Guitar input methods...

I bought a Griffin GuitarConnect cable a while back to goof around with the other guitar amp apps. It works fine with GarageBand on iPad. That said, I'm sure the Apogee dock connector device is much higher quality.

But if you're just looking to noodle around and have fun, the GuitarConnect cable will do the trick. It's a lot cheaper 🙂

Occasionally I find the monitoring is not working, and need to switch to another instrument and switch back to the guitar amp, but not sure if that is the cable or the app.

robman_84 wrote:
I've tried:
* Alesis USB guitar cable via Camera Connection Kit - better, no feedback

How did you get the Alesis cable to work? I can't hear it in monitoring.

I think they are all good, considering how we have been waiting for something like this for years. having said that my votes going to JAM as its clearly approved by Apple and I love GarageBand even before the new release. I'm downloading for the IPad today can't wait to be able to use on both Mac and IPad!

Hi Brian,
Please tell us how the irig can work with GB.
I love amplitude, but GB is more fun.

Will,

Warrington UK

Cancel the last request!!

I have just found the "monitor -on" option that appears when the irig is plugged in and I press the little jack plug symbol. (duh!)

Works cool with the 50's guitar model.

Thanx anyway

So the Griffin Guitar Connect cable is just a 1/4" to 1/8" shielded cable, right? Well I tried two different ones last night to connect to the iPad through the headphone out and GB seemed to detect that I plugged something in, but still only recorded through the built-in mic. It took no signal from the cable. Is this a settings issue? Or will a regular 1/4 inch phone plug to mini-plug just not work?

Stealth Plug seems to work

iRig working fine here. No feedback with headphones. I'm still gonna get the Apogee Jam though.

I used a M-Audio Fastrack MKI with the camera kit connection and a powered usb hub, this works fine for me and allow me to connect my guitar to the Garageband. The two points you need to take into account is that external usb interfaces normally need a usb powered hub to connect to the ipad cause high power consumption and also that the OS recognizes it (mine is 4.2.1). Also need to know that inside garage band my interface send the guitar mono channel on the right side not in left (default channel). Also enable monitor to hear yourself before recording.

Although I already have a Peavey AmpKit Link, I'd like to try hooking my M-Audio FastTrack USB through a powered USB hub into my iPad via the dock connector. Do you still need the camera connection kit as well, or can you plug a 30-pin to USB cable from the hub to the iPad? If I need to add too many adapters into the cable chain, it would be simpler (and possibly cheaper) to just wait for the new Apogee Jam interface to come out.

I did solve the guitar channel showing up on the non-default channel (at least on the Mac version) with an XLR to TLS cable plugged into the mic input on the FastTrack: <http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9048501#9048501>

Never mind... thinking about it, the camera connection kit turns the iPad from a USB peripheral device to a USB host.

This looks like a very good solution,.. 5 pin midi in/out, USB,.. Line in , mike in switchable phantom, iPad and iPad 2 compatible. The Alesis iPad Dock. https://www.alesis.com/iodock

It does look cool. I'm just waiting for some reviews from others to see if it's worth it. My only issue would be at what point have I completely replaced my MBP? I'd love for the iPad to be my music solution but not sure if it can really take on all the tasks? With a tool like the one you link it would be nice to run multiple apps all talking via this dock, not sure if this can be pulled off or not?

I don't think it would ever actually replace my IMac or MBP, but more likely give me another opportunity for creation. I'm truly an American, in other words Lazy. Hee hee. But I am. My end result in output is logic studio, but by the time I have my studio up and running, I may have lost my inspiration, so it's quicker to open up GarageBand and record my inspiration, and eventually upload to Logic Studio to tweak, add better midi implementation, and finalize. So having GarageBand on iPad is a further implementation of my laziness. Using my iPad/GarageBand let's me record those ideas quicker and wherever I may be, then as before, upload thru iMac GarageBand, to Logic. If GarageBand makes to iPhone,....... Dang I'm lazy.

I couldn't get iRig or Peavey to work with GB.

Is there settings to adjust to get it to work?