How to Record Electronic Drums in GarageBand iOS



This video shows you how to record Electronic Drums (E-drums) into GarageBand on iPad or iPhone. Using a midi cable, GarageBand and edrums, you’ll be able to make music in your home studio easily, even if the Midi doesn’t line up properly.
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▶Equipment Used in this video:◀
M-Audio Uno Midi :
USB to lightning connector with charge port:
Anker 4 port USB 3 Hub:…

28 thoughts on “How to Record Electronic Drums in GarageBand iOS

  1. Thanks for this, really interesting but seems incredibly labour intensive, I'm just looking to record my electronic drums as they are onto my Mac to match up to a guitar track a friend has sent me. Do i need something better than garageBand?

  2. Any way to set it up so you can assign the snare sound to the specific pad so you can hear it while you play? All my pads work for monitoring while playing besides my snare and kick. i can move it around post recording like you did but is there a way to get the sounds to register as i play? i have the same exact kit as you and I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. Thanks!

  3. Can you adjust the midi notes in your module to match up to that what garageband uses? So you don't have to do all the post rearranging? I think I read somewhere that the midi setup in GB is GM Standard? I have had an ipad since last Christmas. I tried once to import the midi notes that I recorded in my DAW it showed up like yours in the video I just for some reason couldn't get it to sound or work right? I am using an older dtxpress3 so I would have a similar setup if I get a camera connection. Great video by the way!!

  4. I'm having latency issues…wondering if the older processor and ram on my Air 2 can't handle recording a full 4 minute song in real time? Anyone else have latency and hit drops/late registers? I'm using a Roland TD-1 and an Ipad Air 2 with a midi cable to Ipad camera(usb) adapter

  5. Well,this is a great help.But here's an easier way to record the drums,using our PocketDrum and record it from phone's built-in recording function

  6. Fascinating, didn’t know this was possible. My drummer has an electronic kit. I have a home recording setup with a presonus interface, camera adapter etc that I use for my iPhone. Will he be able to record his drums into my iPhone /interface without knowledge of the drum recording aspects etc? What I mean is, is it self explanatory,!and just records the track, or is it more complex than say, recording a guitar or vocal track? (As you can see I lack knowledge on this) . Thanks!!

  7. A problem I am having is that the hi-hat pedal is like all other pads – in that if I push it down, the pedal makes the open hi-hat sound and if I lift my foot it does nothing. Then with the hi-hat itself just always plays the closed sound. I've tried mapping both to the same pad number, setting the pedal to 00 on the drums themselves (so in a way trying to unassign as a pad) but nothing works. Anyone else have this issue and know how to fix?

    EDIT: I have noticed that the 3 states of the hi-hat each have a MIDI number assigned to them. So you have one for hi-hat with foot off pedal, then if I press the pedal the number changes for use with the closing sound, and one more for hitting the hit hat with the pedal closed; never noticed that before. Hope that helps anyone.

  8. Once you have your MIDI data mapped in the garageband project, does it remember it when you record other takes on that track? And when you’re monitoring from the headphone jack on an iPad or MacBook, does it monitor the mapped sounds after mapping it that first time? I also didn’t see a link to your other vid on getting the sounds from your electric kit loaded as a sample pack into garageband. Would LOVE to see that. Thanks for the vid! I think this will get me up and running

  9. This is a great help. I’m just venturing into getting an electric drum set and wondered if I could use my iPad Pro’s garage band. Thank you for sharing. It’s certainly inspired me more.

  10. Great video, first thank you very much. But I have a problem, I have same drum kit Yamaha dtxplorer and when I tried to record with midi-usb cable on garageband like you, some (nearly all) notes are too long on garageband. Actually when recording it seems normal but when I stop recording some notes goes to the end of the record. Sounds are fine but it becomes very hard to edit. If you have any idea, I would be great

  11. too bad you didn't have the camera on the iOS app screen when you hit "this song" did you say? then you touched "acoustic drums" having an issue getting the Roland TD11 to talk to the iphonexr garageband app.. trying to convey this info to a 3rd party over text so she can get her Roland recording in her garageband iOS app…

  12. Im having an issue where my ipad will record the drums and seem to receive midi data for about 10-15 seconds and then it just drops out and wont read the shots anymore. I bought a brand new midi cord, camera conversion kit and my e-kit is brand new out of the box. any experience with this issue?

  13. Great video! Getting my first electronic set, Roland TD17, next week. I have been using Garageband for a few years now. Is it possible to do this with the Iphone Garageband app??

  14. Hey thanks for the video
    i hope u can help me with smth
    i conect my drums to my macbook and use garageband to record
    it works fine but theres only one problem. Garageband does not recognise when i open or close my hi-hat. it just sounds open all the time
    i have an alesis turbo kit

  15. What's up Champ 😎? If you remember from our last conversation I'm learning , your definitely speaking Greek to me lol …. But I am learning. Thanks so much for the knowledge and stay safe 👍

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