My name is Stephen and I’m here to show you a brand new product from Apogee… GiO.

GiO is the complete guitar interface for Apple’s new Logic Studio 9, MainStage 2 and GarageBand ’09.

Combining effects control, recording functions and amazing sound quality. GiO delivers total access to incredible sounding guitar amps and effects in a single foot controller and interface.

With GiO, you can audition effects pedal presets in GarageBand, Logic and MainStage, and turn them on and off while playing or recording… all without touching your keyboard.

The five transport buttons on GiO let you record, play, stop and quickly navigate thru your track without taking your hands off the neck of your guitar.

Previous and Next preset select buttons let you quickly audition and toggle between guitar amps and effects presets in Logic and GarageBand and the patch lists in MainStage.

So we have established that GiO is a great way to control the amps, effects, and recording functions in Logic, GarageBand and MainStage,

but GiO is also the way you will plug your guitar into your computer.

GiO’s 1/4” instrument input features Apogee’s world-class instrument preamp and converters. Hear and record your guitar’s true tone without compromise. And GiO is optimized for all pickup configurations, from the most basic single coil, to sophisticated active electronics setups.

Output: Headphones, monitors or instrument amplifier

Hear your guitar and recording like never before.

Connect your headphones, powered monitors or instrument amplifier to Apogee converters via GiO’s 1/4” stereo output, and listen to your guitar and mix with incredible clarity and dimension that Apogee is famous for.

USB

GiO is fully powered by the USB connection to your Mac eliminating the need for an external power source. Simply plug into an available USB port on any Mac and you’re ready to go.

MIDI Expression pedal input

GiO’s Expression control pedal input allows access to traditional effects like wah-wah, and volume. Also, control effects parameters like the length of a delay or the speed of a tremolo. (Expression Control Pedal not included)

So as you can see GiO has everything you need to record and control guitar in Logic 9, MainStage 2, and GarageBand ’09

- Easy to use Foot controls allowing you     to keep your hands on the guitar.

- World-class instrument preamp and converters, So you Hear and record your guitar’s true tone

- Hear your guitar and mix with incredible clarity and dimension through the 1/4” stereo output.

- GiO is fully powered by the USB connection, eliminating the need for an external power source