Yes, how does this keep popping up and people keep forgetting? I think we should include it in the sticky FAQ
ALSO, for those who get the lightning to USB B connector Ill give you two tips:
1)Get FracPad III -
@AlGrenadine mad props for de compiling and rewriting....unless you wrote from scratch, then thats even sicker, its a great tool if you are going to use your lighting to uSB B for any REAL work on your ipad (pro; and i say ipad pro because running garage band and another DAW takes up ALL the resources of the iPad Pro, so maybe it’ll work on newer iPads from 2019 and on but i think you need the ram from pro for the NEXT thing
2)As awesome as FracPad Is, its really another tool in an ipad arsenal. NOW Here is a trick to record with your AXe III directly to your ipad (assuming you have a DAW from steinberg or something, or if you have another expensive DAW like Auria pro,which is the best i saw)
anyway:
You can actually directly input to your (iphone or even better,) your ipad Pro using GARAGE BAND
What you must do is obviously have your axe 3 connected, and open up garage band app
Go to Audio Recorder>Instrument and you should see that the axe iii is now sending sound to your ipad/garage band
by this time, the audio levels should register. Apple was good in having garage band recognized /driver compatibility....
You can stop there, and either record some riffs or a song if you use the drummer/drum VST......
or if like i said you have a paid DAW, like i spent $50 for Auria Pro after researching all the DAWs out there, and while it didnt allow direct recording(recognizition of the axe iii drivers for whatever reason, which is disappointing for the best DAW for Apple) i found out HOW to record PROFESSIONAL quality tracks, and since I have bought the metal drums VST (yep, can you beleive, they have 2 METAL DRUMS VST, with 14 METAL drum kits, mind you they are not crazy better than lets say the newest Guitar Pro, they have some really nice kits, so if you combine two drum kits, you can get close to what you want, and you can input midi too) i can do a whole song from my iPad Pro.....not efficient or desirable, but most importantly, its possible
Open your other DAW and go back to garage band
while the instrument track is open, Go to the top right wrench(setting) and click advanced> Run in background and use with Music apps
Then go back to instrument and click on the little input TRS cable...
go to inter app audio>Select instrument>select where you want to send/bus the Aux instrument now
Open back up your DAW and then select Garage Band Instrument Aux 1 (or wherever you want to send it)
NOW this is assuming you are using a REAL DAW like Cubasis or the best one, Auria Pro!!!
