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How can I hear what I'm playing on the guitar while recording with GarageBand on my iPhone?

First of all: English is not my first language, but I figured I might get most answers on the English community, so I'm posting my problem right here, even though I might not now all the right words. So please bare with me while I'm trying to do my best 😉


So, I'm plugging my guitar directly into my iPhone 4 and record with GarageBand, but obviously since a cable is plugged into headphones jack I can't hear what the guitar sounds like using the selected amp (I especially tried using the Mesa Boogie styled amp). I turned on the monitor option, but this wouldn't help either. I can hear everything as soon as I plug the guitar out of the iPhone and play the recorded track, but with it plugged in I won't hear the metronome or anything for that matter.


But I figured there had to be a way, right? Cause otherwise this wouldn't make too much sense to me, meaning that I would've wasted some money on this app.


I hope anyone has any idea at all. Probably I'm just being too stupid to see an easy way around this... 😕


Thanks in advance


Sabrina

GarageBand (iPad), iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 26, 2012 1:29 PM

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Posted on Jun 27, 2012 9:27 PM

There's no way I know of to play the sound through the built in speakers while something is plugged into the headphone/microphone port. Most peripherals get around this by including a headphone port in their design. I'd recommend checking out the iRig. It's what I use and I have no complaints so far.

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How can I hear what I'm playing on the guitar while recording with GarageBand on my iPhone?

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