Using garageband as a sampler

Is there anyway to use garageband as a Sampler?
what equipment is going to be needed?
Also i am trying to record my bass into garageband
do i need a usb audio interface?

do i need a usb audio interface?
maybe. before you spend any real money, buy a cheap ($5) adaptor to plug your 1/4" guitar cable into the 1/8" jack on your Mac. Then decide of the sound you get is acceptable to you.
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#pluginguitar

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I'm using GarageBand 10.0.1. Do the built-in drum tracks only come in mono format, or is it possible to make them true stereo (i.e. Left and Right channels outputing different signals, to sound like the kit has been panned across the stereo field)?

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All the Drum Kits available for GarageBand are mixed in stereo.
Logic provides the same 18 Drum Kits also as "Producer Kits", which are multi-track outputs,. Each Drum Kit Piece (Kick, Snare, HH, etc) and also room mice and overheads are routed to individual channel strips.
Here is a screenshot of one Drum Kit in Logic Pro X with individual Channels Strips. Each Channel Strip can be loaded with individual effects (compressor) and adduced with individual sends, etc.
What that means is that all the Drummers are professionally recorded and sampled with individual mics. The Stereo Drums Kits are just "stereo mix-downs" for easier handling and less CPU demand. I explain all the details about the Drummer ecosystem in my graphically enhanced manual "GarageBand X - How it Works"
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http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/
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How do I use GarageBand as a amp/speaker to listen to my Electronic Drum set? I have a MIDI-USB cord already but I can't figure out how to listen to my set through the software using my computer speakers?

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If you want to listen to the sounds of your drum set, you should use an audio cable and connect it to the computer's line-in, then create a real instrument track.
If you use a Midi/USB interface, you'll have to create a software instrument track and select one of GB's drumsets as the instrument. Hopefully your drumset's midi notes are mapped to the right sounds in GB.

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This definitely has me stumped as I'm unsure as to why your guitar can be heard, but with none of the channel strips plugins applied to the sound.
On the record enabled channel strip that contains your guitar input, is the "I" button located near the "R" active? Also, if you record your guitar, can you hear the FX applied to it when you play back the recorded track?

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I just bought a copy of iLife 09 because GarageBand is very user-friendly when it comes to recording podcasts.
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We have 30 ipads at our school and it is great. We are about 850 student on my school and everyone are using the ipads. One hour at the time. (we have a booking system.) I teach music and are using Garageband. I need to find away were my students that

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See this link: GarageBand for iPad: Get answers fast http://help.apple.com/garageband/ipad/1.2/index.html#chsec12c387
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Charlene7 wrote:
I was wondering if it is possible to take out the vocals in a song/track using garageband???
no:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#removevocals
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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