Sep 23, 2019 Connect your guitar and pre-amp to your laptop. Place your standard guitar cable into your guitar. Plug the opposite end of the guitar cable into the pre-amp’s input port. Insert a USB, Firewire, or Optical cable into your pre-amp’s USB or Firewire out port. Plug the other end of this cable into your laptop’s USB or Firewire.

• How To Connect Your Electric Guitar To Garageband Ipad Air 2
• How To Connect Your Electric Guitar To Garageband Ipad Free

• It’s also worth mentioning that, yes, you can use the iRig HD 2 with your guitar pedals. If you want to know how to plug your guitar pedals into Garageband while using the iRig HD 2 as an audio interface, click the link here. I’ve also noticed that some MicroUSB cables don’t work with the iRig HD 2 for some reason.
• Play the Amp in GarageBand for iPad. You can connect an electric guitar or electric bass and play it using a variety of highly realistic amp sounds that combine a guitar or bass amp with one or more stompbox effects. You can adjust the amp controls, add stompbox effects to customize your sound, and visually tune your instrument.

If you have a traditional electric guitar (like my Epiphone ES-339 P-90 PRO) or an electro-acoustic guitar (like my Yamaha NCX1200R), then you need an adapter to connect your guitar’s phone jack output to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Prior to Apple’s removal of the iPhone 7’s headphone jack, you could use a very cheap microphone adapter cable. But, these adapters frankly didn’t sound very good.

For those willing to spend between $100-$600, there are much better quality USB-based adapters available including: Apogee JAM and Line 6 Sonic Port for mobile use cases and Apogee Duet, Line 6 POD Studio UX2, and Roland Duo Capture EX for high-end home studio use cases.

At home, I connect my Epiphone ES-339 and my Yamaha NCX to my Line 6 Amplifi 150 amplifier using a 1/4″ phone jack and then connect the Amplifi via USB to GarageBand on my Mac. Even though my Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-III already has a USB output, if I connect my Les Paul Ultra to the Amplfi and the Amplifi to the Mac, then I can take advantage of the Amplifi’s 200+ tones.

I am going to focus on how I jam when I’m not in my home studio. Because the Ultra-III has a USB jack built into the guitar, no separate interface box is required. I couldn’t find a non-proprietary male USB Type-B to Lightning adapter cable. The Epiphone comes with a heavy-duty male USB Type-A to male USB Type-B cable. If you prefer a similar but shorter cable, you can order one from Amazon here. You then need a female USB Type-A to male Lightning adapter cable. Connect them as shown below.

After starting GarageBand, select Amp. Select either Clean or Distorted.

Select your desired amplifier. GarageBand will then detect that a musical instrument has been connected. You should confirm that you wish to play your guitar, turning on monitoring. Tweak your amplifier’s settings according to your preferences. I recommend using headphones to isolate the iPad’s output (which isn’t very loud) from the original sound of your electric guitar.

Updated on December 20th, 2017

How To Connect Your Electric Guitar To Garageband Ipad Air 2

How To Connect Your Electric Guitar To Garageband Ipad Free

You probably already know how easy it is to create a song on the iPad, so we are going to show you how easy it is to connect your guitar to the iPad.. using Jam by Apogee Simply connect Jam to the dock port on your iPad using the provided cable. Plug in your guitar with a standard 1/4″ guitar cable Choose one of the many amps in GarageBand and begin recording. JAM’s input gain knob allows you to adjust the level for any pick up configuration on any electric guitar, and the multi color status led lets you know if you have proper level or if it’s too hot. Along with being easy to connect and use, JAM features studio quality sound. Using Apogee’s PureDIGITAL technology JAM makes a direct digital connection to your iPad and delivers your guitars true tone without compromise. Also connect JAM to iPhone and GarageBand. For more information on JAM, please visit apogeedigital.com