Cannot export any garageband song from iphone

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Cannot export any garageband song from iphone

With iphone 6s using ios v.10.3.3 and garageband on the phone. (I don't know what version of gb i have because i cannot find out. This information is not found under Setttings, anywhere. There is NO information anywhere in Settings for gb on my phone. It does not appear in the space where other apps appear in the Settings menu.)

I have created a few songs in gb and wanted to export one as a ringtone. When I select the song and use Select>Export>Ringtone, i get a pop-up saying Song cannot be exported: A song can only be exported if...blah blah blah.

It says you must use the gb instruments or live loops to create a song. ALL of my songs have been made this way! There is no imported copyright protected material in my songs, but all of them, no matter how long (one is only ring-tone length), are treated the same way.

any ideas?

iPhone 6s, iOS 10.0.2, macbook pro OSX Sierra 10.12.6

Posted on Oct 10, 2017 4:35 AM

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Jaredamir

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Dec 31, 2017 12:33 AM in response to Zurlorimed

I figured out the issue, i had this same problem and it annoyed me for a while. I found out that when you put a sample on the track it is only like a template, you have to press the record button at the top to acually record the sample. Tap on your samples, press record, let it record for as long as you want, then is should be able to be exported. Hope it helped!

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turingtest2

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Oct 10, 2017 11:52 AM in response to Zurlorimed

The small thumbnail My Song 3 shows the loops that you've set up, but have you recorded yourself triggering some of those loops in playback? If you switch to the track layout what do you see? I can reproduce that error message if I don't have any recorded tracks.

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Zurlorimed Author

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Oct 11, 2017 2:06 AM in response to turingtest2

I upgraded to the latest ios and the problem persists for all songs in gb. So I guess this is just an ERROR in Apple's program. I managed to work around this using the WALTR app. I plugged my phone into my macbook, opened logic pro and created a ringtone not longer than 40 seconds, exported it to itunes, found the file in Finder and changed the file extension to M4r for ringtones, and dragged the renamed file into the WALTR app and it went straight into the iphone's ringtone menu.

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turingtest2

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Oct 10, 2017 6:48 AM in response to Zurlorimed

Can you export a regular audio file to iTunes sharing? If so a workaround would be to do that and then see Create and manage ringtones in iTunes. Ring tones should be no more than 40 seconds long, and text tones no more than 30. Could that be an issue?

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Zurlorimed Author

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Oct 10, 2017 11:08 AM in response to turingtest2

I just upgraded to ios 11 and the same problem exists.

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Zurlorimed Author

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Oct 10, 2017 7:36 AM in response to Zurlorimed

Hi, using my iphone i cannot export any tune from gb to ringtone or itunes or anywhere. i always get the same pop-up message. i have not tried to sync using my macbook/itunes and start working that way because I am not with my macbook at the moment. i will try this soon. i will also update my phone to ios v11 later today.

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Zurlorimed Author

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Oct 10, 2017 11:57 AM in response to turingtest2

This particular song has only one cymbal crash and one recorded voice using iphone's memo recorder. it's just ten seconds. but i have other songs with several gb instruments playing etc and those get the same error message. thanks anyway... i will try syncing with my macbook but WHAT A PAIN and f-you apple!

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turingtest2

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Oct 10, 2017 12:21 PM in response to Zurlorimed

How odd! 😕 I made a new recording here from some of the house loops and it worked as expected. Harder was getting an empty project to save so I could try to export it and trigger your error message.

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turingtest2

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Oct 10, 2017 7:54 AM in response to Zurlorimed

Can you post a screenshot of the error message? I'm not sure it is one I know.

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