I would like to build a drum sequence in garageband then duplicate the tracks so i can edit them out to export snare,kick and toms etc separately into another daw for individual processing.Can i duplicate full instrument tracks to do this or is there an easier way...?
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1.1
Sure. Create as many drum tracks as you need (not Smart Drums.) Build your pattern. When it's done, use the Tracks view to copy/paste the sequence as many times as you need to. (Make sure to return the time wiper to zero each time you paste.)
You can then edit the track sequences to isolate each drum sound to its own track. Tap a sequence and chose Edit from the options that appear. This will bring up a piano-roll view with each drum sound on its own lane. Tap and hold the drum icon in the left margin. This will select all the notes of that sound in the sequence. You can now delete them. (Tap one of the notes and the delete option will appear.)
This is slightly tedious. But track by track you can delete all the drum sounds in a track except the one you want to keep in the track. You can wind up with all the kick evengts on one track, snare evemts on their own track, and so on.
As for exporting to another DAW for processing, you may have something in mind I don't know about. But I don't think GB will export in MIDI format. You could export audio, sort of -- send the whole thing to GB on a Mac, then solo the tracks, one at a time, and export/save each as AAC or MP3/4 audio. Not sure your other DAW would understand, though.
Good luck.
Quick additional note:
Actually you can export audio (in m4a format) without leaving GB on the iPad. If you choose to export via Mail (export options from My Song screen), the GB will mix down to a stereo m4a file you can them emai to yourself. If each drum track is soloed, one by one you email yourself each drum sound/sequence as an individual audio (m4a) file.
What you do with it after that . . .
As before, good luck.
Wow...thank you so much.
"Make sure to return the time wiper to zero each time you paste"
I've been pulling my hair out trying to duplicate tracks more than the once.Don't suppose you know how to join all the separate regions together into one..?
From GB/iPad help:
Personally, I find selecting multiple regions pretty fiddly with the fingers, but it is possible.
Ipad Garageband...can i duplicate tracks..?
