Play the Amp in GarageBand for iPhone

• Tap the Navigation button in the control bar, tap the Sounds button, then tap the sound you want to use. You can also swipe left or right on the Sounds button to change to the previous or next sound.

  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 the amp left or right.

When you play your guitar or bass, a circle next to the Input Settings button lights green to show that GarageBand is receiving input from your instrument. If the circle 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.

4. When you finish, tap Done.

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

  On iPhone SE or iPhone 8, double-tap the amp, or tap the Controls button , then 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.

3. When you finish, tap Done.

When an electric instrument or audio interface is connected to your iPhone, 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.

3. When you finish, tap Done.

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

1. Tap the Stompbox button in the upper-right corner to show the stompboxes.

2. To add a stompbox, tap an empty stompbox slot, then select a stompbox from the list.

   

3. To replace a stompbox, tap the stompbox you want to replace, then select a new stompbox from the list.

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

5. Tap the Amp button in the upper-right corner to return to the amp controls.

1. Tap the Stompbox button in the upper-right corner.

   On iPhone SE or iPhone 8, tap the Stompbox button , then double-tap the stompbox you want to turn on or off.

2. Tap the round On/Off button on the stompbox. If the small round LED (usually red) on the stompbox is lit, the stompbox is turned on.

3. Tap the Amp button in the upper-right corner to return to the amp controls.

   On iPhone SE or iPhone 8, tap the Controls button , then tap the Amp button in the upper-right corner to return to the amp controls.

1. Tap the Stompbox button in the upper-right corner.

2. Drag or tap the knobs and switches to adjust the controls.

If your iPhone 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 an empty stompbox slot, then select Modern Wah from the list.

2. Hold your iPhone 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 iPhone.

3. As you play, open and close your mouth to move the wah pedal up and down.

   You can tap the Amp button and adjust the amp controls while continuing to use Face Control.

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 Navigation button in the control bar, tap the Sounds button, 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 iPhone to a low level before doing so.

1. Close GarageBand.

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