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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. Play the Guitar in GarageBand for iPad. Using the Guitar, you can play notes, chords, and strumming patterns. You can choose from acoustic or electric guitar sounds, and turn on stompbox effects to customize the sound.

GarageBand User Guide 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.

Choose a guitar or bass sound

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Tap the name at the top of the screen, then tap the sound you want to use. You can also swipe left or right to change to the previous or next sound.
To switch between guitar and bass sounds, tap Guitar or Bass. To view sounds in a different category, tap one of the category names.

Change the amp

Adjust the input level

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When you play your guitar or bass, a circle next to the Input Settings button lights green to show that GarageBand is receiving input from your instrument. If the circle turns red, lower the volume on your instrument to prevent distortion.

Tap the Input Settings button, then drag the Level slider left or right to set the input level.
The Level slider is available if your input source supports software level control.
To set the level automatically, tap the Automatic switch next to the Level slider.
If the input device supports left and right channels, tap Left or Right to select the input channel.

Adjust the amp controls

Touch and turn the knobs to adjust the amp controls.

Reduce unwanted noise

You can use a noise gate to reduce low-level input noise when you record. A noise gate cuts off the sound when it falls below a certain minimum level.

Tap the Input Settings button , then turn Noise Gate on.
Drag the Noise Gate slider until the noise stops or decreases to an acceptable level.

Turn on monitoring for an external device

When an electric instrument or audio interface is connected to your iPad, a Monitor switch appears below the Noise Gate controls.

Tap the Input Settings button .
Tap the Monitor switch to turn monitoring on. Tap the switch again to turn monitoring off.

Add, replace, or remove a stompbox effect

You can add up to four stompboxes, and change the order of stompboxes by dragging them left or right.

Tap the Stompbox button in the upper-right corner to show the stompboxes.
To add a stompbox, tap an empty stompbox slot, then select a stompbox.
To replace a stompbox, tap the stompbox you want to replace, then select a new stompbox.
To remove a stompbox, drag it down toward the bottom of the screen.
Tap the Amp button in the upper-right corner to return to the amp controls.

Turn a stompbox on or off

Tap the Stompbox button in the upper-right corner.
Tap the round On/Off button on the stompbox. If the small round LED (usually red) on the stompbox is lit, the stompbox is turned on.
Tap the Amp button in the upper-right corner to return to the amp controls.

Adjust the stompbox controls

Tap the Stompbox button , then double-tap the stompbox you want to adjust.
Turn the knobs to adjust the stompbox controls.
Swipe left or right if you want to work on a different stompbox.

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Use the wah pedal with Face Control

If your iPad supports facial recognition, you can move the pedal on the Modern Wah stompbox by moving your mouth while you play. When you record, any pedal movements you make with Face Control are also recorded.

Tap an empty stompbox slot, then select Modern Wah from the list.
Hold your iPad 10–20 inches (25–50 cm) away from your face, then tap the Face Control button .
The first time you use Face Control, GarageBand asks for permission to access the camera on your iPad.
As you play, open and close your mouth to move the wah pedal up and down.
You can tap the Amp button and adjust the amp controls while continuing to use Face Control.
To turn Face Control off, tap the Face Control button again.

Note: GarageBand uses ARKit face tracking features to translate your facial expressions into instrument effect controls. Your face information is processed on device, and only music is captured during your performance.

Tune your guitar or bass

Tap the Tuner button in the upper-left corner.
Play an open string you want to tune, watching the tuner.
The red horizontal lines show whether the string is too low (flat) or too high (sharp). When the string is in tune, the note name in the center turns blue.
Tap the Tuner button again to close the tuner.

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Save your own custom sounds

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Modify an existing amp sound by changing the amp, adjusting the amp controls, adding or removing stompboxes, or adjusting the stompbox controls.
Tap the name at the top of the screen, then tap Save.
Type a name for your custom sound, then tap Done.
The first time you save a custom sound, a new Custom category appears, with an icon for your sound. You can rename or delete the sound by tapping Edit, then tapping the icon (to rename the sound) or the red circle (to delete the sound).

Turn crosstalk protection on or off

When your guitar or bass is connected to the headphone port and monitoring is turned on, you may experience unwanted feedback due to crosstalk. GarageBand includes crosstalk protection to help protect against feedback caused by crosstalk. Crosstalk protection is especially useful when using high gain settings on a guitar or bass amp, or when using an overdrive or boost stompbox together with a high-gain amp such as the Modern Stack. In such cases, feedback caused by crosstalk can result in sudden, unpleasantly high output levels.

Crosstalk protection can change the sound of the instrument while monitoring is on, but the sound returns to normal when monitoring is turned off or another track is selected. You can turn off crosstalk protection to hear how it changes the sound; however, it is recommended that you decrease the volume of your iPad to a low level before doing so.

Close GarageBand.
Open the Settings app, choose GarageBand, then turn Crosstalk Protection on or off.

GarageBand User Guide for iPad

Using the Guitar, you can play notes, chords, and strumming patterns. You can choose from acoustic or electric guitar sounds, and turn on stompbox effects to customize the sound.

Choose the sound of the Guitar

Tap the guitar icon in the upper-left corner, then tap the sound you want to play. You can also swipe left or right to change to the previous or next sound.

Play chords

Tap the Chords/Notes switch on the right to switch to Chords view.
Do any of the following:
- Strum a chord: Swipe across the strings in one of the chord strips. You can also tap strings to play individual notes of a chord.
- Play the full chord: Tap the top of a chord strip.
- Mute the strings: Touch and hold the fretboard to the left or right of the chord strips as you play.

You can add your own custom chords to play.

Play a strumming pattern

Turn the Autoplay knob to one of the numbered positions.
Tap a chord strip. Tapping a different chord strip plays the same pattern with the notes of that chord, while tapping with two or three fingers plays variations of the pattern.
Tap the chord strip again to stop the pattern playing.

Play individual notes

Tap the Chords/Notes switch on the right to switch to Notes view.
Tap the strings on the fretboard to play notes. You can also bend strings vertically to bend the pitch of a note up.
To play notes of a particular scale, tap the Scale button, then tap the scale you want to play.
The fretboard changes to show note bars. Tap the bars to play the notes of the scale.

Turn stompbox effects on or off

When you choose an electric guitar sound, stompbox effects appear above the Guitar fretboard. You can turn on the effects to change the sound.

Tap the round On/Off button in the lower part of a stompbox. A red light indicates that the stompbox is on.

Play the Retro Wah guitar with Face Control

If your iPad supports facial recognition, you can move the wah pedal on the Retro Wah guitar by moving your mouth while you play. When you record, any pedal movements you make with Face Control are also recorded.

Tap the guitar icon in the upper-left corner, then tap Retro Wah.
Hold your iPad 10–20 inches (25–50 cm) away from your face, then tap the Face Control button .
The first time you use Face Control, GarageBand asks for permission to access the camera on your iPad.
As you play, open and close your mouth to move the wah pedal up and down.
To turn Face Control off, tap the Face Control button again.