A few years ago, my mom bought an Apogee ONE from a music store near us. The ONE is an audio interface used to record music. She used to use it for recording vocals, but recently she wanted me to record myself playing the guitar with it.
The ONE has a built-in microphone, but also allows you to plug in an external microphone and/or an instrument like a guitar. Yesterday, we were able to connect the speaker output to the stereo in my room so that when I play electric guitar it’ll come out through the speakers. I was able to record acoustic guitar with the built-in microphone, but my mom also found a condenser microphone so I was able to use that as well. So far I’ve only used the interface with my phone, but I know that it’s possible to download the Apogee software onto a computer. When using the interface you can change the input volume, the line outputs, which inputs to use, etc. After checking the settings in the Apogee app I used the GarageBand app on my phone to record the audio. I’ve tested recording both electric and acoustic guitar, but when I play the electric guitar there’s a bit of static or hum in the background even if I’m just playing clean guitar. I’m not sure whether or not it has anything to do with the ONE or if it’s just the cable though. Otherwise, the acoustic guitar sounds just fine using both the built-in microphone and an external condenser microphone.
After using the interface I’d say it’s pretty good since it came with almost all of the cables that I needed to use. I plan on at least trying it out with my Mac, but I also know that if you put in some batteries into the interface it’s portable. I’m interested in seeing how that would work.
I didn’t know what an “Apogee ONE” was but I googled it and they look so old!