Still no Bass amps in Garageband . I'm gonna try an experiment with ipad/ osx leopard 10.5.8

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I was thinking that, it seems odd recording bass into garageband without bass amps. So, I have downloaded Dave Ellefsons Rock shop app& GK amp on ipad2.
The idea is to link my ipad2 to my ux1 interface. Then open App and record onto garageband in Mac mini.
Is this too laborious? If we plugged bass into real lead amps they would distort and blow .

[BigRedX]

Doesn't Garageband support AU plugins?

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Doesn't Garageband support AU plugins?
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Thanks for quick reply. Please excuse my lack of intelligence here , but what is an AU plugin?

[BigRedX]

Audio Units - this is the Apple standard for plugins (basically their version of VST). If GarageBand does support them - and from what I can see it does - then any third party bass amp plugin that is available in AU format should work.

[vsmith1]

Yes it does. I have a free copy of a cut down Amplitube Ampeg SVX which gives me a B500 model bass head/cab. I also have Pod Farm with the Bass pack that gives loads of AUs to add into GarageBand.

So anything with a AU is available as a plug-in in GarageBand.

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Ah, I think I understand now I have podfarm also. I feel very silly :)Thanks

[xgsjx]

GarageBand supports AUs. I'm not 100% sure it supports all VSTis, but I think it does for most of them.
Isn't there amp sims under the effects sections in GB?

[OldG]

I use TSE's Sansamp sim - B.O.D 2.... available free for PC and mac [url="http://www.tseaudio.com/software.html"]here [/url]

[richardjmorgan]

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I use TSE's Sansamp sim - B.O.D 2.... available free for PC and mac [url="http://www.tseaudio.com/software.html"]here [/url]
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Got quite excited about this and gave it a go, but it doesn't seem to be working properly for me. Shame. Seemed to drop the output to almost inaudible when I switched it on.

[Twigman]

ikMultimedia Ampeg SVX - IME the best bass amp sim plugin there is
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ampegsvx/

[OldG]

[quote name='richardjmorgan' timestamp='1364230229' post='2023534']
Got quite excited about this and gave it a go, but it doesn't seem to be working properly for me. Shame. Seemed to drop the output to almost inaudible when I switched it on.
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Have you turned up the input and output level,etc? I find it really works well when a good amount of the original signal is dialed back in with the blend pot..