iPad + USB Camera Connection KIT + GarageBand

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iPad + USB Camera Connection KIT + GarageBand

Hi,

I have an USB Guitar that I use very well with my Mac and GarageBand. How can I use it with the GarageBand app from my iPad. Will the USB Camera Connection work to plug my USB guitar to my iPad?

Thanks,
Mihai

MacBook, iOS 4

Posted on Mar 10, 2011 1:31 AM

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Answer 1

nick101

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Mar 10, 2011 1:48 AM in response to Mihai2483

This s not supported by the CCK. It might work - you'd have to search the internet to see if anyone has it working - but it's not official

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Mihai2483 Author

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Mar 10, 2011 2:28 AM in response to nick101

Thanks. I know that is not supported, but I also know that some USB Microphones work with that.
It might work. I guess we will find out soon.

Mihai

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Answer 3

Mar 10, 2011 4:05 AM in response to Mihai2483

If your talking about the iPad 1, GarageBand might not work on the iPad. (iMovie specs only list the iPad 2 and not the iPad 1 as being compatible.)

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Answer 4

Mar 10, 2011 4:09 AM in response to David M Brewer

GarageBand is compatible with the original iPad and the iPad 2, it says so in big text at the bottom of this screen:

http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/garageband.html

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Answer 5

Mar 10, 2011 5:18 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

Thanks for the heads up

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Answer 6

Mar 10, 2011 8:18 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

Just to note that while garageband is compatible, I wouldn't have high hopes of using the CCK for this. I still get the "too much power" message that began appearing with the iOS 4 upgrade, so I think the power to the connection is still too low. However, for guitar there are a number of interfaces that use the headphone jack: irig, amplitube, and apogee jam for example.

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Answer 7

Mar 11, 2011 7:03 AM in response to Mihai2483

...yes, but the headphone jack only allows for mono recordings if i'm right... ****, at first iphone 4 couldn't handle any professional stereo mics anymore (3gs could, blue mikey...), now it seems to be the same case with the ipad, why garageband, when i can't get high quality audio in, in mono AND stereo. Dealbreaker.

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Mar 11, 2011 8:11 AM in response to Frankymac

Well, you could use the powered USB hub workaround. Are you sure that the irig and all are only mono? (Don't have a guitar so haven't tried them. I know that the peterson cable for connecting a tuner pickup is mono, but then it doesn't need to be stereo.)

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Answer 9

Mar 12, 2011 10:12 AM in response to Frankymac

At $5 for GB, I do not expect a high end professional recording capabilities.

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Answer 10

Mar 18, 2011 10:04 AM in response to Mihai2483

yes you can use the camera connection kit for this. i've just tried a usb adapter for guitar through the cck and garageband and it worked a treat. on ipad 1 !

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Answer 11

Mar 18, 2011 10:24 AM in response to Mihai2483

Mihai2483 wrote:
Thanks. I know that is not supported, but I also know that some USB Microphones work with that.

Which microphones do you know that work? I'm very interested to find out.

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Answer 12

Mar 18, 2011 10:44 AM in response to igmackenzie

I've heard that the Blue Snowball works, but I haven't tried it myself. The Yeti still throws up the "too much power message" and evidently this is also true on the ipad 2, from what people are telling me.

I see that Apogee has an ipad mic soon to be released, but it's not available yet.

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