Play the Amp in GarageBand for iPad

• Tap the name of the current sound near the upper-left of the screen, then tap the sound you want to use. You can also swipe left or right on the name of the sound to change it.

  To switch between guitar and bass sounds, tap Guitar or Bass. To view sounds in a different category, tap one of the category names.

• Swipe left or right on the amp.

When you play your guitar or bass, a dot next to the Input Settings button turns green when GarageBand is receiving input from your instrument. If the dot turns red, lower the volume on your instrument to prevent distortion.

1. Tap the Input Settings button, then drag the Input Level slider left or right to set the level.

   The Input Level slider is available if your input source supports software level control.

2. To set the level automatically, tap the Automatic switch next to the Input Level slider.

3. If the input device supports left and right channels, tap Left or Right to select the input channel.

• Touch and turn the knobs to adjust the amp controls.

You can use a noise gate to reduce low-level input noise when you record. A noise gate cuts off the sound when it falls below a certain minimum level.

1. Tap the Input Settings button , then turn Noise Gate on.

2. Drag the Noise Gate slider until the noise stops or decreases to an acceptable level.

When an electric instrument or audio interface is connected to your iPad, a Monitor switch appears below the Noise Gate controls.

1. Tap the Input Settings button .

2. Tap the Monitor switch to turn monitoring on. Tap the switch again to turn monitoring off.

You can add up to four stompboxes, and change the order of stompboxes by dragging them left or right.

1. To add a stompbox, tap an empty stompbox slot, then select a stompbox.

   

2. To replace a stompbox, tap the stompbox you want to replace, then select a new stompbox.

3. To remove a stompbox, drag it down toward the bottom of the screen.

• Tap the On/Off switch at the bottom of the stompbox.

  When a stompbox is on, its indicator light (usually red) turns on.

Do any of the following:

• Adjust a knob: Touch and hold the knob, then drag up, down, left, or right.

• Turn on a button or switch: Tap the button or switch.

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

1. Tap the empty stompbox slot, then tap the wah pedal in the list.

2. Hold your iPad 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 iPad.

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.

1. Tap the Tuner button in the upper-left corner.

2. Play an open string you want to tune, watching the tuner.

   

   The red horizontal lines show whether the string is too low (flat) or too high (sharp). When the string is in tune, the note name in the center turns blue.

3. Tap the Tuner button again to close the tuner.

1. Modify an existing amp sound by changing the amp, adjusting the amp controls, adding or removing stompboxes, or adjusting the stompbox controls.

2. Tap the name near the upper-left of the screen, then tap Save.

3. Type a name for your custom sound, then tap Done.

   The first time you save a custom sound, a new Custom category appears, with an icon for your sound. You can rename or delete the sound by tapping Edit, then tapping the icon (to rename the sound) or the red circle (to delete the sound).

When your guitar or bass is connected to the headphone port and monitoring is turned on, you may experience unwanted feedback due to crosstalk. GarageBand includes crosstalk protection to help protect against feedback caused by crosstalk. Crosstalk protection is especially useful when using high gain settings on a guitar or bass amp, or when using an overdrive or boost stompbox together with a high-gain amp such as the Modern Stack. In such cases, feedback caused by crosstalk can result in sudden, unpleasantly high output levels.

Crosstalk protection can change the sound of the instrument while monitoring is on, but the sound returns to normal when monitoring is turned off or another track is selected. You can turn off crosstalk protection to hear how it changes the sound; however, it is recommended that you decrease the volume of your iPad to a low level before doing so.

1. Close GarageBand.

2. Open the Settings app, choose GarageBand, then turn Crosstalk Protection on or off.