[geeks] GarageBand test

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:31:10AM -0500, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> It seems to me that if Apple sells you a guitar adapter that blow up
> your Apple computer, then it should be a waranty issue.  Not that you
> want the hassle.

Its not an Apple adapter, its a Monster Cable 1/4" to 1/8" adapter.

> As to the speakers you blew up, how did you do it?  Did you just plug it
> in and play, or did you turn the volume all the way day, and just slowly
> bring it up?  I've plugged my guitar into consumer stereo gear before,
> and I've just had to keep the volume knob really low because of how hot
> the signal was (relative to what the consumer stereo expected).

I was stupid, and plugged it into a line-in input (where the stereo was
expecting an amplified signal) instead of a microphone (unpowered) input,
then turned it up. 8-)

Bill

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bill bradford
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