Skeptical about a possible barrier for GarageBand on recent iPads

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Skeptical about a possible barrier for GarageBand on recent iPads

Hi. I have a first-gen iPad Pro, and I am in need of an upgrade to this year’s iPad Pro. Although, I’m an independent artist and musician with a mobile setup. I have a USB audio interface and a studio microphone. When it comes to my headphones, I always plug them directly into my iPad’s headphone jack whenever I’m mixing or recording vocals.

That being said, my biggest concern when it comes to upgrading, is that Apple unfortunately removed the headphone jack. That can possibly prevent me from doing what I’m doing to launch my career.

How do you record in GarageBand on a recent iPad that has no headphone jack while using a usb audio interface?

Posted on Jul 1, 2020 2:50 AM

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Kopite01

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Jul 6, 2020 11:56 PM in response to Hstreetsmusic

If your audio interface has a headphone jack you could use that. The other options are to get either a pair of Bluetooth headphones which you can pair with your iPad or a usb hub with a headphone jack.

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Jul 11, 2020 5:39 AM in response to Kopite01

Thanks. Although the Bluetooth headphones option is out of the picture because of the latency between the headphones and the iPad. In fact GarageBand warns you when you connect a wireless device.

Anyway, I’ll see what happens when I test out the first option with the interface. Thanks again for the help.

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Skeptical about a possible barrier for GarageBand on recent iPads

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