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You don’t have to manually move the MIDI Region either; it will move with the Track Header. Time Quantizing. Rather than dragging and dropping each note so it falls exactly on the grid-lines in the Piano Roll, which is normally what I would do, you can use the Time Quantize function down in. May 25, 2011 GarageBand for iPad Tutorial: Setting Up & Recording MIDI Keyboards With GarageBand for iPad we get some great keyboard sounds with nifty screen controls! The quantizer function is an incredibly useful feature in Garageband, and I use it on pretty much every track. In this tutorial today, I’m going to show you how to use the Quantizer function to its best capability, not only for MIDI music but also for actual real-time recordings.

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Quantize the timing of audio regions. You can quantize, or automatically correct, the timing of regions on an audio track.This technique is especially useful when regions on the track contain the right notes but are not perfectly in time with the project tempo. Unfortunately, Garageband doesn't support MIDI export. However, you could consider buying Apple's Logic Pro X, which is the 'pro version' of GarageBand.It is quite pricey and might be overkill if you are just dealing with simple MIDI projects but it offers a great deal of features.

Here in North America the NHL playoffs are now in full swing and perhaps you’re inspired to play some rocking organ! With GarageBand for iPad we get some great keyboard sounds with nifty screen controls! Not only can we use these keys in our songs that we’re recording, but as I explained in a recent tutorial, live use is also a possibility!


Setup and Equipment Needed

Aug 11, 2015  You can quantize all MIDI Regions in your Project at once: Select all the Regions (Key Command command+A in the Main Window) Open the Piano Roll Editor (Key Command E) In the Inspector on the left select a Quantize value in the Time Quantize popup menu. All the Regions are now quantized to that value; doxaenergy wrote. Feb 03, 2015 Just like with MIDI drums, to make your MIDI strings sound most realistic, you shouldn’t just keep all your notes’ velocities at the same level. (In Garageband I think the preset is 98.) Varying your velocities within about plus/minus 15 steps is a safe place to keep it so that you get variation, but it still maintains a similar intensity.

Midi

There are a few things we need.

  • Controller Keyboard with power supply - There are many to choose from and I use an Axiom Pro 61. You will definitely need the power supply as the iPad does not provide power through it’s dock port. If you want to use the Korg Nano series, you will need a USB hub with power supply.
  • Camera Connection Kit - Our keyboard controller communicates with GB through this device.


Axiom Pro 61

Apple's Camera Connection Kit

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Controls

Each instrument has it’s own layout (organ with drawbars, synths with filter controls) but also there are some functions just above the keyboard and these will vary with the instrument selected. For example, “Sustain” will be on piano but not organ, organ will have the “Rotary” switch for the Leslie, all depending on the instrument.


Although we’re going to be using a keyboard controller, if you want to use the onscreen keyboard, you get different controls for how your screen keyboard responds. On the far left is an “Octave” plus and minus. A middle button for “Glissando”, “Scroll”, “Pitch” which vary again depending on the instrument selected and the right side has a “Scale”, “Arpeggiator” and “Keyboard Layout”.

“Glissando” lets you slide across the keys like a real keyboard would. Think of the piano player using the back of his hand and sliding up or down the keys.

“Scroll” allows you to play a note and while holding it, slide the keyboard up or down. Useful if you need to get into different octaves of the on screen keyboard quickly.

“Pitch” is a like a pitch bend wheel but lets you pitch up or down between notes simply by sliding your finger. Great for the vintage synths!

“Scale” is great for solos if you want to try different sounding scales in a piece of music. Once you pick the scale you want to use, the keyboard becomes more like a single row marimba minus the #/b keys. If you use a kb controller, you will still have all the notes available but you can learn what notes are used by playing them on the iPad and matching them on your keyboard. You’ll soon be playing “Klezmer” with ease!


“Arpeggiator” is your freedom to play multiple notes with one chord held down. You can choose note order, rate, and octave range. Great for dance tunes or your version of “Teenage Wasteland”! Unfortunately, the arpeggiator does not work with a KB Controller.


“Keyboard Layout/Velocity/Key Controls” - You can choose how you would like the onscreen keyboard to be set up with choices for one or two keyboards and octave range.
“Velocity” on and off is simple enough but you also can control the velocity range depending on the instrument (no velocity for organ since there is none!) left to the middle of the screen.
“Key Controls” simply turns on and off the view of the middle button for “Glissando”, etc.
There is also a hidden feature that is very cool and similar to an aftertouch on a KB controller. Load in the “Vintage Lead” preset under “Synth Lead” and strike a note. Now move your finger up and down that note.. instant filter sweep!

Keyboard Controller

Plug your keyboard into your Camera Connection Kit and make sure it’s secure as I find it can pop out easily. If it does, you may need to restart your iPad to get control again. Open up GB and navigate to the “Keyboard” instrument. Once this opens you can then select from pianos,organs, synths, etc. by tapping on the instrument in the middle of the screen. You can even store your own presets.
Again, think of the iPad screen as the controls for the organs drawbars or synths filters. Unfortunately GB won’t record this data during recording. Pitch bend and Mod wheels will respond on your controller as will velocity and after touch. Also, there are no ways to assign a KB controller’s sliders or knobs to say, organ drawbars or synth knobs, although I did find my “master” slider with MIDI CC#7 controlled instrument volume.

Using “Smart Instruments”

One feature I wish GB would allow is the use of “autoplay” but controlled via the KB controller. But there are some interesting ideas you can do by combining the “autoplay” feature and your keyboard. For example, select “Smart Keyboard” and choose one of the 4 “autoplay” modes. You then will see 3 bars with a chord on the top bar. The bar with the chord plays both left and right hand accompaniments, the middle bar is right hand only and the bottom is left hand bass. If you hit the top bar, you could solo on the KB controller. The middle bar could allow you to try bass combinations such as G-G/F-G/E or perhaps a piano bass line with a distinctive melody. Be careful though as the sustain is used most likely and can mush up your sound in the bass line. Using the bottom bar would allow you again more right hand solos or your own accompaniment.

If you want any electric or acoustic bass instruments, you will need to use “Smart Bass”. Using the acoustic bass gives a feature that is hard to emulate on the KB controller unless you get good with the pitch bend wheel.. sliding your finger along a fretless neck. Simply select Acoustic Bass, switch the “Chords” to “Notes” and tap on the screen. It adds some realism to the bass line and with some practice, can give some convincing results. Further editing can be done on GB on your Mac.


“Smart Guitar” is very similar to the smart keyboard and bass features with one additional feature. If you use your KB Controller, you can strike chords on your keys!Now you can use the “autoplay” feature for arpeggiated chords and “strum” chords on your keyboard. Great too for having ostinato picking patterns with multiple chord changes.


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Recording Tips

First and foremost.. PRACTICE! Yes.. I said that again as I did in the last tutorial. GB on the iPad does not allow editing like GB on a Mac . Not even MIDI editing for wrong notes. Maybe in version 2.. BUT.. you can slow down the tempo, unlike the Guitar/Audio recording section, and speed it up after. If needed later, you can open up the song on your Mac and edit it there. You also can save time by recording repetitive parts and then looping them. Simply record your part, double tap on the track region and select “Loop”.

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If your timing is not that great or you need to tighten up a section, “Quantization” will help. Simply tap on the top right “Mixer” in the Track view and select your quantization value. Use the fastest value you played. For example, if a lead synth line played as fast as 16th notes, use the 1/16 Note value. Quantization will also affect all of the tracks regions in a section! But.. you can have different quantization on each section if a part gets moved from one section to another. Confused? Yeah.. me too at first. If you quantize a part in Section A to 1/8 notes but then move it to Section B that is quantized to 1/16 notes, the new part will show “Multiple”. This is something I seriously hope Apple fixes as it’s frustrating if you need multiple quantizations within a section.

Also, don’t be afraid to record a part and try different instruments as your song may take on a whole new flavor choosing a clav instead of a piano for example. Try duplicating the track with a similar synth but with a different filter cutoff and panned hard left and right. Or use two totally different synths. Bass lines can get really fat with this idea! Slow your song down and play in your own idea of an arpeggiated pattern.. speed up and loop!
Stay tuned for more GarageBand for iPad tips and tutorials. Till next time..don’t drive your neighbors nuts with the Minimoog playing Axel F or Tom Sawyer synth leads.

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edited December 2015 in General App Discussion

Hello everyone,

I have iPhone 6s Plus and trying to find a way to convert audio to midi with Audiobus in Garageband.
I run iSymphonic orchestra in Garageband by using Audiobus and it makes audio records as well.. Is there any way to send midi signals inside Garageband by using Audiobus with a third party app?

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Comments

  • You can't send MIDI out from Garage Band, but what you can do is use another MIDI app and send it's MIDI out to iSymphonic, and then record the audio in Garageband.

    Garageband has great limitations as an iOS DAW, which is puzzling after all this time. It's essentially an isolated dead end road, which is a shame because it could be really useful on iOS with just a few relatively minor additions.

  • @1P18 said:
    You can't send MIDI out from Garage Band, but what you can do is use another MIDI app and send it's MIDI out to iSymphonic, and then record the audio in Garageband.

    Garageband has great limitations as an iOS DAW, which is puzzling after all this time. It's essentially an isolated dead end road, which is a shame because it could be really useful on iOS with just a few relatively minor additions.

    Apple and it's unfortunate strategies.. Many thanks for your opinions.

  • edited December 2015

    I use GarageBand to start stuff off. Often the idea is originated there. What I’ve given up trying to do is rescue any of it for further use. I use it to rough out the sketch, build a little maquette or prototype, practice the pacing of what needs to be where with placeholders. Then once it’s got something, even though by then it’s over into Logic Pro to look at and play with, I don’t attempt to use anything it made. I just start each piece all over again, manually, in a proper situation. It often doesn’t resemble what I sketched out, but it benefits from it.

    It remains one of the most accessible dumbed-down means of imitating music for the people.

  • @u0421793 said:
    I use GarageBand to start stuff off. Often the idea is originated there. What I’ve given up trying to do is rescue any of it for further use. I use it to rough out the sketch, build a little maquette or prototype, practice the pacing of what needs to be where with placeholders. Then once it’s got something, even though by then it’s over into Logic Pro to look at and play with, I don’t attempt to use anything it made. I just start each piece all over again, manually, in a proper situation. It often doesn’t resemble what I sketched out, but it benefits from it.

    It remains one of the most accessible dumbed-down means of imitating music for the people.

    One man's maquette is another man's bozzetto..

  • @JohnnyGoodyear said:

    @u0421793 said:
    I use GarageBand to start stuff off. Often the idea is originated there. What I’ve given up trying to do is rescue any of it for further use. I use it to rough out the sketch, build a little maquette or prototype, practice the pacing of what needs to be where with placeholders. Then once it’s got something, even though by then it’s over into Logic Pro to look at and play with, I don’t attempt to use anything it made. I just start each piece all over again, manually, in a proper situation. It often doesn’t resemble what I sketched out, but it benefits from it.

    It remains one of the most accessible dumbed-down means of imitating music for the people.

    One man's maquette is another man's bozzetto.. How to delete garageband instruments from mac.

    Statue again?

  • GarageBand is my only DAW (at this point) and with Audiobus compatibility and its nifty UI I can't much see wanting to move to any of the others I've auditioned (that maybe an iPad screen could make better). There are a number of things I'd love to see added - MIDI/control changes (at least THEIR version of it) as an OUT app for AB, more instruments, more onboard control over recorded audio - but it gets me where I need to be.

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  • You could try and run a Garageband track through MIDIMorphosis and send the midi to another app. May work.
    I use this kind of stuff with figure tracks and it works well, if the melody ain't full of FX and such

  • @senhorlampada said:
    You could try and run a Garageband track through MIDIMorphosis and send the midi to another app. May work.
    I use this kind of stuff with figure tracks and it works well, if the melody ain't full of FX and such

    Thanks for all comments.. If i can solve issue about Audiobus with new iOS 9.2 i will try..
    Sampler which is inside GarageBand also helps for midi signals but sound quality is not good as much as audio recording..