So, I kind of have a lot of questions about recording music using an iPhone. The Yamaha keyboards I've been looking at have some impressive sounds. I would like to know if there's a way to connect the keyboard with my iPhone and have the keyboard's sound be recorded, not another sound from the app being used to create the music, such as Garage Band--I mean recording, for example, the flute sound that comes with the keyboard. The reason I ask this is because a few of the keyboards have soundpacks that you can download and add to the keyboard via special cards or some such, and if I'm paying for those soundpacks, I'd like to be able to record them with my iPhone. And I'd like to get a cleaner sound by hooking the iPhone up to the keyboard directly, preferably not via the headphone jack, as I've heard that can produce less-than good results, and not by placing the phone next to the keyboard and using an app like DropVox. Can using some kind of MIDI interface between the phone and keyboard accomplish what I want? I know almost nothing about MIDI, so I'm not even sure if I'm on the right track.
Would there also be a way to record instruments that are provided by Garage band, and just use the keyboard to play them, instead of recording the sounds that come with the keyboard? That's kind of the opposite of what I want to do in the above paragraph. If I'm recording the sound of the keyboard with my iPhone, will I be able to still hear the keyboard through its speakers or plugged in headphones, so I can get immediate feedback about mistakes I might make? Same question goes for recording instruments that come with Garage band while just using the keyboard to play them. What would be a good recording app for this purpose? Eventually, I'd like to be able to record multiple tracks, for having different instruments, and then put them all together to make a song. I'm a very long ways away from doing any of thes--but I'd like to know some of these things, so I can make a more informed decision when shopping for a keyboard. And on that note, for people who've gotten keyboards to do what I'm wanting to do, how do you find all the menus on them? Are they still using actual buttons, or have they all gone to (most-likely) inaccessible touchscreens? Are their manuals that lay out the menu structures in detail? Or manuals that give you a good idea of the physical layout? Thanks, Ari -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
