Recording a song with GarageBand and Apogee ONE

[sandhopper]

the internal mic works great, it's the 1/4inch jack input for guitar isn't working after trying again there!

[sandhopper]

just bought this, however there's a problem! When I try to record in Garageband it won't receive any signal at all, i went to recording level and when clicked it can't physically be increased, it stays at zero, anyone any advice?

[Lookatyoumusic]

Wonder how screaming into one of those would go...lol

[stratsplayer]

Are the artists in the video a group?

[stratsplayer]

Btw Great recording!

[flawlite]

Now I know what I need. Thanks.

[politzerd]

Hey, so I've watched a few videos of people recording with one and they are all using a stand with some sort of attachment on the end to hold ONE. What is it? and where can I get one?

[apogeedigital]

@politzerd It is a ONE mic mount. You can purchase it from any Apogee authorized dealer, or go to the Apogee website and click on the store tab.

[iqgray]

I have the One and it Amazing well worth the price it's like four tools in one.

[xA7XBLINK182x]

hey you guys read down there in the comments he said they did two takes so shut up

[kingrool0311]

Hey,"Big Problem Here!!!"

I was wonderin if apogee one is great for recording "Rap Song"

Cause i can't find anyone use this to recordin Hip Hop but only "Acoustic Song"

Can U upload a rap demo recording by One,please & thankQ !!!!!

[BradRamsay]

@kingrool0311 live rapping is different than recorded rapping

live mc's put their face practically in the mic to make the speakers go boom

if you're going to record a pre-packaged, commercial-type rap song I'm sure this would work nicely

[AidanBearmusic]

i did a recording with ONE, check it out if you'd like. It's not quite this high quality, but i'm not a professional.

[kontolraksasa]

Somebody tell me What Gibson is that, how come it looks like a 000-body?

[evhfrankie]

Fuckin' Use the Les Paul... Shit

[DJWade7]

at 2:12 the video shows the drummer clearly hitting the floor tom followed by the snare, however the audio track sounds like a floor tom to the bass drum with no snare, implying that the video track is not the same as the recorded track. while this may not mean a thing, it means that it is possible that the miking may have been done differently than was in the video.

[apogeedigital]

@DJWade7 Two different takes were filmed and recorded. When I did the editing that take looked better so I used it, but the audio was from the other take. If you like, you can go to our website apogeedigital and download the whole GarageBand session. In that session you will see that the drums are indeed recorded on a single track, and that track was recorded with ONE's internal microphone.

[simonpvo2]

@DJWade7 It looks like a rim shot..

[BilleyRayable]

for the haters of apogee's one or the guys who'd like to buy one of one <= :D

this interface is absolutly amazing! everything works perfect. i record voice, drums, bass and vocals with it. and the good thing about is: its just a lil bit bigger than the iphone. okey about the sound in this vid.. look at the brand of the instruments (: good instruments make good sound on your track and bad instruments, make terrible sounds on it. I scream in the mic of one and there is no clipping or something

[mostmusicisbad]

This is the sappiest music I've ever heard.

[TheBrooklynnJayde]

i loveee the ONE!!!

[ip0ts]

ANYBODY PLEASE UPLOAD A VIDEO USING APOGEE ONE ON AN ACOUSTIC DRUM KIT ALTERNATIVE, ROCK OR HEAVY METAL SONG..LETS SEE HOW THIS THING WORKS?

[MichaelKhanTV]

This makes life so easy. Too bad it doesn't work on Windows and only one line out!! Other than that it would be perfect. Sounds good.

[dave07799]

@MichaelKhanTV why? windows is balls!

[afiqfalif]

How can i hear myself sing or play thru the headphones??

[sktbj]

sounds great ,is there something you did to take out white noise ? when i use my one with garageband i always hear a lot of hissing. is there away to get a bright sound using one without whitenoise?

[apogeedigital]

@sktbj Have you tried contacting our tech support department? They can help you go through and make sure everything is set up correctly. You can reach them at 310-584-9394 or email them from our website

[TintedRedFilms]

@sktbj That's probably noise that's in the room already. The built-in mic is omni-directional, so it picks up everything in the room. This is quite irritating since I live right by a highway. LOL.

[hyrys]

the drums do sound way too good to come from the mic but everyone is acting like Apogee is a small buisness that doesnt know what its doing. The one is a kick ass device quality wise and convience wise, whether you wanna record with your own mics and stuff or dont believe the quality in this video i think the one is convienent and awesome :)

[P3AC3B0Y]

I am not an experienced drummer, but after reading in the comment secton I think it would be an idea to make a video of how you actually recorded the drums. At the time being it doesn't seem like people believes believes you, so maybe you'll even sell better if you show them how you did it ..! :)

[995sunglasses]

ok so I find it hard to believe you can just use this device without any compute software at least to record and mix a song.. lol... sorry I'd rather use the right mics for recording and my own ways of doing it.

[lol4lyflol]

would be able to use an electric kit ?

[Rizo619]

@mrsammmyy okay, if you ever want any more help, just message me (:

[Rizo619]

@mrsammmyy a DAW is a Digital Audio Workstation. Basically it's music recording, mixing and mastering software such as Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic etc. Ignore my previous comment though, it seems that this will only work on a mac as no drivers have been developed for PC :/

[tribedescribe]

Recording mono drums with a single condenser or ribbon mic is a technique that has been used for the last 80 years! Listen to the tune "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse. The entire drum kit is captured with one mic! Do the research! The reason why it sounds so good is: Great kit + Great player + Good room + Great Engineer + Good gear = a Great recording. The apogee one is only a small part of the recording equation. Apogee gear is great!

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[robdrums69]

I've been playing drums a long time and I'm telling you RIGHT NOW, there is NO WAY you will get a kick to sound like that, without a loss of processing after you record a kit like that. That kick sounds like it's CLOSED MIC'd and they mic is NO WHERE close to that head... Sorry, I think there is something fishy about this.

[apogeedigital]

@robdrums69 The kit was recorded with ONE's internal mic, as a mono file in GarageBand. The only "Processing" was using the compressor, EQ, and a touch of reverb in GarageBand. You can download the GarageBand file from our website to see what we did.

[junkyardgroovemusic]

@robdrums69 its all about position

[Rialas]

Drums always sound good in mono. It's about the performance more than the mic. Great guitar playing, drumming, and singing, on an average/good, convenient mic.

Would not mind having ONE.. 

[RIce2324]

Yep the drum video is bogus. The audio is small tom to floor tom. The video is floor tom to snare. Fail.

[webeserge]

@playthekicks you should be able to just unlock each track.

[evilaunterica]

what song is this called? its good:P

[webeserge]

@evilaunterica It's called forever. thanks ;)

[evilaunterica]

@webeserge oh thanks:)

[KevinCamposMusic]

@evilaunterica Check out another video of us performing this song on my channel!

[ieatdoody]

The drums are bullshit but it is a great AI. If it were for PC i'd already have it.

[webeserge]

@ieatdoody the drums are not BS. I was there.

[3electrictriangles3]

@playthekicks yo what is ur website called

[apogeedigital]

@playthekicks The Mic clip for ONE can be purchased from your dealer or the Apogee store on our website.

[apogeedigital]

@playthekicks You should be able to unlock them in the file, but here are the compression settings: Threshhold -24 db Ratio:1.8:1 Attack 8.5ms Gain 3db

The kit is a Slingerland Studio King Drum Kit -16x22" Kick, 8x12" Tom,16x16" Floor Tom, 6.5x14" Ludwig Black Beauty Snare Drum. Remo Drumheads Powerstroke 3 on Kick,Clear Ambassador on Toms Coated Ambassador on Snare. Zildjian A-Custom Cymbals.

[stupidbuttheads]

im confused, do you plug the guitars into the jack socket from your amp or do you record it on the mic

also, what if you need it loud for feedback or heavy drums ?

you should do a video on the eq for the drums and how to make them clear

[apogeedigital]

@stupidbuttheads For this song the acoustic guitars were recorded with ONE's internal mic. The Bass was plugged in direct to the 1/4" input on ONE.

You can download the GarageBand file from our website and see the exact EQ and Compression settings we used on the drums.

[mussman717word]

If this wasn't such a great song, I would have really enjoyed watching this video, lol.

[clarkewi]

Great job guys! Love it!

[baugusgatlin]

but dose it record from a guitar amp with allot of distortion?

[staytrue0407]

@baugusgatlin Yes it does. I have done some recordings with ONE and a 6505+. I am AMAZED at how well the mic sounds. I would recommend ONE to anyone who wants a simple recording solution.

[whofelix]

this video is shit

[sk8drummer72]

can u use this thing with windows?

[sk8drummer72]

can u use this thing with a pc?

[emile92]

OH WOW do you make discounted pricing for students?????

[tichchris]

dose anyone no what  the name of the acoustic guitar in this video is????

[lazybones67]

hes not very good

[unixengineer]

what they did for the drums was, lay them down then use a software sound based on the pattern they made thats why it sounds so good, you guys gotta think outside the box

[PointBlankNZ]

Practicing musicians / learners, if you could fill out my easy 4 question survey for my research project it would be much appreciated. The link is in the info of my video called practicing musicians thanks.

[apogeedigital]

@ben13drummer Yes ONE connects to the USB port on your Mac

[shi9d1]

forever-musical

[Mooseboy240]

are they really gonna lie and say they got those drums from a a single tiny condenser mic without any eq or compression bull fuckin shit thumbs down.

[apogeedigital]

@Mooseboy240 The drums were indeed recorded using only ONE's internal microphone straight into GarageBand.

We did use the EQ, Compression, and Reverb plug-in's in GarageBand, just as I said in an earlier post on here.

Download the GarageBand file of this song from our website, and check it out for yourself.

We have no reason to lie, ONE sounds amazing.

[Mooseboy240]

@apogeedigital I will admit apogee has excellent converters and it may be a nice little mic but the kick drum sound is very defined and really sounds like yall used triggers or recorded the kick separately

[willieturnip]

@apogeedigital

Absolutely. I brought the garageband file into logic 9 and did a quick mix from fresh. I bought one about 10 minutes later..

[kmimHERE]

posts, "very inspiring. i'm gonna post this in my blog. =]"

[BlasiusKarachus]

great song and great sound. this interface really sounds great.

BUT drums don't sound like in this vid. i tried it and didn't get a satisfying sound like that.

and, have a look at the drummer: the intro-fill starts with small tom and floor tom. but he plays floor tom and snare ;)

[apogeedigital]

Two different takes were filmed and recorded. When I did the editing that take looked better so I used it, but the audio was from the other take. If you like, you can go to our website apogeedigital and download the whole GarageBand session. In there you will see that the drums are indeed recorded on a single track, and that track was recorded with ONE's internal microphone.

[BlasiusKarachus]

now i downloaded the whole song and listened to it in garageband and also logic express 8. it really sounds great. the drums were recorded in mono. could here and see it by analyzing the drum-take.

so what can i say: great mic! i am going to record drums again. i hope with the same results.

[sunofnothin]

@BlasiusKarachus Yeah, I was thinking, there is NO WAY they could get that sound with only the built in mic. Also saw that he did a floor tom and snare. So the drum track in the video is bogus. Which leaves me to question the vocal and acoustic guitar track too.

[sunofnothin]

@sunofnothin Also, when he starts fade out the audio track is the drummer hitting what sounds like a crash, and in the video he goes back to the hi hats. Uh....?

[webeserge]

@sunofnothin The Drums were filmed different times, and Brian played the song differently every time but we only used one take.

[apogeedigital]

@sunofnothin I know it's hard to believe, and if I wouldn't have been there filming it, I may have hard time believing it too. As for the different drum hits, as I explained before, I shot two different takes of video, and Brian played it different each time. So what you are seeing is video from one take, and hearing audio from the other. If you are in the L.A. area and want to see a live demo... Let me know

[BulkAmount]

kick drum sound like it was close miced but anyway, sounds cool!

[OverratedReality]

The Internal microphone, and the instrument input on the ONE sound great!

I am very pleased with this product!

[juankillilla]

witch gibson model is that guitar?

[TheCitySkylineMusic]

@juankillilla songmaker

[snorockerlp360]

Same four chords in just about every pop song. Nice looking product though.

[eeshanmathur]

one of the greatest mind blowing products ive eva seen !!! awsm !!!

[JamesBAMF85]

i like the instrumentals!

[aleksander791]

this thing blows my mind

[NeilEdger]

...........i spent 500 on a friggin duet and this thing has a microphone built in? GRRR

[SilentWhisperMusic]

How much is it?

[shanec2008]

where did u get the stand for the ONE?

[apogeedigital]

You can purchase it from the Apogee webstore

[shanec2008]

Im ordering this right now!

[ishmael9913]

Wow! Fantastic! I got my ONE and have loved it with Logic Pro, but what a fantastic demonstrations of just how great this can sound with excellent musicians and know-how. Fun demonstration, and a great tune.

[ImageRiver]

Ok, just ordered it. (feels weird saying "just ordered 'ONE'")

You guys come very highly recommended by a friend who has used Apogee prods for years. No doubt this will be a major step up from my Toneport UX1!

BTW, props to these musicians. Well done and nice writing.

God bless.

[andrewdeleon24]

What do studio/location setup would you recommend? How sensitive is the internal mic? How much of the ambient noise can it pick up?

[AltairMactavish]

at 2:12 the drums, thats a fukin lie!!!! he hits the floor tom and then the snare drum , but in the audio u hear floor tom and another tom wtf??

[apogeedigital]

Two different takes were filmed and recorded. When I did the editing that take looked better so I used it, but the audio was from the other take. If you like, you can go to our website apogeedigital and download the whole GarageBand session. in there you will see that the drums are indeed recorded on a single track, and that track was recorded with ONE's internal microphone. Try it on your drums and you will see that we have no reason to lie.

[paolofranzese]

Can I ask, how in the world are the drums recorded like this. I mean it wounds like they are panned, if this is the case, how can you pan each drum peice if it is on one single track?

Thanks

[apogeedigital]

It's a mono drum track recorded in GarageBand, we then added compression, EQ, and reverb. You can download the GarageBand session from our website and see exactly what we did.

[paolofranzese]

btw .. i'm knocking the product because Apogee products are top of the line stuff. this is more for my clarification.

[agilefalcon]

Very impressive! I am looking for something to record my native American flute and this just seems to work! I'm ordering one! (pardon the pun).

[AltairMactavish]

oh, sorry haha, and yeah u have no reason, cause i just got mine today ;) and u know what??? i fukin love it!!!! i havent tried drums yet, but vocals and acoustic guitars sound real good, thanlks, and sorry about the lyieg thing

[Airbornebull]

Ordering one right now.lol

[erdisteee]

who is this? its amazing!

[Spraoiceol]

Thanks Chris.

[Spraoiceol]

Anyone else had a problem opening the project download for this song off the Apogee website ? ?

[apogeedigital]

It seems the file was corrupted when we uploaded it. It has now been fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

[fenderhow]

this is great! im planning on buying one soon!