How To Use Electric Guitar With Garageband Ipad

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Aug 27, 2018  A simple little device that converts your analog electric guitar signal to USB, which can then be plugged into your iPad. Just run your standard 1/4' guitar cable directly from your instrument into the UCG102, and you can plug that into your iPad (via the Camera Connection Kit). The device features a high/low gain switch and a clip warning light. Nov 29, 2011  The iO Dock sits on your desk like a portastudiostyle device and houses your iPad or iPad 2 at a practical working angle. It has socketry on its back and sides, offering all the connectivity you’d need to utilise recording apps and software synths, as well as guitar-related apps. While many would argue that the only way to accurately capture an electric guitar performance is by mic’ing up your amplifier and hitting record, in my latest video I share 3 ways that you can directly input your guitar into your Mac so that you can record it in GarageBand. Directly inputting (or ‘DI-ing’). How to Use Real Musical Instruments with GarageBand on Your iPad. You need to connect an electric instrument such as a guitar or a keyboard directly to your iPad. For guitar and bass you. May 23, 2018  50+ videos Play all Mix - 3 Ways to Connect Your Guitar To GarageBand (Mac) YouTube How to connect an electric guitar to an iPhone or iPad - Duration: 9:12. Pete Johns 82,276 views.

GarageBand User Guide for iPhone

Using the Guitar, you can play notes, chords, and strumming patterns. You can choose from acoustic or electric guitar sounds, and turn on stompbox effects to customize the sound.

Choose the sound of the Guitar

  • Tap the Navigation button in the control bar, tap the Sounds button, then tap the sound you want to play. You can also swipe left or right on the Sounds button to change to the previous or next sound.

Play chords

  1. Tap the Chord Strips button to switch to Chords view.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Strum a chord: Swipe across the strings in one of the chord strips. You can also tap strings to play individual notes of a chord.

    • Play the full chord: Tap the top of a chord strip.

    • Dj chaos omnisphere 2. Mute the strings: Touch and hold the fretboard to the left or right of the chord strips as you play.

You can add your own custom chords to play.

Play a strumming pattern

  1. Tap the Controls button , then turn the Autoplay knob to one of the numbered positions.

  2. Tap a chord strip. Tapping a different chord strip plays the same pattern with the notes of that chord, while tapping with two or three fingers plays variations of the pattern.

    To access the full chord strip, tap the Controls button again.

  3. Tap the chord strip again to stop the pattern playing.

Play individual notes

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  1. Tap the Chord Strips button to switch to Notes view.

  2. Tap the strings on the fretboard to play notes. You can also bend strings vertically to bend the pitch of a note up.

  3. To play notes of a particular scale, tap the Scale button, then tap the scale you want to play.

    The fretboard changes to show note bars. Tap the bars to play the notes of the scale.

Turn stompbox effects on or off

When you choose an electric guitar sound, stompbox effects appear above the Guitar fretboard. You can turn on the effects to change the sound.

  • Tap the Controls button , then tap the round On/Off button in the lower part of a stompbox. A red light indicates that the stompbox is on.

Play the Retro Wah guitar with Face Control

If your iPhone supports facial recognition, you can move the wah pedal on the Retro Wah guitar by moving your mouth while you play. When you record, any pedal movements you make with Face Control are also recorded.

  1. Tap the Navigation button in the control bar, tap the Sounds button, then tap Retro Wah.

  2. Hold your iPhone 10–20 inches (25–50 cm) away from your face, then tap the Face Control button .

    The first time you use Face Control, GarageBand asks for permission to access the camera on your iPhone.

  3. As you play, open and close your mouth to move the wah pedal up and down.

  4. To turn Face Control off, tap the Face Control button again.

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Note: GarageBand uses ARKit face tracking features to translate your facial expressions into instrument effect controls. Your face information is processed on device, and only music is captured during your performance.