How to record electric drums to GB via MIDI?

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How to record electric drums to GB via MIDI?

Hi,

I am tearing my hair out trying to record my roland HD-3 to Garage Band on the ipad....please help!

I bought the iRIg MIDI kit to connect from the Drums to ipad and GB. Whilst when I change the instrument to Drums it records, it only does this using the pre-set garage band kits. But what i want is to hear and record the sound which I am actually playing on my HD-3 and the different sounds that it can produce.....not GB's pre-set kits. Surely there is a way of recording the exact sound that is leaving my electric drums??

Many thanks

Mark

iPad, iOS 5.1.1, Garage Band ipad, Roland HD-3 Vdrum

Posted on Jun 26, 2012 2:00 PM

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HangTime

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Jun 26, 2012 2:15 PM in response to markie5672

markie5672 wrote:

Surely there is a way of recording the exact sound that is leaving my electric drums??

yes, but not using MIDI:

http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#recordkeyboardssounds

(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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Jun 27, 2012 2:12 PM in response to HangTime

Thanks, now know MIDI is not audio. Any idea what the best way is to record to GB via audio?

Some people have recommended iRIg for the guitar and playing through Amp instrument on GB. I have tried headphone/output into my ipad headphone socket but did not work....perhaps iRig somehow tells GB what it is?

Cheers

Mark

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HangTime

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Jun 27, 2012 2:17 PM in response to markie5672

markie5672 wrote:

I have tried headphone/output into my ipad headphone socket but did not work

the headphone jack is not an old fashioned style jack, it's longer and combines input and output in one jack, it requires a special plug.

though i haven't used the iRig for iOS devices, its had positive reviews from what i've seen, so it apparently works well, and it's very reasonably priced

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