No sound while monitoring garageband

I recently bought a Focusrite Scarlett Solo (Gen 3) to allow me to record guitar and vocals into garageband. I have the latest iPad Pro and the latest version of Garageband.

I'm able to record my guitar - that is, when I plug into the second input on the focusrite and set garageband to input 2, I can capture what I'm playing. I just can't hear it.

It must be a setting, but I can't find it. In fact, while I have the Focusrite plugged into the USB-C port, I can't hear any sound of any kind.

This isn't going to work if I can't hear what I'm recording. I have verified that I have monitoring turned on (multiple times).

Is there some other setting? If I connect my Bluetooth speaker I can monitor but the latency is so great it's not usable (no surprise with Bluetooth).

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 1:16 PM

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James Wardle Author

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Posted on Apr 21, 2020 5:32 AM

Well, I got it working through the headphones on the unit. I had contacted Focusrite and this is the device they recommended. I thought I could use the iPad speaker to monitor the sound. It doesn't seem to work if I do that.

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