Recording iOS synths in desktop DAW

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This question may have been posted a zillion times but I can't find what I'm looking for so feel free to roll your eyes.

I am trying to record an iOS synth (Sunrizer) in either Ableton Live Lite or GarageBand (both on my Mac Mini). Sunrizer is a great little synth and I have created several patches that I would dearly love to use in my projects. I just can't record the buggers!!!!

I have the following hardware:
- Mac Mini (2012)
- Audio Interface (M-Audio M-Track)
- MIDI keyboards (various: Oxygen 8/ M-audio Evolution)
- powered usb hub
- MIDI cables galore
- enough usb cables/connectors etc to start a small retail business

I can connect the ipad synth to MIDI keyboard no problem. When I then connect the keyboard to Audio Interface (via MIDI cable) and the AI to the Mac, I get... Nothing.

If anyone ('ANYONE...?!') has any solutions involving any combination of above hardware/software, I will be forever grateful. I have wasted many hours on this and fear that I may soon be found weeping/rocking in a dark corner.

Anyone..?:confused:
 
You need to figure out how to get the audio out of the ipad, if I understand correctly. Have you tried using the headphone out of the ipad and connecting that to your interface? It sounds like you just have a midi connection from your keyboard to ipad to me....and midi is not audio....it is just control data.
 
This ^^.
You'd need to plug your keyboard into the ipad (via midi) in order to control the synth, but you'd also need an audio output from the ipad to your audio interface in order to record the sound.
 
Thanks for the replies. I will check out connecting the ipad to the AI with headphone jack.
 
I do it using one of those splitter cables (1/8" TRS to RCA white/red) and use RCA to 1/4" mono adapters on that.

Then I run it to some line inputs. The downside is I know there is a mismatch this way, but it's not noisy or anything so it works.

Maybe I'll post a picture later.
 
I do it using one of those splitter cables (1/8" TRS to RCA white/red) and use RCA to 1/4" mono adapters on that.

Then I run it to some line inputs. The downside is I know there is a mismatch this way, but it's not noisy or anything so it works.

Maybe I'll post a picture later.


I'd appreciate a picture, if you get the time!

Cheers,
John
 
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