Recording good sounding guitar tones

So I'm trying to record my guitar through an irig adapter in GarageBand on my iPad and all of the crunchy and distorted tones sound kind of crappy. Is there a trick or technique to getting the right tone? I've heard all of this hype about how great the amp emulators are in GarageBand and I'm rather disappointed with what I'm getting. Thanks.

Hi Chris. The best way to do post recording processing of your vocals is to record them separately. This will ensure that you have just the vocals to work with and no guitar 'bleeding' into the vocal track. This can sometimes be a frustrating process for a guitarist/singer who is used to holding/playing an instrument while singing. Depending on your equipment, you may be able to get away with not using a mixer or audio interface as you will be recording only 1 track at a time. (A list of your gear and description of how you use it would be very helpful).
Once you have tracked your guitar and vocals separately, you can then add some effects. With a basic guitar & vocal project you can typically do 1 of two things. With the 'Master Track' tab highlighted you can add some of the Reverb effect to the whole project. Reverb is the effect that will give you the sense you are sing "in a bathroom" or a larger room. Experiment with the amount.
The other option is to selectively add reverb to you individual tracks. This allows you to set differing amounts for the vocals vs the guitar. Presumably you have used the "Real Instrument' option to record your vocals. With that tab selected (next to the Master Track tab) and the actual track channel you used to record your vocals highlighted/chosen, chose the edit tab in the info pane. At the bottom you will see a Reverb option/slider. Alternatively if you have a third party reverb AU you can click an empty slot and load it for use on the track.
Hope that helps.

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