iPad and iPhone For Musicians For Dummies

Chapter 15

Working with Multiple Apps Together

In This Chapter

Running audio apps in the background

Moving audio from one app to another

Managing audio tracks using AudioCopy

Your iPhone or iPad may look like it’s only running one app at a time, but that point of view hides what’s really going on in the background. At any moment, your apps may be working in the background, taking in additional data or monitoring your location to provide assistance when you call on the app again. Or, in the case of audio, you could be playing several different audio apps at the same time. You can work with an app in the foreground, but apps can also function in the background.

This chapter takes a look at how you can use multiple audio apps at the same time using background audio. You also see how you can take the audio generated by one device and move it to another via the AudioCopy app. Don’t limit yourself to just one app at a time — make the most of what your iOS device can do!

Using Background Audio

We guarantee you’ve already used background audio before. Even if you never enabled a specific setting in your iPhone or iPad allowing background audio to function, this feature makes ...