I have a Mac, Guitars, Mics, Amps, and an audio interface. (this is amateur recording note)

I wish to first record guitar by plugging in the jack directly to the audio interface and recording straight to my computer (no mic'd amp/etc). The audio interface is usb, and has 2 inputs (either guitar/mic, guitar/guitar, or mic/mic) with a gain on each side of the input. When I am trying to record to my computer I specify that it's coming from the usb and I turn the gain all the way up, however it is still faintly recording.

Same things happening when I plug in a mic and try to record, even with phantom+gain all the way up its still barely picking anything up. Are there computer settings I need to change as well?

I am using GarageBand right now, and soon going to get ProTools soon, will it make a difference?

Any other help/tips would be greatly appreciated.

idk if you alrdy did this but make sure you setup garageband so that your recording with you interface device. And turn up the volume on your guitar and the volume of your interface.

But i used to have that problem when i was recording and i had my mic set to stero instead of mono. see if switching to mono inside garage band will change the sound.

ive never used garage band or even a mac for recording, but im just sharing some of my experience with recording.

Thanks! I'll definitely try those things, hopefully that will be all. Any more advice would be great!

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