- Garageband Ipad Midi Clock Sync App
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- Ipad Midi Interface
- Garageband For Ipad App
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Jun 16, 2017 Now the Mac version of GarageBand can sync a cut-down version of any song with the iPad or iPhone, allowing you to add new tracks, then sync them back with the master project back on your Mac. It’s a feature that only came to Logic in January of this year. Jan 03, 2016 MIDI Link Sync will provide an easy way to synchronise your MIDI clock and Ableton Link timeline, in either direction. This is a preview of the app that will be available soon!
Audiobus not only allows you to route audio from input apps to output apps on your iPad or iPhone, but it also gives you some control over all of the devices from the side control bar. When you’re recording parts to a DAW, you can switch over to the instrument you’re recording and start the recording process from there.
Depending on the MIDI functionality of the apps, you can even sync the input and the output apps for recording (to help start and stop loops at the correct times). Let’s take a look at a couple of examples.
Recording audio into a DAW
For this example, you’re going to put the Thor synthesizer app as the input app and GarageBand as the output app. Switch over to the Thor app and expand the control bar.
Tap the Record button and play your part on the Thor synth. When you’re done, you can tap the Record button again to stop. Switch over to GarageBand, and you see the audio recorded from Thor.
Notice also that there is a track of Nanologue in there as well. You can use Audiobus to record multiple streams of audio into a single DAW with no issue.
Recording loops into a DAW
The preceding process provides a straightforward solution for recording live parts, but what if you want to record parts from a drum machine or similar loop-based app? Again, Audiobus does a good job of routing audio, but you may need to do a little work to get loops to work correctly.
This functionality depends on the apps you use to perform your recording — you’re looking for the ability to handle MIDI clock and sync here. Check out sites provided by developers for blogs and videos that might help you out.
For this example, let’s put the Korg Gadget into the input app and Loopy HD into the output. Follow the steps below to sync up your apps:
Start up both apps, then go into Loopy HD.
Expand the sidebar in Loopy HD.
Scroll to the Tempo setting and set the tempo you want to loop at.
Tap Settings.
Tap MIDI.
Scroll down until you see the Clock Outputs section.
Tap Gadget and make sure the checkbox shows up next to the name.
Tap the Gadget icon in the Audiobus control bar and return to the Gadget app.
Tap the Loopy HD icon to show the controls.
Tap Record under the Loopy HD icon to start the recording. Gadget starts playing and Loopy HD records the audio to a loop.
When the loop stops recording, you can switch to another pattern and record that, or just close the Audiobus and Gadget apps and be done with it.
Notice that if you leave Gadget and Loopy HD playing at the same time, you hear a slightly phased tone to the app? Because there’s a slight delay in the original and the looped audio, you’re hearing that delay expressed as that slight phasing. Turn off Audiobus and play the loop in Loopy HD by itself, and you’ll be just fine. Remember that there’s always a slight latency between the original audio source and anything recording in Audiobus because the audio had to go through another app.
Now, please remember that syncing varies wildly from app to app, so this process won’t necessarily work for every audio app you encounter. The important thing to remember is that you need to set an app as the clock master to sync other apps to that single timing source. Without that sync functionality, you’ll be at the mercy of tapping the control and hoping you hit it at the right time.
GarageBand User Guide for iPad
Every GarageBand song has settings for the metronome and count-in, as well as the song tempo (speed), key, and time signature, which you can change at any time. You can also add an automatic fade-out.
Open the song settings
Change the metronome settings
GarageBand has a metronome to help you play and record in time. The metronome includes a count-in that plays before recording starts, to help you get ready. When the visual count-in is turned on, the metronome displays the beat of the count-in. In the song settings, you can turn the count-in on or off, and change the sound of the metronome.
Open the song settings, then tap Metronome and Count-in.
To turn the count-in on or off, tap the Count In switch. When the count-in is on, you can turn the visual count-in on or off by tapping the Visual Count-in switch.
To change the sound for the metronome, choose a new metronome sound from the list.
To change the volume of the metronome, drag the Metronome Level slider left or right.
Change the tempo of a song
Each song has a tempo (speed) that lasts for the entire song. You can change the tempo when either a Touch Instrument or Tracks view is open.
Open the song settings, then tap Tempo to show the tempo controls.
Do one of the following:
Set the tempo: Tap the tempo bar repeatedly.
Change the tempo incrementally: Tap the up or down arrow next to the tempo number. You can swipe vertically to change it in larger steps.
When you change the tempo of a song, recordings from Touch Instruments (except the Audio Recorder and Amp) change to match the new tempo. Apple Loops also change to match the new tempo.
Change the key of a song
Each song has a key that lasts for the entire song. You can change the key in any Touch Instrument or in Tracks view.
Open the song settings, tap Key, then tap a new key. You can also select a different scale (major or minor).
When you change the key of a song, recordings from Touch Instruments (except the Audio Recorder and Amp) change to match the new key. Apple Loops also change to match the new key.
Turn off Follow Song Key for recordings and loops
By default, when you change the key of a song, the recordings and loops in the song change to match the new key (except Audio Recorder and Amp recordings). You can turn off this setting if you want to try out different keys without changing the recordings and loops in the song.
Open the song settings, then turn Follow Song Key off.
Tap Follow Song Key again to turn it on.
Garageband Ipad Midi Clock Sync App
Change the time signature of a song
Each song has a time signature that lasts for the entire song. You can change the time signature in any Touch Instrument or in Tracks view.
Open the song settings, tap Time Signature, then tap a new time signature.
When you change the time signature of a song, existing recordings and loops in the song do not change.
Add a fade-out
You can add an automatic fade-out to the end of a song. When you turn on Fade Out, the last ten seconds of the song fade to silence. If you extend the last section by adding or moving regions, the fade-out adjusts to the new end of the song. You hear the fade-out when you play or share the song, but not while recording.
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Open the song settings.
Turn Fade Out on.
Tap Fade Out again to turn off the automatic fade-out.
Use 24-bit audio
When 24-bit audio is turned on, GarageBand records, mixes, and exports audio in 24-bit resolution. 24-bit audio uses more storage space, but provides higher resolution for audio editing.
Open the song settings, then tap Advanced.
Turn 24-bit Audio Resolution on.
Ipad Midi Interface
Send tempo information to music apps and MIDI devices
You can use MIDI clock to sync other music apps or MIDI devices to the tempo used in GarageBand when playing or recording.
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Open the song settings, then tap Advanced.
Turn Send MIDI Clock on.
Garageband Midi Setup
When you use Live Loops, MIDI clock is only sent when recording or playing back a Live Loops performance.