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Nov 12, 2017  How the heck do you export songs from GarageBand on an iPhone?!?! I finally figured it out!!! This was driving me crazy so I decided to make a video tutorial in. Nov 13, 2018 How to share/export your GarageBand iOS projects (iPhone/iPad) Once you have finished your song in GarageBand iOS, you may want to share or backup the project file so you can come back and remix.

Want to save Podcast or music you created as mp3 to share it further? For this, you need to learn how to save GarageBand as mp3. This article will provide you steps in detail to convert GarageBand to mp3.

Methods of music creation have changed drastically these days with the advent of technology, like GarageBand. It helps the users to create multiple tracks with the help of inbuilt MIDI keyboards, loops, voice recordings, and other instrumental effects. After recording and mixing, you can easily listen to it on this platform. However, if you want to play the music file with other common audio applications, then it is necessary to export GarageBand to mp3 or other formats.

The reason behind this is that by default GarageBand saves the music file as m4r which is not supported by other music applications. If you don’t know how to save GarageBand as mp3, don’t worry, here in this article, we will show you shared steps and methods to convert GarageBand to mp3. Now follow these steps to export GarageBand to mp3.

How to Save GarageBand as MP3

Step 1: Save the File

When you have completed your podcast, click on the File menu and select Save. This ensures that all your files of recordings are saved and you are able to edit them further.

How to Save GarageBand as MP3 – Save the File

Step 2: Share the File

Click on Share and then select an Export Song to Disk. You can then change the name, location and select the file format. Choose to export GarageBand as mp3.

Step 3: Converting to MP3

Select the Export button Once you are done with the settings and the quality measures of the recording.

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Step 4: Store and Share the Converted File

After the completion of the converting progress, now you can easily save and share your mp3 file.

Bonus Tip: How to Create Ringtones for iPhone

Ringtones on iPhone are classic and great, however, the default ringtones are just not enough to express our character, that is why many people are tried many ways to create their own ringtones.

iTunes could be used as a ringtone converter. However, since iTunes 12.7, ringtones are not supported, that is to say now, creating ringtones is an impossible mission with iTunes. Luckily, we have some excellent iTunes alternatives, the most outstanding one is AnyTrans for iOS.

AnyTrans for iOS, developed by iMobie Inc., aims at providing all iOS users the best way to transfer data. While transferring audio files, no matter downloaded songs online, or mp3 files converted from GarageBand, AnyTrans for iOS offers you the option to convert audio files to ringtones. Now, it has already become thousands of people’s first choice to create ringtones for iOS devices because:

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1. You can convert any audio files in any format on the computer as ringtones.

2. You will no longer be stuck in complicated converting processes. With AnyTrans for iOS, within a few clicks, you can successfully transfer audio files from computer to iPhone iPad iPod as ringtones.

3. You can choose the start time and ringtone length before transferring. That is to say, you can choose your favorite part of the song as a ringtone.

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The Bottom Line

With the above 4 steps, you can easily save GarageBand as mp3. If you want to convert the saved audio files as iPhone ringtones, don’t forget to give AnyTrans for iOS a try! By the way, if you have any questions about this post or AnyTrans for iOS, don’t hesitate to leave comments below.

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in General App Discussion

I now believe it's possible to do this (unless everyone else already knew how to do it and I just couldn't find it).

Garageband Download

Here's what's I've found so far:

Exporting midi from GB on iOS is something heard of lots of people wanting to do, including myself. So I ask, why should it be difficult? Why isn’t a feature?

But since it’s not a feature, why can’t we just reach in and take it for ourselves by force if we must?

I may be missing it but I haven't found the technique yet so I've started to crack things open just a bit. Here's what we can see inside..

..continued on a blog page so I could easily upload related files:
https://groundjuggling.wordpress.com/export-midi-from-ios-garage-band-projects

Comments

  • I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

  • I don't know much about the smart instruments other than to my ear, the violin sounds horrible and airy compared to apps like ThumbJam.

    However, even if they don't rely on midi internally, I wonder if there could be some sort or mapping that could be useful (for the instruments that sound good).

  • @SevenSystems really has found a niche. Comparing many of the DAWs

    Cubasis
    GarageBand
    Gadget

    None of them export Midi!!!

    How to use mixplay. WHY!!!!

  • Doesn’t Cubasis export MIDI? Are you sure?

    Auria Pro does, the option is located in the Menu dialog.

  • @theconnactic said:
    Doesn’t Cubasis export MIDI? Are you sure?

    Auria Pro does, the option is located in the Menu dialog.

    @theconnactic said:
    Doesn’t Cubasis export MIDI? Are you sure?

    Auria Pro does, the option is located in the Menu dialog.

    If it does there’s no option in the share menu. So I’m afraid NOT!

  • @LucidMusicInc said:
    @SevenSystems really has found a niche. Comparing many of the DAWs

    Cubasis
    GarageBand
    Gadget

    None of them export Midi!!!

    WHY!!!!

    Gadget can export midi

    Cubasis can too

    After creating the mixdown just share it.

  • @White said:

    @LucidMusicInc said:
    @SevenSystems really has found a niche. Comparing many of the DAWs

    Cubasis
    GarageBand
    Gadget

    None of them export Midi!!!

    WHY!!!!

    Gadget can export midi

    Cubasis can too

    After creating the mixdown just share it.

    Awesome sauce!

  • @CracklePot said:
    I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

    This app fucks up Garagebands internal timing.. Try and use the Arpeggiator, ba-bow.

    Just a FYI for anyone else thinking of buying it!

  • @BroCoast said:

    @CracklePot said:
    I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

    This app fucks up Garagebands internal timing.. Try and use the Arpeggiator, ba-bow.

    Just a FYI for anyone else thinking of buying it!

    Just tried it.
    What is ba-bow?
    Seems to work fine for me, but I am just going by ear.
    Haven’t looked closely for jitter and whatnot.

  • @CracklePot said:

    @BroCoast said:

    @CracklePot said:
    I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

    This app fucks up Garagebands internal timing.. Try and use the Arpeggiator, ba-bow.

    Just a FYI for anyone else thinking of buying it!

    Just tried it.
    What is ba-bow?
    Seems to work fine for me, but I am just going by ear.
    Haven’t looked closely for jitter and whatnot.

    My bad humour!

    Hmm, I wonder why it messes up GB for me? A few other people have said the same thing.

    It was changing 8th notes to triplets!

  • RouteMIDI plugin is useful. When using it with Gadget for example, midi timing while just playing/monitor is usable. But when you want to record Gadget IAA on an audio track, there will be some important offset and you will find that midi timing is also wrong. So here is the trick: record in real-time GB RouteMIDI output in Gadget sequencer with some quantize, then export to audio from Gadget and import in GarageBand for your mixdowns. Timing will be perfect. This plugin is useful when you want to sequence everything in GB.

  • edited November 2018

    Can Midiflow be used to export MIDI out of GB into Cubasis without using a computer? How? I don't see GB as in its lists. There are videos on Midiflow for Audiobus, etc but none on just Midiflow router app.

  • edited November 2018

    @CracklePot said:
    I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

    I've both RouteMIDI and Midiflow but couldn't figure out how to get MIDI out of GB into Cubasis. I tried RouteMIDI as AU in GB:

    set BG Audio in both apps => On
    GB > Use with Music Apps => On
    GB > Send MIDI Clock => On
    GB > added RouteMIDI as an AU track
    GB > RouteMIDI > set MIDI Out to Cubasis
    matched channels in both apps
    played back the GB project
    tapped Record in Cubasis

    It records just empty events in Cubasis with no notes inside them. How did you export MIDI out of GB? There are no videos on how to use these apps.

  • @MobileMusic said:

    @CracklePot said:
    I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

    I've both RouteMIDI and Midiflow but couldn't figure out how to get MIDI out of GB into Cubasis. I tried RouteMIDI as AU in GB:

    set BG Audio in both apps => On
    GB > Use with Music Apps => On
    GB > Send MIDI Clock => On
    GB > added RouteMIDI as an AU track
    GB > RouteMIDI > set MIDI Out to Cubasis
    matched channels in both apps
    played back the GB project
    tapped Record in Cubasis

    It records just empty events in Cubasis with no notes inside them. How did you export MIDI out of GB? There are no videos on how to use these apps.

    It is working for me. You should hear Cubasis playing back the midi when GB is playing, even before you record.
    Do you have midi data on the track in GB that has RouteMidi loaded on it? I usually record in GB with a piano/kb instrument track to get the midi. Then I make a new track with RouteMidi and copy the midi information to it. It will send that out to your other apps.

  • @CracklePot said:

    @MobileMusic said:

    @CracklePot said:
    I use the RouteMidi plugin to get midi out from regular midi tracks in GB. It doesn’t work for the smart instruments or drummers or drum sequencer though.
    It basically works on the piano/kb type of tracks. Works good for those.

    I've both RouteMIDI and Midiflow but couldn't figure out how to get MIDI out of GB into Cubasis. I tried RouteMIDI as AU in GB:

    set BG Audio in both apps => On
    GB > Use with Music Apps => On
    GB > Send MIDI Clock => On
    GB > added RouteMIDI as an AU track
    GB > RouteMIDI > set MIDI Out to Cubasis
    matched channels in both apps
    played back the GB project
    tapped Record in Cubasis

    It records just empty events in Cubasis with no notes inside them. How did you export MIDI out of GB? There are no videos on how to use these apps.

    It is working for me. You should hear Cubasis playing back the midi when GB is playing, even before you record.
    Do you have midi data on the track in GB that has RouteMidi loaded on it? I usually record in GB with a piano/kb instrument track to get the midi. Then I make a new track with RouteMidi and copy the midi information to it. It will send that out to your other apps.

    LOL, I was thinking it would export the entire project as a single track. I just copied the MIDI data to the RouteMIDI's track and it worked Thanks!

  • I have just emailed the route midi dev about the GB timing issue. I am guessing if it hasn’t been fixed it can’t.

    So I don’t really see the use of Route Midi if the timing is all out. #refundtime

  • @topaz said:
    I have just emailed the route midi dev about the GB timing issue. I am guessing if it hasn’t been fixed it can’t.

    So I don’t really see the use of Route Midi if the timing is all out. #refundtime

    It's fixed, at least the last few times I have used it.

  • edited August 2019

    This draft is from last year - posted now

    @CracklePot said:
    @MobileMusic
    Awesome.
    You’re welcome.

    Holy crap, Apple! They did it again!!

    Since it doesn't work with Smart Instruments, Live Loops, Drummer, etc to export MIDI - I thought I was smart -

    I went into the Piano Roll of a Smart Instrument
    selected all MIDI notes and copied to clipboard
    went into the Piano Roll of an empty region on the RouteMIDI AU track
    and Pasted the MIDI notes !!!!! (not )

    WHERE IS THE PASTE OPTION, Apple??? Did they forget it? They are just MIDI data right - just notes and length - how does it matter if I want to paste them into any instrument's MIDI region using 'Piano Roll'? If I just want to yank out the performance part of it (MIDI data), I could apply any instrument to the track but there is no Paste option in the Piano Roll.

    This should work even with Drummer, etc - they are all just MIDI data - I should be able to copy/paste that data into any other track - it's just data, right? Paste option is available only for the same track's copied MIDI notes.

  • @MobileMusic said:
    This draft is from last year - posted now

    @CracklePot said:
    @MobileMusic
    Awesome.
    You’re welcome.

    Holy crap, Apple! They did it again!!

    Since it doesn't work with Smart Instruments, Live Loops, Drummer, etc to export MIDI - I thought I was smart -

    I went into the Piano Roll of a Smart Instrument
    selected all MIDI notes and copied to clipboard
    went into the Piano Roll of an empty region on the RouteMIDI AU track
    and Pasted the MIDI notes !!!!! (not )

    WHERE IS THE PASTE OPTION, Apple??? Did they forget it? They are just MIDI data right - just notes and length - how does it matter if I want to paste them into any instrument's MIDI region using 'Piano Roll'? If I just want to yank out the performance part of it (MIDI data), I could apply any instrument to the track but there is no Paste option in the Piano Roll.

    This should work even with Drummer, etc - they are all just MIDI data - I should be able to copy/paste that data into any other track - it's just data, right? Paste option is available only for the same track's copied MIDI notes.

    Yeah I found the same a year ago.
    That’s why I specifically recommended using the piano/keyboard instrument to create the Midi data, and not a Smart Instrument.
    It seems that only the piano in GB is using general Midi, and everything else uses some GB data format or Audio.
    Sorry if I caused you any confusion.

  • edited August 2019

    @CracklePot said:

    @MobileMusic said:
    This draft is from last year - posted now

    @CracklePot said:
    @MobileMusic
    Awesome.
    You’re welcome.

    Holy crap, Apple! They did it again!!

    Since it doesn't work with Smart Instruments, Live Loops, Drummer, etc to export MIDI - I thought I was smart -

    I went into the Piano Roll of a Smart Instrument
    selected all MIDI notes and copied to clipboard
    went into the Piano Roll of an empty region on the RouteMIDI AU track
    and Pasted the MIDI notes !!!!! (not )

    WHERE IS THE PASTE OPTION, Apple??? Did they forget it? They are just MIDI data right - just notes and length - how does it matter if I want to paste them into any instrument's MIDI region using 'Piano Roll'? If I just want to yank out the performance part of it (MIDI data), I could apply any instrument to the track but there is no Paste option in the Piano Roll.

    This should work even with Drummer, etc - they are all just MIDI data - I should be able to copy/paste that data into any other track - it's just data, right? Paste option is available only for the same track's copied MIDI notes.

    Yeah I found the same a year ago.
    That’s why I specifically recommended using the piano/keyboard instrument to create the Midi data, and not a Smart Instrument.
    It seems that only the piano in GB is using general Midi, and everything else uses some GB data format or Audio.
    Sorry if I caused you any confusion.

    It doesn’t seem like a proprietary data format but just that the Paste option is missing! They look like any other MIDI data - editable, drawable, deletable, copy-able but not paste-able across instruments

    I tried Smart Instrument to Piano and Piano to Smart instrument - Paste option is missing either way even though it is allowing to copy data. Paste is possible only within the same instrument. This is dumb on Apple’s part. If I can copy paste data from one instrument into another, what is Apple going to lose? Maybe it would sound different based on target instrument (that’s how MIDI data works) but that’s my problem.

  • Nope, timing is still way off and state not saved.

    @BroCoast said:

    @topaz said:
    I have just emailed the route midi dev about the GB timing issue. I am guessing if it hasn’t been fixed it can’t.

    So I don’t really see the use of Route Midi if the timing is all out. #refundtime

    It's fixed, at least the last few times I have used it.

    @BroCoast said:

    @topaz said:
    I have just emailed the route midi dev about the GB timing issue. I am guessing if it hasn’t been fixed it can’t.

    So I don’t really see the use of Route Midi if the timing is all out. #refundtime

    It's fixed, at least the last few times I have used it.

  • @topaz said:
    Nope, timing is still way off and state not saved.

    @BroCoast said:

    @topaz said:
    I have just emailed the route midi dev about the GB timing issue. I am guessing if it hasn’t been fixed it can’t.

    So I don’t really see the use of Route Midi if the timing is all out. #refundtime

    It's fixed, at least the last few times I have used it.

    @BroCoast said:

    @topaz said:
    I have just emailed the route midi dev about the GB timing issue. I am guessing if it hasn’t been fixed it can’t.

    So I don’t really see the use of Route Midi if the timing is all out. #refundtime

    It's fixed, at least the last few times I have used it.

    Hmm, well I was able to get MIDI out of Garageband via MIDI clock sync to Xequence 2 with RouteMIDI a few weeks ago.

    I do remember RouteMIDI breaking the timing in Garageband a few times back when I first bought it, but since I last uninstalled/reinstalled it's been fine.

  • @MobileMusic said:

    @CracklePot said:

    @MobileMusic said:
    This draft is from last year - posted now

    @CracklePot said:
    @MobileMusic
    Awesome.
    You’re welcome.

    Holy crap, Apple! They did it again!!

    Since it doesn't work with Smart Instruments, Live Loops, Drummer, etc to export MIDI - I thought I was smart -

    I went into the Piano Roll of a Smart Instrument
    selected all MIDI notes and copied to clipboard
    went into the Piano Roll of an empty region on the RouteMIDI AU track
    and Pasted the MIDI notes !!!!! (not )

    WHERE IS THE PASTE OPTION, Apple??? Did they forget it? They are just MIDI data right - just notes and length - how does it matter if I want to paste them into any instrument's MIDI region using 'Piano Roll'? If I just want to yank out the performance part of it (MIDI data), I could apply any instrument to the track but there is no Paste option in the Piano Roll.

    This should work even with Drummer, etc - they are all just MIDI data - I should be able to copy/paste that data into any other track - it's just data, right? Paste option is available only for the same track's copied MIDI notes.

    Yeah I found the same a year ago.
    That’s why I specifically recommended using the piano/keyboard instrument to create the Midi data, and not a Smart Instrument.
    It seems that only the piano in GB is using general Midi, and everything else uses some GB data format or Audio.
    Sorry if I caused you any confusion.

    It doesn’t seem like a proprietary data format but just that the Paste option is missing! They look like any other MIDI data - editable, drawable, deletable, copy-able but not paste-able across instruments

    I tried Smart Instrument to Piano and Piano to Smart instrument - Paste option is missing either way even though it is allowing to copy data. Paste is possible only within the same instrument. This is dumb on Apple’s part. If I can copy paste data from one instrument into another, what is Apple going to lose? Maybe it would sound different based on target instrument (that’s how MIDI data works) but that’s my problem.

    Yeah, I totally agree with you here.
    I was just giving Apple the benefit of the doubt, but it just as likely that they are just being weirdly restrictive.

    To make it more confusing, most of the Smart Instruments can be selected as the sound presets on the Piano, and sound pretty much the same when played with Midi data.

  • Just tried again after reinstall, timing is way out.

  • @topaz said:
    Just tried again after reinstall, timing is way out.

    I did a little testing as well.
    I find that the main problem is everything is early when you record the audio back into GB, but even when you try to line up the audio with the original midi, there seems to be jitter in the timing in the recorded audio.

    If you aren’t using any external Midi FX processing, but just playing an instrument in AUM and recording audio back into GB, you could just load the instrument directly in GB, copy the Midi to its track, and use the merge tracks function to freeze the instrument track.

  • Will test but it would be nice if the dev could fix the save state as well as some kind of offset.

  • @MobileMusic said:

    @CracklePot said:

    @MobileMusic said:
    This draft is from last year - posted now

    @CracklePot said:
    @MobileMusic
    Awesome.
    You’re welcome.

    Holy crap, Apple! They did it again!!

    Since it doesn't work with Smart Instruments, Live Loops, Drummer, etc to export MIDI - I thought I was smart -

    I went into the Piano Roll of a Smart Instrument
    selected all MIDI notes and copied to clipboard
    went into the Piano Roll of an empty region on the RouteMIDI AU track
    and Pasted the MIDI notes !!!!! (not )

    WHERE IS THE PASTE OPTION, Apple??? Did they forget it? They are just MIDI data right - just notes and length - how does it matter if I want to paste them into any instrument's MIDI region using 'Piano Roll'? If I just want to yank out the performance part of it (MIDI data), I could apply any instrument to the track but there is no Paste option in the Piano Roll.

    This should work even with Drummer, etc - they are all just MIDI data - I should be able to copy/paste that data into any other track - it's just data, right? Paste option is available only for the same track's copied MIDI notes.

    Yeah I found the same a year ago.
    That’s why I specifically recommended using the piano/keyboard instrument to create the Midi data, and not a Smart Instrument.
    It seems that only the piano in GB is using general Midi, and everything else uses some GB data format or Audio.
    Sorry if I caused you any confusion.

    It doesn’t seem like a proprietary data format but just that the Paste option is missing! They look like any other MIDI data - editable, drawable, deletable, copy-able but not paste-able across instruments

    I tried Smart Instrument to Piano and Piano to Smart instrument - Paste option is missing either way even though it is allowing to copy data. Paste is possible only within the same instrument. This is dumb on Apple’s part. If I can copy paste data from one instrument into another, what is Apple going to lose? Maybe it would sound different based on target instrument (that’s how MIDI data works) but that’s my problem.

    For the smart instrument, all you need to do is always use the keyboard section, instead of the others for your instruments. All the sounds are there, so you can reuse the MIDI information if you create another keyboard layer.