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Playing back Apple Music at reduced volume
Hi,
I am considering buying AudioBus (I already have AUM, which I bought trying to achieve a similar purpose and couldn’t find a way...) to solve a particular challenge:
I play guitar through the iPad (using Overloud TH-U specifically) and I have backing tracks I want to play over from Apple Music (streaming). My interface is an IK Multimedia I-Rig HD USB interface with a physical volume control.
The fundamental problem I have is that I can’t control the volume of the Apple Music playback independently of the system volume. With the iRig connected there is no system volume software control at all (since the device has a physical volume wheel). And if I push the volume up on the software amp plugin then I just get clipping. Hence I can’t hear my guitar clearly over the backing track.
I read about an app called Music2Bus but it doesn’t appear to be available anymore (at least not here in the U.K.).
Is there some other way to attenuate the volume coming out of the Music app without turning down the system volume?
(I can do this with the AUM File Player for an MP3 file but not DRM’d Apple Music stuff)
Comments
Have you checked under Settings > Apple Music > Volume Limit? Or does that kill more than just Apple Music volume?
That’s an interesting idea. But I can’t find such a setting. Which actually surprises me.
I think you’ll have to record to a file and playback in AUM or Cubasis or equivalent. AU Tube works great but might not have your backing tracks for streaming. If your interface has another input, you could input from you phone.