Lightsnake driver for mac software#

Lightsnake driver for mac software#

I'm unfamiliar with this system: it is said to minimise noise when recording, but there's no explanation of how it works and it may be as simple as a software noise gate. The 16-bit A-D converter operates at sample rates of 48 and 44.1kHz, and HSDL (Host Side Data Loss) Noise Reduction is included.

The jack end includes an additional socket, piggy-backed onto the plug, allowing you to take a direct 'thru' feed into a guitar amp, for latency-free source monitoring - although if you do this you have to remember to disable software monitoring, or turn down the level.Ī green LED, which glows to show that the cable is connected and powered up, is embedded in each end of the cable, and it flashes to indicate when it has been recognised by the host software. I tried the guitar version and it couldn't be simpler: the USB end plugs into your computer and the jack into your guitar (or bass).

An ASIO driver should be available by the time you read this, though it wasn't shipping at the time of this review. A Sony 30-day demo software disc (including Sound Forge, Acid and Vegas) also comes as part of the package, to help you get started.

The Lightsnake USB offers just about the most straightforward way you could imagine of getting a guitar signal into your computer.The LightSnake works with Mac (OS 9 or 10) and PC (most Windows versions from 95 to Vista). Published January 2008 SoundTech LightSnakeĭescribed by manufacturers SoundTech as a 'soundcard in a cable', the LightSnake USB comes in instrument and microphone versions - there's a quarter-inch jack or XLR plug on one end and a USB connector on the other - and you can also now get an RCA and an iPod version.