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M-Audio JamLab Personal Guitar Systemby M-Audio
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Features
- Includes 160MB of ProSessions drum loops
- 1/4 guitar input, 1/8 headphone/line output, built-in USB cable
- 24-bit, 441/48kHz audio quality
- Includes GT Player Express software with amp and effects simulation
- GT Player also plays standard audio files at variable speeds for practicing
Product Description
With a feature 1/4 inch input for your guitar and 1/8 inch headphone or line output, connecting your favorite guitar to your PC or Mac with JamLab is as easy as the USB interface. The GT Player Express software features amp simulation and virtual effects boxes for EQ, chorus, reverb and more. GT Player can even slow down standard audio files for practicing and easy learning. With a loaded WAV drum loop from the popular ProSessions Sound and Loops Library, you're read to jam with an instant custom drum machine. Drum songs are also provided as MP3 files. JamLab is spacious and ideal for traveling. It keeps both you and your budget happy. Core Audio, WDM, ASIO 2 drivers Mlass-compliant with Mac OS 10.3.8 Includes GT Player Express software - Professional effects Guitar amp simulation Stomp-box modeling including noise gate, EQ, chorus and reverb Variable-speed playback of standard AAC, MP3 and WAV files Stand-alone, ReWire or VST plug-in operation Instrument Input Input Impedance 280k Ohm Maximum Input Level +12dBV (4.0Vrms), unbalanced SNR -96dB, A-weighted Dynamic Range 96dB, A-weighted THD+N 0.005% (-86dB) @ -1dBFS, 1kHz Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz, +/-0.1dB @ 48kHz sample rate Line Outputs Output Impedance 36 Ohm Maximum Output Level +6dBV (2.0Vrms), unbalanced Channel-to-Channel Crosstalk less than -105dB SNR -107dB, A-weighted Dynamic Range 107dB, A-weighted THD+N 0.00479% (-87dB) @ -1dBFS, 1kHz Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz, +/-0.1dB @ 48kHz sample rate Headphone Outputs (D/A) Maximum Output -1dBV at THD < 0.05% into 32 Ohms Working Range 24 to 600 Ohms Minimum system requirements Mac OS 10.3.8, 128MB RAM Windows XP (SP1) Pentium II 350MHz 64MB RAM USB connectivity 1/4 inch connector 1/8 inch headphone Weight - 3 poundsReviews
Bleh, it's fun to mess around with, BUT...It's a great practice tool, but you can't really record a song with it. It does allow you to record what you are playing, but you can't record with a background (drum loop, bass, etc.) unless you purchase the GT Player 2.5 software that'll set you back another 115 bones. You buy this and you'll get a stripped down version that's merely fun to practice with and record an idea or play along with a song. Eh, it's neat and the recordings are fantastic quality, but I wish someone would've told me this before I went out and bought it. It would've made the difference I guess. The other draw back is that it doesn't use your existing audio hardware and when you install this device it becomes your new "sound card" unless you do some fiddling around and if you have speakers then you'll have to run them through this device. I haven't returned it because I'm having enough fun with it as it stands. Also you MUST have Windows XP (MUST HAVE). I found that out the hard way, but luckily I have XP on my laptop (but I tried installing it on my desktop's Win2K and it was difficult to get it off). Those are the pro's and some of the con's, but...eh, it's alright, just a scam to lure you into spending more money on the full blown version.
