What iPad app can I get for my Luddite child to record in harmony?
June 14, 2014 7:23 PM   Subscribe

I'm listening to my 10-year-old daughter use two old iPhones (A and B) to record herself in four-part harmony. She records on A, then plays that while singing the second part and recording on B, then plays that on B while singing the third part and recording on A again. Surely this can be done on a single iPad, with better fidelity.

I'd love to get an app for the iPad that she can use to make these recordings on a single machine. Ideally it would have simple-to-understand controls, because she goes to a Waldorf school and has very little technological exposure.

I assume I should also get her a microphone? Anything else?
posted by Capri to Technology (5 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: I can't think of any reason not to start with GarageBand.
posted by bcwinters at 7:28 PM on June 14, 2014 [11 favorites]


Have you checked out loopy? I don't know if it'll fit your needs exactly, but I remembered seeing it on Kimmel.
posted by palionex at 8:05 PM on June 14, 2014 [2 favorites]


Nthing Garageband but want to add...your daughter is showing some really tremendous creative thinking skills and should be wildly applauded for this!
posted by kinetic at 5:26 AM on June 15, 2014 [18 favorites]


Garageband by a mile, and yes, keep on improvising and experimenting like that.
posted by monospace at 5:58 PM on June 15, 2014


Response by poster: I've set up GarageBand, and she loves it. I bought her headphones too, and showed her Apple's Esa Pekka Salonen ad. She's now working on a cello quintet from the Portland Cello Project, and is excited that she'll be able to play all five parts and hear it.

And I passed on kinetic's comment, which made her blush. Thanks for making my kid's day.
posted by Capri at 10:19 AM on June 16, 2014 [1 favorite]


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