Help! Trying to figure out apogee jam

[Joshuadriller]

So I've been messing around with an apogee jam in garage band, and I can't get any sound that I like. Everything sounds like garbage!! I'm using a mim jazz and American 77 pbass, but I can't find anything good. And yes, I'm using the internal Mac book speakers to edit, because I want to post bass covers on YouTube and I know that that's what most people use to listen to videos. Also I e been trying some different pedal combinations. Here's what I'm working with.

Thanks!!

 

[Joshuadriller]

Anyone?

 

[seamonkey]

Maxxbass
http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=327
Tune it to laptop speakers

You can find sound demo's on youtube

 

[Dave W]

I'm not really a fan of the models in Garage Band.

First things first, start simple and ditch your pedalboard for the time being. Plug your bass straight into the interface. Use some decent headphones and not the internal speakers. I understand why you're doing it, but you're not doing yourself any favors Then open up GB and find the amps, then start tweaking until you find something you like.

 

[MCMLXI]

Download this app and use it as a plug-in in GarageBand or standalone on your Mac.

It's pretty straightforward by itself or with a metronome or drum loop out of GarageBand.

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[Joshuadriller]

I'm not really a fan of the models in Garage Band.

First things first, start simple and ditch your pedalboard for the time being. Plug your bass straight into the interface. Use some decent headphones and not the internal speakers. I understand why you're doing it, but you're not doing yourself any favors Then open up GB and find the amps, then start tweaking until you find something you like.

Thanks for the advice. I'll try it with a raw signal.

 

[Joshuadriller]

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This is the tone I have in mind.

 

[Joshuadriller]

Download this app and use it as a plug-in in GarageBand or standalone on your Mac.

It's pretty straightforward by itself or with a metronome or drum loop out of GarageBand.

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Does it work with the apogee jam?

 

[MCMLXI]

Does it work with the apogee jam?

Yes.

The Apogee Jam is the interface and the app is both a stand alone program and a plug in for GB.

Do a search on you Mac App Store. This link is for the iOS version (iPad, iPhone, etc.).

 

[Joshuadriller]

Yes.

The Apogee Jam is the interface and the app is both a stand alone program and a plug in for GB.

Do a search on you Mac App Store. This link is for the iOS version (iPad, iPhone, etc.).

I can't seem to find it on the Mac App Store. Do you know if they listed it with a different name?

 

[Joshuadriller]

Anybody else got any advice?

 

[Dave W]

You really need to be asking yourself what software to use. That's where you're going to get your tone/sounds from.

The Apogee Jam is just the medium in which your analog bass signal gets converted to a digital signal to be used by your computer. It's a very good interface for the price too. Virtually any software that works on your Mac is going to work with the Jam.