More then ever, it has become easier to lay down your song ideas while on the move. With GarageBand for iPad, we are also closer then ever to having a full professional recording studio in a very thin package. And at a price of $4.99, who can complain? For those who are just starting out, here's a first tutorial on recording guitar to get you and your iPad rocking.

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Setup and Equipment needed

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First off before even starting the application, you should get the hardware you need to enable you to record your guitar to your iPad. There are two basic input types you need to consider:

1. Guitar Input for Electric Guitar and Bass (IK Multimedia iRig, Apogee Jam, AmpKit Link)
2. Mic Input for acoustic guitar (IK Multimedia iRig Mic, Blue Yeti Pro -- requires Apple's Camera Connection Kit)

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L to R: IK Multimedia's iRig, Blue Yeti Mic, Apple's Camera Connection Kit

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Guitar Amp

Launch GarageBand for iPad and plug your guitar into the iRig. On the left of the screen is a ' 1/4' jack' button which lets you add a noise gate. Handy for those distorted tones. Next to it is the guitarist's best friend: the Tuner.. no excuses for a flat g-string!

In the middle, you can select from different amp combinations and even save settings of your own. You can also swipe the amps to keep the same preset settings and try these settings on different amps.

On the far right is the 'pedals' section. Here you can add up to 4 pedals, change their effects level and remove pedals. To get back to the amp section, tap the 'Amp' icon on the right of the screen. One nice thing about GB for iPad is that you can change the amps settings after you've recorded your part and even create your own presets for future recordings.

Audio Recorder

If you want to record acoustic guitar, you can use the iPad's built in microphone but I would recommend looking at Blue Microphone's 'Yeti Pro' or Apogee's upcoming 'Mic' to add a professional sheen to your recordings. When you first open Audio Recorder it gives you a VU meter to check your audio input levels. A noise gate is also available by tapping on the '1/4' plug' icon.

Once you record a take, you can then add processing to the sound from a preset selection that include effects and voice transformers. The effects also give you sliders for compression, reverb, chorus, etc. depending on the effect you choose.

Recording Tips!

First and foremost.. PRACTICE! GB on the iPad does not allow editing like GB on a Mac and you don't get features like Flex Time, multiple takes, pitch correction, etc. Also, you will have to play the parts at the tempo of the song unlike those who slow a song down, record their part, and speed it up after. While some would look at this as a detriment, I look at it as positive growth for musical skills and it ultimately gives you a better understanding of your song. After all, becoming a better musician is a life long process and not a means to an end.

After recording an electric guitar you have plenty of options to affect the tone as the amps have EQ and FX pedals to compress, etc. If you want to record feedback on the electric guitar, you will need to connect the output to your speakers and boost the main volume. But.. be careful as each amp/guitar has it's own characteristics for feedback and some are just plain uncontrollable ear-piercing squeals. Layering guitars also has the usual big sound but also eats up tracks so planning is crucial.

Also, when planning your song parts, take into account that GB for iPad does things in 'sections' and only up to 10 sections. While this may not seem like a big deal, you will want to figure out the parts/sections of your song beforehand. For example, song intro, verse 1, pre-chorus, verse 2 with added guitar, pre-chorus with organ, Chorus, verse 3 with less instruments, bridge, intro, Chorus, Chorus 2, End, etc. You can put the 'Sections' into 'Automatic' mode which gives you whatever amount of bars you want i.e. Record intro and verse 1 together.

When recording an acoustic guitar or instrument, be sure to try different takes with your USB microphone or iPad mic on different spots and distances from the guitar. Mic placement is very critical to get a decent sound. For example, placing a mic close to the sound hole of the guitar can add unwanted bass frequencies. Although with the iPad mic I found this to be the best spot.

Also, there are No EQ Frequency bands to allow you to fix things after recording. For a brighter tone, consider newer strings or a harder pick. If using the iPad's mic, make sure your room is as quiet as possible, because it'll pick up every little sound as the signal to noise ratio is not great. Another trick is to use the Guitar Amp settings for EQ control. I found the most natural to be the Clean Combo setting with the gain off. As you increase the gain, it adds some crunch to the tone. This way you can EQ somewhat and even add some nice compression and chorus. Even playing with the Noise Gate setting gave some interesting results. Metal Acoustic! Experimentation is key.

Stay tuned for more GarageBand for iPad tips and tutorials on recording synths, pianos, etc. and vocals!

When you have an interface on your iPad or iPhone, you’ll be ready to start making some music with your guitar or bass. If you want to get authentic-sounding amp and effects pedal sounds, you’ll want to use a guitar multi-effects app featuring digital amp and effects modeling, or a multitrack recording app like GarageBand.

You can also send your guitar signal into a multi-effects app and then into a recording app, using the Inter-App Audio feature Apple introduced in iOS 7, or the Audiobus 2 app. Both facilitate sharing audio between apps in your device.

Guitar multi-effects apps with modeling explained

Digital modeling is a process by which the circuitry and sound of a particular hardware audio device — it could be a guitar amp, speaker cabinet, effects pedal, or any unit that outputs audio — is painstakingly re-created in digital form. The basic idea is that you can duplicate the sound of the device being modeled by designing digital circuitry that mimics the behavior of the original. And it works pretty well. Is it a perfect replication? No, but it’s often very tough to tell the difference.

In iOS, many guitar multi-effects apps feature modeling technology, and these apps typically let you choose from various amp types and pick the effects in your virtual pedalboard. With an instrument plugged in through an interface to your iOS device, it can sound, in your headphones, as if you’re playing through a massive gear rig.

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All the apps give you graphic representations of the amps and effects they’re modeling, and on most, you can control the amps and effects from their virtual knobs. This is very cool for duplicating the experience of using real gear, but it’s hard to be precise when turning a virtual knob.

Amp types

Let’s look at some of the amp types typically modeled in iOS multi-effects modeling apps:

• Fender: Fender amps have been an integral part of the guitar gear industry since the 1940s. The Deluxe Reverb, Twin Reverb, and Super Reverb are combo amps (head and speakers in one unit) that are typically modeled, as is the Bassman, a separate amp head that plugs into a speaker cabinet (this configuration is referred to generically as a “stack”). IK Multimedia even has an app totally devoted to Fender amps and effects called AmpliTube Fender, which was created in conjunction with the manufacturer.

• Marshall: Emulations of these legendary British amps are also found in virtually every modeling product. Most of the classic Marshall amps are stacks. Two of the amps you find frequently in modeling software are the JCM800 and JCM900, and the speaker configuration of the cabinets usually modeled with them is 4×12, which means it has four 12” speakers in it.

• Mesa/Boogie: This American amp maker is best known for its Dual Rectifier amp, which offers a smooth, high-gain sound, and for its Mark I model that’s used by Carlos Santana. Most amp-modeling products offer at least one Mesa/Boogie model, usually the Dual Rectifier.

• Vox: The Vox AC30, a British amp with a distinctive sound, has been used by many top guitarists, including Brian May of Queen and The Edge from U2. There were many different versions of the AC30 made, but the one called AC30 Top Boost is the one you’ll find in most modeling apps and hardware.

Other amps you often see modeled are from Orange, HiWatt, Ampeg, Soldano, and Peavey, among others.

Bass players will be happy to know that some guitar multi-effects apps also include bass amp models. These might be modeled from Ampeg, Gallien-Krueger, Acoustic, or others. You can also find dedicated bass amp modeling apps such as PocketGK from PocketLabWorks, a bass amp app designed to emulate the sound of Gallien-Krueger bass amps.

Like with real guitar and bass amps, it generally sounds better for a bass to go through a virtual bass amp rather than a virtual guitar amp.

When you choose an amp type in a modeling app, it will typically be “matched” automatically with its corresponding speaker cabinet, which allows you to instantly get a close replication of the sound associated with that particular amp.

However, one of the cool things about modeling apps is that they make it easy for you to mix and match amp components. This allows you to create hybrid setups that aren’t readily available in the real world, which can be cool for creating unique amp sounds. Positive Grid’s Bias, an amp-design app that works in conjunction with the company’s JamUp Pro apps, even lets you change components inside the amplifier to create custom setups.

Even though a combo amp is a one-piece unit with speakers integrated into it, amp modelers usually treat a combo’s speaker section as a separate component, allowing you to mix and match its amp or speaker section with other models.

Mic models

Modeling apps not only simulate the sounds and architecture of an amp and speaker cabinet, but also the microphones placed in front of a speaker cabinet. Once again, modeling comes into play in apps that give you choice of a virtual mic type— usually either a dynamic mic, which tends to offer a fatter sound, or a condenser mic, which usually has a brighter, crisper response.

Some apps, such as Agile Partners/Peavey Electronics AmpKit+, even let you move the mic’s position on the cabinet to change the sound. AmpKit+ gives you three choices:

• On Axis: This setting simulates the mic pointed directly at the cabinet, and is the brightest setting.

• Off Axis: With this setting, the virtual mic is angled a bit as it points to the cabinet, and has less high end.

• Distant: This setting has more “air” (a term musical folks use to describe hearing more sound from the room as opposed to directly from the amp) in it, as it’s emulating a mic placed back from the amp.