GiO: Tips for hands-free guitar recording in Logic
Posted on: March 19, 2010
Posted in: GiO, Logic Pro, Logic Studio, MainStage, Video
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GiO by Apogee is the ultimate way to record electric guitar to your Mac. As a new class of guitar pedal, GiO is breaking down the barrier between the computer and the guitarist by creating an authentic and simplified connection to the amazing sounding amps and effects in GarageBand, Logic and MainStage. GiO offers professional quality guitar input to the Mac via USB and studio quality stereo output to headphones powered speakers or an amplifier. GiO is also an intuitive guitar foot pedal that lets you control effects, presets, and recording functions all without touching your computer.
In this tutorial, we are going to show you a few tricks that will make GiO an even more powerful and invaluable tool to your guitar recording work flow. We will show you how to create and arm a new track, and then scroll hands free through tracks using only GiO.
Creating a new track
Click on Logic Pro > Preferences > Key Commands
In the search bar type “New Track”
Select “New Track with duplicate setting”
click “Learn new Assignment”
Press button 4 on GiO
Now whenever you step on GiO button 4 you will create a new track with the same amp and effects you were using on the previous track.
Record Enable
With record enable you do pretty much the same thing.
Click on Logic Pro > Preferences > Key Commands
In the search bar type “Record Enable”
Select “Record Enable Track”
click “Learn new Assignment”
Press button 5 on GiO
Now button 5 will allow you to toggle record enable on the track that is selected
Scrolling through tracks
Click on Logic Pro > Preferences > Key Commands
In the search bar type “Select previous track”
Select previous track
click “Learn new Assignment”
Press GiO’s “Previous” button
Now do the same for the next button
Click on Logic Pro > Preferences > Key Commands
In the search bar type “Select next track”
Select next track
click “Learn new Assignment”
Press GiO’s “Next” button
Now you can record multiple guitar tracks without ever having to touch your computer.
The way we assigned the buttons is just a suggestion, so feel free to assign the buttons however you like to make GiO an incredibly powerful tool for how you record electric guitar.