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Simultaneous multitracking
Hello,
Just starting to get serious with music making on the iPad. I bought the Audiobus multiple signal path IAP and managed to route two separate inputs of my interface (iRig Pro DUO), guitar and mic, through two different FX apps and out to the output which goes to the PA. All's well there. But when I try to record those two signals separately (on two different tracks) but at the same time in GarageBand, it doesn't seem to work. Even though I select In 1 and In 2 appropriately for each track, the signal that arrives at each of them is the mixed signal coming from the Audiobus outputs. I can neither find an option in Audiobus to "send the output to GarageBand Input 1", nor an option in GarageBand to "select Audiobus Output 1" (the GB input selection seems to refer to the hardware, not to Audiobus). BTW, without Audiobus the above scenario works very well. Is this a limitation of Audiobus or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.
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Maybe have a look at Cubasis or Auria or maybe MTS?? ithink these might do it for you
Sorry, don't use GB enough to know. You can definitely do it with other multi tracking apps. Maybe add 'in GarageBand' to the thread title to get some help from other users.
Just tried it with GB and couldn't sort it out. Looks like GB doesn't expose the inputs as discreet ports so all AB chains end up at the same stereo input. Think the only way you could get this to work with GB is to insert something in the AB chain that would hard pan each path (like AUM). Think AB3 aims to support this natively but I'm not entirely sure.
If sticking with GB is important, you could record one AB path into garageband and the other into something AudioShare. Then copy the recorded track from Audioshare into GB.
It is the feature (or lack of) of oudiobus. All of the destinations get mixed down together. Afaik upcoming loopy masterpiece will allow that.
I think it might be possible with AUM using Group The Loop looper in the output.
Think it's up to the output app to expose more than one stereo port. Certainly many many apps can do this already. GarageBand doesn't appear to be one of them.
when I want to record (say) 3 pathes of Audiobus in Multitrack DAW, I put the app into each output slot. Then on first 'tap to launch' it loads all 3 and activates 3 tracks automatically.
Maybe GB works in a similiar way... the process is easy, but there's no visual indication that it may be possible at all, unless you just try it.
You're right. I get confused with these things.
@syrupcore it's bugged me from the day 1 that loopy is not one of those apps.
inorite? and state saving. c'mon Mike!
...and a son of a dentist....
If it's just me I don't mind recording one thing at a time but it would be nice to give a band mate control over a track or two without him having to raise his hand as if saying: everybody shut up, I'm recording!'
@supadom Even alone I often want to capture more than loop at a time. Not a huge deal to do them separately but it does mean a bit of muting and shuffling.
There is an option in the advanced settings of garageband to allow Multitrack recording, perhaps this with multiple audiobus lanes would allow what you want to do?
I have answered my question - no.
Of course, if you are set on using garageband and you have a bandmate that wants to record at the same time with their idevice and you could always set it up as a jam session and their tracks would load into your iPad. If you don't specifically need GB though then it sounds like multitrackdaw may be for you.