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Beardy man Author

Level 1

35 points

Anyone else having "Noise" problems with iRig/Garageband/iPad "3"?

I've been using iRig/Garageband on an iPad 2 for almost a year now and it works well enough for my needs.

I've recently got an iPad3 but the noise levels are way over what I get with the iPad2. Any form of distortion pre-set seems to generate a massive amount of background noise. The only way I can lessen it is to be brutal with the noise gate to the point wher ethe sustain/delay level is hacked back to almost nothing.

I think it's a Garageband problem because when I use the Amplitude software I get no appreciable noise at all.

Anyone else finding this? Perhaps I should try re-installing Garageband on the iPad3?

Any suggestions, similar experiences?

(I know the iRig isn't exactly 'state of the art' but I'm not comparing it to, say, Apogee Jam. I'm comparing Gargeband on the iPad2 with Garageband on the iPad3 using iRig)

Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 28, 2012 9:17 AM

109 replies

Nov 21, 2012 7:03 AM in response to Beardy man

Got iPad3/GB1.3/Irig and guess what... I am encountering the same *$#/* issue -- i.e. slight buzz with clean low gain amp and immediate huge feedback with high gain settings... can't play any metal/rock 😟 but very soft tone) Note: iRig works perfectly with JamupProXT and amplitube.

Smart Apple when people like me are thinking about changing for an Apogee gear (sorry, IK) whereas the issue seems to come from their side... Hope the smart apple guys will shortly become clever and fix this issue. otherwise, no more need for me to keep this ipad.

Beardy man Author

Level 1

35 points

Nov 21, 2012 7:56 AM in response to BreizhGatch

Sorry, either get rid of your iPad or your iRig (or use IK apps which is what I'm doing at the moment) cuz I've put in a few bug reports over the last few months about this and nothing has happened (except the probelm has got worse!) so I don't expect Apple to do anything about this one.

Like I've said before, the days of Apple's legendary attention to detail (as far as software goes) have now long gone. They've had two or more upgrades and about 3 months to address this issue and haven't so I think that's it as far as iRig/iPad goes. Move on, nothing to see here - sadly.

Butchwr

Level 1

0 points

Nov 21, 2012 8:08 PM in response to Beardy man

iPad3, iRig, JamUp Pro XT equals NO NOISE, NO PROBLEMS. Sweet. On sale $4.99.

Beardy man Author

Level 1

35 points

Nov 22, 2012 3:14 AM in response to Butchwr

@Butchwr

Just bought JamUp Pro XT (here it's on for GBP 2.99). Yep, works a treat. Loads of good preset stuff.

The sound is really good for me (was a bit concerned about rattle and hum until I spotted the NG controls!)

Another nail in the coffin of the GarageBand programmer team. If Amplitube and JamUp can be so right, how come GB is so wrong? Either they don't care or they're just not capable of sorting it out (don't know what's worse!)

To be honest, with Amplitube and JamUp, I can now do everything I want to - I'll probably even take GB off my iPad now and free up some space. Thanks for the post - cool to get it at a sale price as well ;-)

Joel.O

Level 1

10 points

Nov 22, 2012 3:25 AM in response to Beardy man

AmpliTube iOS has 50% off ALL in app purchases for Black Friday. Soldano, Marshall, Ampeg, Fender, T-Rex AND Slash to name a few....Slash's Noise Gate modeled in it alone is worth trying the newer stuff.

Koxcygr

Level 1

0 points

Dec 8, 2012 1:56 PM in response to Beardy man

Just stop all applications running and put your device on aero plane mode. All issues are gone

Butchwr

Level 1

0 points

Dec 8, 2012 3:52 PM in response to Koxcygr

Just tried that. Lucky I can still hear.

Koxcygr

Level 1

0 points

Dec 10, 2012 12:25 PM in response to Beardy man

You need to play with input level and volume of the track. If you have just feedback it's fine. You need to lower the volume of the track. Having feedback doesn't mean that noise is still there. Try also to use iPad headphones .

Jan 16, 2013 1:14 PM in response to Beardy man

I have had the same problem with GB but it works perfectly with AmpliTube.

Conclusion: Not Hardware Problem but Garageband

travart

Level 1

10 points

Jan 24, 2013 5:08 PM in response to Beardy man

Hi all,

I am also getting this noise issue - but for me it is with Amplitube.!!

Scenario;

Full paid version of Amplitube

ipad3 (also tried 4 seperate ones in apple store)

iRig (also tried 3 seperate ones in Music store)

If I uplug my guitar (idea being to remove all external noise influences) I get a constant clicking which seems to sit around 160bpm. Not metronome, I have opened a case with IK multimedia ( case was in progress - 3 weeks -but they closed it without notifing me) and also the apple genius sent it higher internally in apple ( no update as yet - 1 week ).

Not sure what to do - its really really bad. If I turn a distortion pedal on, or try to record anything - it drives me crazy. Even my girlfriend who knows ZIP about anything technical said "Whats that clicking noise when you play guitar?"

Im just looking for some others out there who may have this problem. As it is very reproducable - surely I cant be the only one?

Both the "apple genius" and Music store were horrified. I even sent IK Multimedia a sample and they replied "That is very strange to hear. "

Thanks

p.s tried my exact setup on and ipad 1 and ipad mini - and it was perfect... its just the pad 3 that gets these issues!

Joel.O

Level 1

10 points

Jan 24, 2013 5:10 PM in response to travart

Please contact Support for 1 on 1 help with your set up.

travart

Level 1

10 points

Jan 24, 2013 6:14 PM in response to Joel.O

Joel - I have (its written in the post as well) and had to re-open the case with them. I will see how it turns out - but im not holding my breath.

Im simply searching for others that have the same issue. As ive said - the ipad 1, 2 and mini - don't have this issue.

It is directly related to the ipad 3.

Travis

travart

Level 1

10 points

Jan 24, 2013 6:24 PM in response to Joel.O

Ticket #311578

Feb 14, 2013 8:49 AM in response to travart

ticket #132238

lets hope they get on this some time soon. This is half the reason i bought an Ipad 3. Now i cant use it with this program. I have tried some others on the market and they work just fine. Lets step it up IK Multimedia. Or did you spend all your money on advertizing and beer?

Joel.O

Level 1

10 points

Feb 14, 2013 9:34 AM in response to bigddurbin

If you have a ticket number you'll be taken care of. We recently have beefed up our support department too to handle these types of things.

Anyone else having "Noise" problems with iRig/Garageband/iPad "3"?