Achieving a nice balance between your guitar setup and the backing track can sometimes be a challenge.
One way to maybe get a better balance is to run the headphone output of your iPad and laptop into some multimedia speakers. You can pick these up inexpensively, and they usually have a volume control so you can tweak the levels between both rigs.
Hope this helps!
Keep rockin'!
Mike
Keep rockin!
Mike Olekshy
GT Guitar Coach