GiO

The best way to plug your guitar into your Mac

Price: $395
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Meet GiO

GiO is a studio quality guitar interface that turns your Mac into the ultimate guitar rig for recording, rehearsing, or performing live on stage. Combining effects control, recording functions and legendary Apogee conversion and preamps, GiO delivers total access to virtual guitar amps and effects in GarageBand, Logic, and MainStage through a single foot controller and professional audio interface.

 

Rock your Mac with incredible guitar tone

With Apogee sound quality and an incredible selection of virtual amps and effects in applications like Apple’s Logic, GarageBand and MainStage, you won’t need to lug around an amp or other heavy gear to sound amazing. GiO also functions as a foot pedal controller allowing you to control recording functions, turn effects on and off and select presets. GiO, Mac and a guitar is all you need to rock your favorite tones wherever your music takes you.

 

GiO Highlights

  • Studio quality guitar interface for recording, rehearsing, or live performance
  • Advanced AD/DA converters and instrument preamp technology deliver your guitars true tone
  • Designed specifically for electric guitar and electric bass
  • Optimized for active and passive pickups
  • GiO’s excellent signal quality optimizes the sound of virtual amps and effects
  • Hands free recording, effects on/off and preset selection
  • Can be used with guitar amp, headphones and powered speakers

Who is GiO for?

GiO is great for any guitar player with a Mac looking for a wide variety of virtual amps, effects and guitar tones for recording, rehearsing, or live performance. It’s easy to connect GiO and start rocking.

Apogee GiO Gibson MainStage

From the studio to the stage,
GiO gives you all access to the amps, effects and recording in Logic Pro 9 and MainStage 2


Logic 9 effects

Designed to work with the new Logic and MainStage, GiO allows guitar players to control recording functions, preset changes and plug-ins like Amp Designer and Pedalboard, along with the new Playback and Loopback features in MainStage.

What can you do with GiO?

Guitarist - Studio

 

GiO guitarist studioSee the setup>

 

Make incredible guitar recordings with GiO, your Mac and the great sounding amps and effects in Logic and GarageBand. For additional channels, also connect any Apogee interface like the Apogee MiC and record guitar and vocals at the same time.

 

Guitarist - Live

 

GiO guitaristSee the setup>

 

Expand your rig and take your live performance to a new level with GiO, MacBook Air and MainStage, featuring a huge combination of amps and pedal effects, easily selectable with GiO's foot control.

 

Performer

 

GiO PerformerSee the setup>

 

Ideal for the solo performer playing small venues, GiO MainStage and a MacBook Air give you incredible sound quality for your guitar and backing tracks with minimal gear.

 

 

GiO in Action: MainStage

 

Apple’s MainStage and GiO allow you to build a custom guitar rig with a wide selection of amps and effects pedals for complete and effortless control of your live performance. The input and outputs on GiO utilize Apogee’s famous audio conversion, providing a pure digital connection to the virtual amps and effects in MainStage.

 

Apogee has a template available for MainStage that makes it easy to use GiO and a Mac for live performance. GiO users with MainStage can download the template below to play guitar riffs by artists including Smashing Pumpkins, Aerosmith, Van Halen or The Police with the same tone as the guitar legends that recorded them. The template also features a simplified looper and is setup to automatically work with GiO, so all you need to do is download the template, click to open and go.

 

See how the template works >

 

Download the Template >

* Note: this template requires the latest
GiO software and MainStage version 2.2.2

Feature overview

Software Control with GiO

 

GiO stomp

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Stomp on it. Effects control without the mouse.

Imagine finding your sound without going back and forth from your guitar to your Mac. With GiO, you can audition effects presets in GarageBand, Logic and MainStage, and turn effects on and off while playing or recording... all without touching your keyboard.
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Hands free recording.

GiO frees you from key-command recording allowing you to concentrate on your performance and not the space bar. The five transport buttons on GiO let you record, play, stop and quickly navigate thru your track without taking your hands off the neck of your guitar.
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"Next" preset please.

Previous and Next preset select buttons let you quickly audition and toggle between guitar amps and effects presets in Logic and GarageBand and the patch lists in MainStage.
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Inputs and Outputs with GiO

 

GiO Instrument

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Instrument input

GiO’s 1/4” instrument input features Apogee’s world-class instrument preamp and converters. Hear and record your guitar’s true tone straight into Apple’s Logic, MainStage and GarageBand software without compromise. GiO is optimized for all pickup configurations from the most basic single coil to sophisticated active electronics setups.

 

Find out why Apogee products Sound Amazing® >
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GiO Expression Pedal

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MIDI Expression pedal input

GiO’s Expression control pedal input allows access to traditional effects like wah-wah, and volume. Also, control effects parameters like the length of a delay or the speed of a tremolo. (Expression Control Pedal not included). Approved expression pedals include: Yamaha FC-7 and Roland EV-5
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GiO USB

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USB

GiO is fully powered by the USB connection to your Mac eliminating the need for an external power source. Simply plug into an available USB port on any Mac and you’re ready to go.
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GiO Output

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Output: Headphones, monitors or instrument amplifier

Hear your guitar and recording like never before. Connect your headphones, powered monitors or instrument amplifier to Apogee converters via GiO’s 1/4” stereo output and listen to your guitar and mix with incredible clarity and dimension.

 

Find out why Apogee products Sound Amazing® >
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GiO in Action: Logic Pro

Hands free guitar recording with GiO in Logic Pro

 

Hands free guitar recording with GiO in Logic Pro 9With GiO you can record multiple guitar tracks in Logic without ever having to touch your computer. See how it's done in this video.

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Plug and Play and Rock with GiO and GarageBand

 

GarageBand, features 12 classic amps and 15 stompboxes and offers an amazing range of guitar tone and variety to your Mac. GiO delivers your guitar signal to and from these amps and effects with uncompromised quality.

Watch the GarageBand Video
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GiO Sound Samples

 

Apogee gear for music creation on a Mac, iPad and iPhone

JAM


Apogee JAM

Studio quality guitar input

 

Works with: iPhone, iPad, Mac

  • PureDIGITAL instrument connection for pristine sound quality
  • Designed specifically for electric guitar and electric bass
  • Optimized for active and passive pickups
  • No configuration, just plug in and play
  • Input only, output via iPhone, iPad or Mac

$99

MiC

Apogee MiC

Studio quality microphone

 

Works with: iPhone, iPad, Mac

  • Studio quality cardioid condenser microphone
  • PureDIGITAL connection for pristine sound quality
  • No configuration, just plug in and record
  • Designed for vocal and acoustic instrument recording
  • Input only, output via iPhone, iPad or Mac

$199

ONE for iPad & Mac

 

Pro Tools

2 IN x 2 OUT USB audio interface/microphone
for iPad & Mac

 

Works with: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Mac

  • 2 channels of Apogee A/D conversion and microphone preamps
  • 2 outputs for headphones or powered monitors
  • Built-in microphone
  • Maestro control software for iOS and Mac

$349

Duet for iPad & Mac

 

Pro Tools

2 IN x 4 OUT USB audio interface for iPad & Mac

 

Works with: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Mac

  • 2 channels of Apogee A/D conversion and microphone preamps
  • 4 outputs, Independent speaker and headphone outs
  • Balanced outputs
  • Full color OLED display
  • MIDI I/O
  • Maestro control software for iOS and Mac

$649

Quartet for iPad & Mac

 

Apogee Quartet

 

4 IN x 8 OUT USB audio interface and studio control center for iPad & Mac

 

Works with: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Mac

  • 4 channels of Apogee A/D conversion and microphone preamps
  • 8 outputs, Independent speaker and headphone outs
  • Balanced outputs
  • 2 Full color OLED display
  • 3 speaker set monitor control
  • MIDI I/O
  • Maestro control software for iOS and Mac

$1395

ONE for Mac


ONE

1 IN x 2 OUT USB Microphone and Audio Interface
for Mac

 

Works with: Mac

  • Built-in condenser microphone
  • Instrument input for guitar, bass or keyboards
  • World-Class mic preamp input
  • Studio quality stereo output

$249

GIO


Apogee Gio

1 IN x 2 Out USB guitar interface and software controller for Mac

 

Works with: Mac

  • World-class instrument preamp and converters
  • Hands-free Software control for GarageBand, Logic and MainStage
  • Studio quality output to a guitar amp, headphones or powered monitors

$395

Ensemble

 

Ensemble

8 IN x 8 OUT FireWire audio interface for Mac

All-in-one FireWire audio interface for Mac

This product is no longer in production

Check the Apogee Store for refurbished Ensembles>


Works with: Mac

  • 8 channels of Apogee’s legendary A/D and D/A conversion
  • 4 transparent, digitally controlled 75dB mic preamps
  • S/PDIF, ADAT and Word Clock connections
  • “SoftLimit”, “UV22HR” and “Intelliclock”
  

Symphony I/O

 

Symphony I/O

2-to-32 channel modular audio interface for Mac

 

Works with: Mac

  • Next generation converter quality
  • Modular design, flexible I/O and future-proof connectivity
  • Easily switch between Logic, Pro Tools HD, USB or Standalone Mode
  • Customize your Symphony I/O with 6 Modules

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$2495

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