1. Recording Video On Ipad

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GarageBand includes everything you need to create and record music, but you can hook up other instruments to it as well – with the aid of some extra interface hardware. For example, you might want to connect a standard MIDI controller keyboard, for playing GarageBand’s virtual piano and synthesisers. This gives several benefits over the built-in virtual keyboard.

For one, full-sized, physical keys are easier to play. What’s more, a dedicated keyboard will give you better touch sensitivity. The GarageBand virtual keyboard tries to detect how hard you’re hitting the keys using the built-in accelerometer, but notes occasionally come out more loudly or quietly than intended.

Without an external keyboard, the only way around this problem is to click on the Keyboard icon at the right of the screen and disable velocity sensing altogether. Attaching a MIDI keyboard is simple. Most USB MIDI interfaces will work with the iPad, so long as they’re “class-compliant” and don’t require special drivers. In order to equip your iPad with a USB port, you’ll also need Apple’s Camera Connection Kit. This costs $35 from Apple’s online store, and a suitable MIDI interface can be found online for about $30. If you want to record vocals or a real instrument, you can use the iPad’s built-in microphone. The recording quality is surprisingly good, especially if you take advantage of GarageBand’s noise gate, which cuts out quiet background noise so that you don’t get hiss or hum when you’re not singing or playing.

Getting the volume levels as you want them will require some experimentation, however, and positioning the iPad to get a good recording can be difficult: it’s more convenient to use a dedicated interface. One such interface is the IK Multimedia iRig, available for around $60. Designed for electric guitar players, it’s a simple pre-amp that boosts your guitar signal to a level suitable for your iPad’s headphone/microphone socket. Those seeking the very best in quality can invest in the Apogee Jam ($119 from the Apple Store), which provides a digital connection to the iPad. With an interface like this, you can play and record through GarageBand’s selection of 32 simulated classic amplifiers – some of which sound impressively authentic – and patch in up to three virtual effects pedals. Be warned that, unlike Apple Loops, parts recorded in this way won’t be transposed if you change key – make sure you’re happy with the key before recording, or you could have to re-record it. Exporting to a Mac GarageBand for the iPad is a great way to assemble rough and ready musical ideas.

If you want to perfect your creations, however, you may find yourself hankering for better editing tools and more audio-processing effects – and you may want to expand beyond the eight tracks available on the iPad. If you’re using a PC, this isn’t an option.

If you’re on a Mac, however, you can export your creations to the desktop version of GarageBand and continue working on them there. This requires a recent version of GarageBand for the Mac, so you may need to run Software Update. Exporting your files to the Mac is easy. Go to the My Songs view in GarageBand for the iPad, then click the Share icon (the leftmost one at the bottom of the display) and tap “Send to iTunes”.

The next time you sync your iPad, the file will be available for transfer. To find it, click on the Apps tab in iTunes, scroll down to the File Sharing pane and click GarageBand. You’ll see your song appear in the pane to the right. Click “Save to” to copy the file to your Mac.

You can now open and edit your project in GarageBand for the Mac, but be aware that it’s a one-way trip. With the current versions of the software, there’s no way to bring your song back onto the iPad once you’ve edited and re-saved it on a Mac. You should therefore only take your projects onto the Mac once you’ve done everything you want to on the iPad. Editing Clips in GarageBand. A popular way to get started with music software is to bash out a basic tune using an instrument such as GarageBand’s virtual piano, then open up a piano-roll view and correct any mistakes by dragging misplaced notes into the right positions. This is how almost all music software works: in GarageBand for the Mac, for example, you double-click on a clip in the Track view to see the piano roll pop up at the bottom.

On the iPad, however, there’s no piano roll. If you make a mistake, there’s little you can do. If it’s a timing error, the quantisation feature might be able to save the day (you’ll find it under the Settings dropdown at the top right of the Instrument view); otherwise, you’ll have to go back and record it again. It’s a pain, but things aren’t quite as bad as they sound.

So long as you have a spare track, you can keep the good portions of your clips and only re-record the phrases containing mistakes. For example, let’s say you screw up the fourth bar. The first thing to do is cut out the offending section. To do this, go to the Track view, then double-tap on the clip you’ve just recorded. You’ll see a row of actions appear. Select Split, drag the split marker to the start of the fourth bar, then drag it downwards to split the clip. Repeat to make a split at the start of bar five, then double-tap the middle clip and select Delete. Next, it’s a simple case of re-recording the relevant section – but don’t try to record it to the same track as the rest, or GarageBand will overwrite the good parts of the recording you wanted to keep.

Recording Video On Ipad

Instead, create a new track using the same instrument, and use this to re-record the relevant section. Once you’ve got a good take, you can go back to the Track view, slot your recording into the gap in the original track and delete the now-spare recording track.