Once you have all the tracks recorded for your song and all the sections arranged the way you like, it's time to mix your song. Now mixing song involves several different aspects including setting the levels of each track, setting each track's position in the stereo field, adding effects and a lot more. Now in all honesty you are not going to find too much in terms of tools and options for mixing in the iPad version of GarageBand. You'll get a lot more control out of professional level audio applications or even on the Mac version of GarageBand. But you'll find that, especially if you've been recording with the built-in instruments or the Apple Loops as we have here with the Electric Piano, the Drum Kits and even the built-in guitar amps, that these sounds have been professionally engineered and recorded already, so they're going to sound pretty good right out of the box.So let's take a couple of moments here and take a look at how to mix in GarageBand. First make sure you can see all the Track controls here. In this course, author and musician Garrick Chow reviews GarageBand for the Apple iPad—an inexpensive yet powerful app that allows you to record and edit music with both real and virtual instruments.
The course begins with a tour around the interface, examining the instrument and track views. Garrick demonstrates how to play both touch instruments and Smart Instruments, as well as how to connect and use real instruments and microphones. Garrick then explains how to build, record, and edit a song from scratch, and how to then export and share your music with iTunes, Facebook, YouTube, SoundCloud, email, and with other devices.
. Thinking of turning your iPad into a mobile recording studio? Check out our round-up of multitrack recording apps first!IK Multimedia Amplitube For iPad £13.99 $19.99Though primarily a guitar-amp and effects modeller, the iOS versions of IK's Amplitube can be upgraded via an in-app purchase ( £10.49 $14.99) to offer a feature called Studio. This allows for eight tracks of recording (or four in an iPhone), with effects applicable per track as well as on the main mix. Tracks can have their effects 'frozen' to free up processing, 'bounced' to free up channels for more recording, and audio can be edited in the waveform display.IK Multimedia Amplitube For iPadWaveMachine Labs Auria £34.99 $49.99Arguably the most 'professional' iOS DAW around, Auria can accommodate 48 channels of playback and 24 channels of simultaneous recording, at up to 24 bit/96kHz, and it even has support for video. Many of the included effects and processors are coded by established plug-in makers PSP, its mixer has eight subgroups, and the automation implementation is total: volume, pan, sends and plug-in parameters can all be automated, either by recording or 'drawing' in automation lanes.Review:WaveMachine Labs AuriaApple GaragebandWith support for up to 32 tracks, the free app Garageband comes with a variety of built-in instruments, including piano, drums and a virtual string section.
An in-app purchase upgrades it with nine guitar-amp and 10 stompbox models, as well as a sampler that lets you import your own recordings. One unique feature is called Jam Session, which lets multiple Garageband users play together via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, with the designated 'Band Leader' controlling the transport for all participating iOS devices.Review:Apple GaragebandHarmonicDog Multitrack DAW £6.99 $9.99HarmonicDog's simply named Multitrack DAW app can record up to eight tracks of audio in its simplest incarnation, though this can be expanded to either 16 or 24 tracks via in-app upgrades. Robo master software. Each channel has access to compression and EQ, and there's also global reverb and delay. The main mix bus also has EQ and compression for basic mastering, and audio can be exported from the app via Wi-Fi using Apple's iTunes.Review:Harmonicdog Multitrack DAWStudioMini XL Recording Studio £6.99 $9.99Famously used by Gorillaz on their album The Fall, XL Recording Studio lets you record up to eight tracks, and comes bundled with 78 pre-recorded loops in a variety of genres. A slider at the bottom of the UI allows you to navigate your song's timeline, and each song has its own text page, allowing you to make a record of notes or lyrics. When you've finished recording, you can email a final mixdown from directly within the app.Studiomini XL Recording StudioMeteor Multitrack Recorder £13.99 $19.99Meteor's iOS DAW can record up to 16 tracks, or 24 with an upgrade. It's compatible with CoreMIDI, so can sequence other iOS apps, including synthesizers, and comes with a host of virtual instruments and effects.
The mixer gives each track access to three send effects, and the app even includes an automatic pitch-correction processor. Thanks to its MIDI Clock implementation, it can also be synchronised with other studio hardware, including external instruments and hardware sequencers.Meteor Multitrack RecorderSteinberg Cubasis £34.99 $49.99Taking its name from one of the older entry-level versions of Cubase, Cubasis aims to make iPad music-making a familiar task to users of Steinberg's long-established DAW.
It supports up to 24 physical inputs and outputs, and provides for unlimited audio and MIDI channels. Over 85 instruments based on Steinberg's HALion Sonic soft synth are included, as well as an analogue-modelling synthesizer, the Micrologue. Twelve different effect types are also present, and can be assigned to any of three per-track insert slots or three global sends.Review:Steinberg CubasisSonoma Wire Works StudioTrack £6.99 $9.99An eight-track recorder, StudioTrack offers a four-band EQ, delay and compression per channel, as well as EQ and compression on the master bus. If eight tracks proves insufficient, you can bounce your project to a stereo track, and have it appear either within the same project or a new one.
The built-in metronome can be set to a specific bpm manually, or by tapping the tempo, and it can also keep time using a range of pre-recorded drum loops in a variety of time signatures. For guitarists, a tuner and a selection of amp and effects modellers is also included.Sonoma Wire Works StudioTrackWhen Apple launched their first iPad in 2010, it was derided by many as being little more than an oversized iPhone. Much has changed since then, however: the newer models all feature much faster processors, higher-resolution screens and greater capacity for storage. But perhaps the biggest advance, as far as musicians are concerned, has been the proliferation of audio apps. Thanks to the mushrooming iOS development industry, an iPad can now feasibly replace such indispensable tools as a spectrum analyzer, test oscillator, control surface, synthesizer, guitar tuner, amp modeller. And even your DAW.Choosing an iPad over a computer or laptop for serious recording has much to recommend it. For starters, they're designed to be intuitive and easy to use, which would certainly be a welcome attribute in the heat of a session.
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The last thing you want to be doing in between shepherding musicians and untangling XLR cables is plugging in a mouse and keyboard and faffing about with menus.Reliability is also a big consideration. Apps sold via Apple's App Store are generally tested quite vigorously, and since DAW apps tend to be much simpler than their full-blown software counterparts, there's usually less to go wrong with them.
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What's more, and unlike computers, iPads have no moving parts, which means they're less sensitive to the occasional jolt that can befall computers and laptops. Also, the absence of any fans means that iPads are completely silent in operation, so you'll never suffer from the fan-whirring or hard-disk access noises that can plague computer recordings.Before you go rushing off to the App Store, however, it's worth noting that you may need to invest in some hardware before your iPad is ready for serious recording.
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Although some audio interfaces can connect straight to an iPad, many require the optional Apple Camera Connection Kit, which endows iPads with a standard USB port. Even then, for an interface to work with the iPad, it must be Class 2.0 Compliant — in other words, it must have the ability to work on computers without any drivers installed. Further complicating things, some interfaces work in Class Compliant mode but only with limited functionality. The good news, though, is that most of the app developers on the previous pages maintain a list of interfaces that are known to work with their iOS DAW, so if yours isn't already iPad compatible, you can easily find one that is.While the compact and portable nature of iPads makes them very well suited to recording, sometimes the power of a 'proper' computer is needed come mixdown time — especially for larger projects.
Thankfully, most DAW apps make it very easy to export your recordings should you wish to do so, with some even offering wireless transfer of audio files via iTunes. And once you've transferred your project to your 'main' studio computer, your iPad will become free once more to perform one of its many other tasks — perhaps acting as a control surface to help you mix your location recording!Portable, silent and easy to use. Could this be your next studio? All contents copyright © SOS Publications Group and/or its licensors, 1985-2019. All rights reserved.The contents of this article are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or part, whether mechanical or electronic, is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers. Great care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of this article but neither Sound On Sound Limited nor the publishers can be held responsible for its contents. The views expressed are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the publishers.Web site designed & maintained by PB Associates & SOS.
Using Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy to broadcast, discover, and negotiate connections, and point-to-point Wi-Fi to transfer information is fast, power-efficient, and secure. When you're using it between iPhones and iPads, you can AirDrop photos, videos, contacts, Passbook passes, Voice Memos, Map location, and any and everything else that appears on a Share sheet.How to turn AirDrop on or off for iPhone or iPadAirDrop lets you choose between enabling it for just your contacts or for everyone. 'Contacts' requires more work, as you and the person you want to AirDrop with both have to be logged into iCloud and be in each other's Contacts. 'Everyone' is easier but means random people you don't know can send you. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen (iPhone 8 or older) or swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen on iPhones and iPad with Face ID to launch Control Center.Press firmly (iPhone 6s or newer) or press and hold (iPads or older iPhones) on the wireless control box on the upper left side of Control Center.
Tap on AirDrop.Choose who can send things to you through AirDrop by tapping Receiving Off, Contacts Only, or Everyone.If you choose Contacts Only, make sure you're logged into iCloud. How to AirDrop files from your iPhone or iPadYou can AirDrop files from any iPhone or iPad app that includes the built-in Share sheet, and you can share with anyone, and any of their devices, that show up in the Share sheet. Open the app that you want to share something from (e.g. Photos).Select the item you want to share.
Tap the share button (looks like a box with an arrow pointing up, or sometimes just the word 'Share').Tap the intended recipient's avatar when it appears in the AirDrop row.Because AirDrop shows your picture for any and all contacts, if you're trying to AirDrop to someone with multiple devices, you could see their picture multiple times in the Sheet. You will see their device name, however, which should make sure you pick the right one. How to troubleshoot AirDrop on iPhone and iPhoneIf contacts don't show up in the AirDrop interface, try these solutions, in order:. Toggle Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi off and back on, or toggle Airplane Mode on and off to reset the connections. Turn off Instant Hotspot to free up the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. Temporarily switch to Everyone to remove any chance of contact mismatch.How to AirDrop from your Mac.Updated July 2019: Updated for latest version of iOS 12.
Even though Apple's GarageBand for Mac has all sorts of built-in instruments (and a smaller complement of audio effects), it has always been expandable by adding Audio Unit (AU) plugins. Besides the vast assortment of commercial plugins, there is also a treasure trove of free synthesizers and effects that will really inspire your creative juices. We've taken the time to sift through the mountains of offerings to locate the gems in the pile.Some of the plugins include an installer, but for those that don't, you'll need to place the plugin (identified by the.component suffix) into the support folder Macintosh HDLibraryAudioPlug-InsComponents before starting up GarageBand. Power User note: The latest versions of OS X might try to stop you from installing these plugins (it's a long story), but you'll have success if you use this trick: hold down the Control key while clicking on the installer, and select the 'Open' command from the pop-up menu.Once in GarageBand, you can access your AU plugins by creating a software instrument track, then clicking on the 'Edit' tab in the right-hand Track Info column (see left image). You can choose a custom AU synthesizer at the top of the stack, and there are hardwired slots for the Compressor and Visual EQ effects, plus four remaining slots for your installed Audio Units plugins.You can reorder them by clicking-dragging them up and down the stack, and the position will have a direct impact on your sound; sounds start at the top and work their way down. You can also use AU effects on any GarageBand track - recorded vocals and guitars, for example - as well as entire songs (the upper right Master Track tab, then the Edit subtab, where you'll find a single AU effects slot).
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