if you want to record yourself into garageband on your ipad there are a few options open to
you in this video i'll share three ways you can record audio into garageband on your ipad
by far the quickest and easiest way to get audio into garageband on your ipad
whether that's spoken words or vocals or an acoustic instrument is with the built
in microphone every single ipad model has a built-in microphone somewhere on its body on this
ipad air 2 model for example the microphone is situated next to the volume buttons with a second
noise cancelling microphone next to the camera this ipad pro model has two microphones on the
top edge and two noise cancelling microphones one next to the camera bump and one on the bottom edge
the quality you can get from your ipad's built-in microphone will vary depending on the
model but overall it isn't going to sound all that professional it'll definitely do in a pinch though
yeah you will lose a lot of frequencies recording this way which can leave your recordings sounding
a wee bit thin especially on the regular ipad models results will be better on ipad pro models
and in fact apple added studio quality microphones onto its latest ipad pro model
that's the 2020 version at the time of this recording so essentially the newer the model
the better quality recording you'll get from the built in microphone if you're finding this video
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the usb microphone market has exploded in recent years the rise in popularity of
streaming youtube and home recording has meant the simplicity of usb microphones plug and play setup
is a great solution for many especially beginners
you have a lot of choice when it comes to selecting a usb microphone brands like blue apogee
and audio technica all make great mics that will give higher quality recordings when compared to
your ipads built in microphone now regardless of what ipad model you have if you want to use
a usb microphone to record audio into garageband you're going to need to embrace that dongle life
if your ipad has a lightning connection you'll need apple's camera connection kit
if your ipad has a usbc connection you'll need a usb adapter i like this one from anker
this blue snowball is a budget usb microphone that strikes a good balance between sound quality
build quality and affordability this is the blues
because the blue snowball captures a much wider range of frequencies than the built-in microphone
on your ipad polishing up audio recorded with it is much easier and results in a much more pro
sounding final product if you have a lightning based ipad you may run into some issues when
it comes to powering some usb microphones i go into more detail on that issue and
show you how to deal with it in this video so check it out if you want to find out more
the final and arguably best way to record audio into garageband on your ipad is with
an xlr microphone and an audio interface again you have a huge amount of choice when it comes to
what microphone and interface to go for for this demo i'm using the rode nt1 condenser microphone
attached to the budget friendly m audio m track solo that's going into my ipad pro with the same
usbc adapter i showed earlier some things to consider here if you want to record
using a condenser microphone like the rode nt1a you're going to need an audio interface that has
48 volt phantom power which the majority do have nowadays to be fair using phantom power requires
more power so again you may run into issues if you have a lightning based ipad i cover the issue of
powering an audio interface with a lightning based ipad in the video up here if you want to check
that out and yes you absolutely can use dynamic microphones like this sm58 here to record great
sounding vocals or instruments as well personally i would use a microphone like this in a studio
setting to make up an electric guitar amplifier as opposed to an acoustic instrument though
all right that's three ways that you can record audio into garageband on your ipad i go
in depth on how to use an audio interface with your ipad in this video so give it a click if it
sounds like that'll be up your street take care of yourself i'll see you next time bye for now