Hi
I am a tuba player and I recently had the bright idea of using garageband on my ipad/iphone to record some quartets - myself on all 4 parts. I started very bare bones (only the iphone) just to learn the software and managed to make this happen. Of course it sounded awful, but I learned the basics of recording 4 separate parts while using headphones to monitor the music and line everything up. With tuba, even with the recording level on the lowest possible position, most of my notes are distorted. It so happens that I already own an Audio Technica AT-822 stereo mic. So I bought the Tascam iXZ interface so I could adjust recording level and use my mic. This interface plugs into the headphone jack and the unit has a headphone jack so I can monitor. The sound quality is much better - although there is more hiss (is this called signal to noise ratio?) than I would like. But my main issue is that the metronome is now heard in my recording. I keep this going while monitoring to make sure I am together. At first I thought that my mic was picking up the sound through the headphones. But after a bit more experimenting and research, I realize that this is a possible limitation with the type of interface I bought (connected to the headphone jack). Perhaps with all 4 parts going, it will be covered up, but I just don't like it. I figure with a better unit which uses the dock connector, this problem will go away. Plus that hiss may be lessened. I am looking for advice on an interface that is less than $150 - although maybe I could go a bit higher. This is just for fun. I know there are some interfaces designed for IOS, but that really limits me. Am I correct in assuming that any USB interface will work with the proper adapter? I notice that some of the interfaces have only a mono xlr input. Even with my stereo mic, does that mean the music will only come out of one speaker?
Thanks
I am a tuba player and I recently had the bright idea of using garageband on my ipad/iphone to record some quartets - myself on all 4 parts. I started very bare bones (only the iphone) just to learn the software and managed to make this happen. Of course it sounded awful, but I learned the basics of recording 4 separate parts while using headphones to monitor the music and line everything up. With tuba, even with the recording level on the lowest possible position, most of my notes are distorted. It so happens that I already own an Audio Technica AT-822 stereo mic. So I bought the Tascam iXZ interface so I could adjust recording level and use my mic. This interface plugs into the headphone jack and the unit has a headphone jack so I can monitor. The sound quality is much better - although there is more hiss (is this called signal to noise ratio?) than I would like. But my main issue is that the metronome is now heard in my recording. I keep this going while monitoring to make sure I am together. At first I thought that my mic was picking up the sound through the headphones. But after a bit more experimenting and research, I realize that this is a possible limitation with the type of interface I bought (connected to the headphone jack). Perhaps with all 4 parts going, it will be covered up, but I just don't like it. I figure with a better unit which uses the dock connector, this problem will go away. Plus that hiss may be lessened. I am looking for advice on an interface that is less than $150 - although maybe I could go a bit higher. This is just for fun. I know there are some interfaces designed for IOS, but that really limits me. Am I correct in assuming that any USB interface will work with the proper adapter? I notice that some of the interfaces have only a mono xlr input. Even with my stereo mic, does that mean the music will only come out of one speaker?
Thanks
