Gibson Memory Cable now available on Cakewalk Store

FYI if anyone has any questions, I've used it a lot. The next-to-most-recent song on my YouTube channel came out of testing the Memory Cable. During that process, I came up with a chord progression I liked. I ended up retrieving it from the Memory Cable and basing the song around it.

Oh... and does it come with an SD card or is that a "purchased separately" thing?
 

I checked Gibson's webpage on the Memory Cable including the FAQs.  However, I would like to know, will memory be preserved should the batteries give out during use?

Living Room Rocker
I checked Gibson's webpage on the Memory Cable including the FAQs.  However, I would like to know, will memory be preserved should the batteries give out during use?

The data is written to a microSD card, so it doesn't matter what the battery does. I should also mention that the Memory Cable works as a standard cable even without a battery. The electronics tap off the signal, so your guitar doesn't go through electronics on its way through the cable.

This sort of thing is what can help the creative process. Even those pedal recorders can interfere since you have to think-and-do to get most of them going... meanwhile the "inspiration" disappears. I've had ideas flood my head instantly only to completely disappear the very next second. This way there's no thought or interruption, just go.
 
I am curious though why it's not called a Tascam Memory Cable instead.

soens
This sort of thing is what can help the creative process. Even those pedal recorders can interfere since you have to think-and-do to get most of them going... meanwhile the "inspiration" disappears. I've had ideas flood my head instantly only to completely disappear the very next second. This way there's no thought or interruption, just go.

 
Yes, that's the point. It's right there and it can always be recording. I use rechargeable batteries so I don't end up throwing away batteries...something I'd rather not do.
 

I am curious though why it's not called a Tascam Memory Cable instead.

 
There's a "powered by TASCAM" on the box and cable, so it's definitely not a secret. But there are all kinds of issues involving distribution channels and such, and all agreed Gibson was the better option to get the Memory Cable out into the world.
 
I have to say I really expected a lot of comments (not from this crowd, of course!) along the lines "what a stupid idea" and "who would need that?" But the response has been super-positive. I previewed it to a workshop for songwriters in Nashville...they were ready to pull out their credit cards until they realized 1) I'm not in sales, and 2) there weren't any available yet - I was showing a prototype.

Yes, I've tested it with synths. However, the Memory Cable is mono. Most synths let you get a mono signal from the left output but if you want to record in stereo, you can't.
 
The recorder can handle up to +4dB. The cable itself can handle +24dB (it may be able to handle more, but that's as high as the test equipment could go).

Grem
It ain't about lining it up in X3 for me. It's about capturing what was special in that moment I first thoughtlessly played it.

You get exactly what it's all about. All the rest is secondary. Just remember to turn it on 

Sorry if this is asked and answered, like with musical ideas, here one minute, gone the next... I just read through the whole thread... lol
 
So.. can you just plug the cable into the guitar with no amp or pedal and play "unplugged", as it were and still capture ideas on the card. If not, could you just plug the other end of the cable into the female end of an connector.
 
Julien

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jbow
So.. can you just plug the cable into the guitar with no amp or pedal and play "unplugged", as it were and still capture ideas on the card

Yes.

Cool, I want one.

I must say the first time you don't lose a song because of it's pretty cool. That's happened to me twice now, and one of the songs ended up becoming a video on my YouTube channel.
 
I realized I mentioned markers earlier but didn't go into much detail. While playing, if you do something cool, you can enter a marker. It closes that file and starts another one. So, when you bring a file into your computer, you always know to look at the end of the file for the good stuff. It really helps not to have to review hours of noodling.

mike_mccue
I think I may get one and have a real good guitar player play into it for about an hour.
 
Then, I'll take it out to open mic night and hit play while I pretend I'm jamming like a madman.
 
Something like that.

Sorry, but the cable itself doesn't play back...it's a recorder. You'd have to playback through a computer.

Good to see you back :) 

The more I think about this Gibson Memory Cable the more I want to get it ...
99% of the time I play through a hollow body Jazz Box un amped .
i do this just to keep the peace on the home front . (thank you apt living … )
it seems to me that all my best playing and ideas always seem to come to me late at night …2 to 4 AM 
I think it might have to do with that whole Zen thing where the archer can always hit the bullseye when he is not under the pressure of having to hit the bullseye….
I can certainly see the benifit of this tool . Ive had it happen plenty of times where the Muse was kind to me and then 10 minutes later I was fighting to remember what I was  playing just a few minutes ago when I was in the zone ...
I'm even starting to think that this cable might turn out to be a nice little tool combined w X3 ….
practice it up w the cable plugged in while on record mode , but not plugged into an amp , then save some new ideas with out losing them , pull out the wave files , create a little template in SONAR then slide some of the ideas into that audio to midi converter , become good friends again w the piano roll and create a library of my own $hit…. might even be able to write an advanced guitar book by doing it this way ...
 
oh yeah …the more i type the more I'm selling my self this product  I do want to get it when I can swing it comfortably 
 
I have a Zoom Q3 and I'm always amazed at how much stuff I have recorded and filmed out in the field / nature ...
a lot of stuff  I had forgotten that I even did  
getting the files out on that Q3 unit to the computer is pretty easy ..it has a usb connecter ….
with the Gibson Memory Cable is it that easy to pull the wave files out of the unit ?  does it come with some sort of cable that connects the memory cable to the computer via usb?  
 
at the very least , we can consider this post a friendly bump from a guy who wants to get one .
 
Kenny
 
 
 
 

Karyn
It uses a micro SD card Kenny.

Hi Karyn , I get you , so that means I would have to pic up a card reader right? 
 
Kenny