Garageband Instruments in DP

admultosanos · Post by **admultosanos** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:25 am

Hey all. Does anyone know if you can use Garageband instruments in Digital Performer 5? Or if not can anyone recommend a good guitar instrument pack? Ta

jarok · Post by **jarok** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:33 am

Hi

I found this:

http://www.motu.com/techsupport/technot ... Garageband

Quote:

How do I use my GarageBand instruments with DP?

GarageBand instruments can't be loaded directly in Digital Performer, but you can still use GarageBand along side DP as another instrument.

To route the audio out of GarageBand and back into DP, you'll need Soundflower, which is a freeware audio utility for OS X. Soundflower creates a virtual bus for routing audio between applications. Head to here to download it.

Once Soundflower is installed, follow these steps:
- Open GarageBand, and go its Audio/MIDI Preferences. For Audio Output, choose "Soundflower (2 channel)".
- Load the instrument of your choice in GarageBand.
- In Digital Performer, go to Setup menu > Configure Audio System > Configure Hardware Driver. Select both "Soundflower (2 channel)" and your regular audio driver. Set the Host Buffer Multiplier to 2 and press OK.
- Now go to Setup menu > Interapplication MIDI. Under Outputs, click the Add button (GarageBand will notify you that the number of MIDI inputs has changed -- hit OK). Double-click the output to name it (for example, "To GarageBand").
- Assign your MIDI track to "To GarageBand-1". Record-enable it.
- Create an aux or stereo audio track. Assign its input to "Input Stream #1 1-2", and its output to the stereo output you monitor from (such as "Analog 1-2").
- You should now be able to hear your GarageBand instrument through DP. You can now add effects through DP's mixing board if you'd like.
- If you'd like to record the instrument as audio in DP, create a new stereo audio track and assign its input and output the same as your aux track.

You can also download PDF instructions there.

jarok

admultosanos · Post by **admultosanos** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:28 am

Thanks very much!

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:34 am

Nice one, J.

M

spirit · Post by **spirit** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:18 pm

Can Soundflower route more than 2 channels of audio simultaneously?
Would it work with Logic as well as garage band?
If so then wouldn't it make it possible to use EXS24? (as well as other Logic instruments?)

glsimonsen · Post by **glsimonsen** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:15 pm

the current issue of Virtual Instruments mag has an article on using Soundflower w/ Logic and 16 channels. read it at borders for free.