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The Focusrite Sound: Now On iPad Pro
Use the Audio Recorder in GarageBand for iPad. Using the Audio Recorder, you can record your voice, an instrument, or any other sound using the microphone on your iPad, and play it back in GarageBand. You can also record sounds using an external microphone connected to your iPad. Sound off in the comments and let me know. Patrick I've been a musician for longer than I care to remember and though I don't make a living in a recording studio, I have spent the last several years getting to know everything worth knowing about Apple's Garageband.
Official support of 3rd Gen Scarlett Solo & Scarlett 2i2 extended to USB-C iPad Pro
Harpsichord Sound Samples
With official support for 3rd Generation Scarlett Solo and Scarlett 2i2 interfaces on USB-C iPad Pros, the world of boundless recording awaits. Now you really can record anywhere: wherever you’d take an iPad Pro, Scarlett Solo and Scarlett 2i2 can follow.
Setup and operation is simple: just plug in, fire up your favourite music-making app, and enjoy the Focusrite sound wherever you go. Scarlett Solo and Scarlett 2i2 devices have been tested with several iOS music applications running on USB-C iPad Pros, including Garageband, Cubasis 2, Auria Pro, Ampify Launchpad, Ampify Groovebox and Ampify Blocs Wave, as well as FL Studio. In use with these apps, both interfaces passed a range of tests.
Garageband Ipad Harpsichord Sound Bar
Scarlett Solo and Scarlett 2i2 can be used with USB-C iPad Pro devices in fully mobile, bus-powered mode over several hours. For permanent situations, such as home studio setups, we recommend powered operation using an appropriate USB-C hub.
Not got a USB-C iPad? Focusrite iTrack range is designed for Lightning iPads: check out iTrack Solo here.
An on-boarding path is available in the Focusrite Easy Start Tool, to help applicable iPad Pro users get started quickly with their Scarlett interfaces.
Garageband Ipad Harpsichord Sound System
For more information about using Scarlett Solo and Scarlett 2i2 with USB-C iPad Pros, visit our Help Centre.
If you’re new to making music on an iPad Pro, check out our Scarlett Solo Studio and Scarlett 2i2 Studio bundles: complete packages that comprise a microphone, interface, cables and headphones — ready to start your mobile music journey. Note that you’ll need a USB-C to USB-C cable for use with the iPad Pro (a USB-C to USB-A cable is included).