.

You should be able to get a lot of mileage out of Garageband, but there is also Logic, which is one of the most popular recording DAWs out there. (I have used Cubase for around 25 years.)

Also, this seems like it has a lot of useful info:

https://producersociety.com/latency-fix-garageband/

-Carl.