Rock your Mac
with incredible guitar tone
Apogee GiO is a studio quality guitar interface that turns your Mac into the ultimate guitar rig for recording, rehearsing, or performing live on stage. GiO unlocks total control of the virtual guitar amps and effects in GarageBand, Logic, and MainStage through a single foot controller and professional audio interface. Easily turn effects on and off, select presets and control recording functions without ever letting your hands leave your guitar. With Apogee’s industry-leading conversion and preamps, you won’t need to lug around an amp or other heavy gear to sound amazing.
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.
Highlights
- Studio quality guitar interface for recording, rehearsing,
or live performance - Advanced AD/DA converters and instrument preamp
technology deliver your guitar’s 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
What can you do with GiO?
Guitarist – Studio
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
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
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 3 that makes it easy to use GiO and a Mac for live performance. GiO users with MainStage can download the template below to riff with some Apogee selected presets. The template also features a looper and is setup to automatically work with GiO, so all you need to do is download the template
Fast Shipping and Professional Packing
Because of our long-standing partnership with UPS, FedEx, DHL as well as a range of other top global carriers we are able to offer a variety of shipping options. Our warehouse personnel will pack each item according to our strict specifications. Your items will undergo an extensive inspection and will be properly secured before they are delivered. Every day, we send hundreds of packages to our customers across many countries. This shows that we're committed to be the largest retailer online in the world. We have distribution centers and warehouses located in Europe as well as the USA.
Please note that orders with multiple items are given a processing time according to the particular item.
Before shipping, we will conduct a thorough inspection of the items you've ordered. Most orders are delivered within 48 hours. The expected delivery time is between 3-7 days.
Returns
Due to multiple parties such as the factory and the warehouse, we are unable to fully manage stock. The actual levels of stock can change at any point. Be aware that it is possible that your order will be out of stock after you have made the order.
Our policy lasts for thirty days. We cannot exchange or refund your order after 30 days from the date of purchase.
In order for your item to be eligible for return, it must be unopened and in the same condition as when you received it in. It must also be returned in its original packaging.