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Independent Volume Control of multiple background apps?
Hi all - sorry if this is a basic question but is audiobus able to control individual audio app volume independently?
Cheers,
Will
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Audio Bus doesn't control volume. It's a way of connecting apps together through audio and MIDI.
Understood thanks. Is there any app that could for example allow me to control the volume of an audio app (e.g. BIAS FX) and YouTube independently?
Take a look at MiMiX: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mimix-mixer-for-audiobus/id931404307?mt=8
Maybe that's what you need
@ Murmur2k What kind of volume do you need?
@yug thanks that looks exactly it but now I realize that YouTube ofcourse isn't audiobus compatible.
@mkell424 I'm just looking to jam along on guitar to YouTube videos and be able to control the levels of the two audio sources e.g. the guitar is quieter than the video I want to adjust
I'm guessing you have an irig that goes through the headphone jack??
@solador78 I'm using a Focusrite iTrack Dock
Why note just use the preamp (guitar input) and volume control (youtube output) on the idock and the volume control (guitar output) within jamup or whatever amp you're using?
MiMix worked great + you can control the channels per MIDI
:-)
One way if you have a ultichannel interface (say, Focusrite 2i4) s the run the main audio out and back in to the inut, then route that through Auiobis into MiMix, and send your final output through chanels 3&4. MiMix can do this.
You don't need audiobus, mimix or anything special to do this. the idock on its own is more than capable.
I think the issue is controlled mixing of YouTube videos' audio with synths. ?:) If not, MIDI CC#7 on each synth's channel is sufficient, even without AB and MiMix. But tweakier.
Thanks for everybody's comments - I'm not entirely sure I can control this.. my guitar audio is quieter than the YT video. I can't increase the guitar input volume much on the iTrack because I want it at a specific level without any distortion. Same applies for the BiasFX/JamUp output - if I increase that it will also distort. Unless I'm mistaken, the iPad has a single global volume for both YT and BiasFX.
Stick an EQ at the end of your chain in Bias FX and use the gain.
Buy the MP3 of the song, and bring it into Audioshare, which has its own volume control that can used to pad the music level down.
Anyone have an answer yet? I am using a focusrite iTrack Solo running into the ipad via lightning connector. I am looking to adjust the volume of audio playing through Safari INDEPENDENTLY of my guitar signal being mixed in JamUp Pro(I am doing online courses for guitar via Safari).
I have downloaded both audiobus 3 and MiMix but can't figure out how to do this as Safari is not supported.
Furthermore, I'm wondering if i should take my iTrack Solo back and get a 2i2 instead as i would possibly like to use this setup live at some point.
Safari is not supported in any audio apps, as apple doesent want you to do that, so it cant be done with it directly. You would need an extra ios device for safari, that has all of its audio output routed to a different ios device, and its input from the other ios device routed to AUM where you would control its volume independently of jamup running on that ipad as well.
edit. ofc you could adjust the volume on the player making the sound in safari, but i assume this isnt what you are looking for since its so obvious
Check out AUM.
Yea the player volume doesn't do anything in safari, so that is no help unfortunately. I'm not really wanting to drop $25 on AUM either if it won't work. I guess i will just have to make do with the volume differences.
May not have been so at the time of your question, but now AB3 contains a mixer that allows to set volume independently
Yes, AUM too ;-)
So i was able to get a bit of control by routing jamup into MiMix via Audiobus 3. I set JamUp as the input and MiMix as the output in Audiobus and was able to crank up my guitar a bit louder through that. It's not ideal but definitely makes it more useable...hope this helps someone
THIS totally does it:
Tube AU by Mani Consulting Limited Company
Hmmm? Maybe the link doesn't work? I don't know if I have to do HTML tricks here. Not into it. Anyhows: it's called Tube AU, it's in the App Store, and it totally does this trick that otherwise really hasn't been possible, AFAIK...
Ahhh if you find a solution let us know.
If you can find a way to route Spotify or YouTube
through AUM or Audiobus that would be great
otherwise you have to turn up the volumes
coming out of AUM and AB3 which simply distorts
which ruins the playing experience.