Apple's GarageBand puts a music studio right on your Mac, giving both musicians and the musically challenged a broad range of powerful tools you can use to create and edit songs. Pros Quick to get started: To start creating a song, pick a project template. You can go with a blank template or choose one tailored to a style or instrument (such as hip hop or guitar). For finer control over the project, you can pick a tempo and set key and time signatures as well as input and output devices. Lay down your tracks: After setting on a project type, plug in your instrument or mic, and start recording a track. GarageBand comes with an expansive library of sounds and effects to apply to your track to produce the sound you want.

What’s New in Version 10.1.1 • Updates compatibility with GarageBand for iOS and Live Loops projects • Opens Music Memos projects • Supports Logic Remote for.

You can use Apple-created loops or add third-party drum beats and riffs. Cue the drummer: Choose from more than two dozen drum loops from a variety of styles -- from EDM and hip hop to Latin and blues -- and then tweak the loop to get the exact sound you want. For example, you have control over the sound of the kick drum, snare, toms, and hi-hat. Synthesizers: GarageBand also comes with 100 synth sounds designed for EDM and hip hop. As with the drum loops, you can tweak the sounds to match the feel of your tune.

Cons Big files: On initial setup, GarageBand warns you it may take a while to download its starter collection of files. If you want the full collection of patches, drummers, and loops, the file is significantly larger (topping 10GB), so make sure you have the time and space if you want them. A bit of a learning curve: While GarageBand is not a professional-level tool (Apple's Logic Pro X fills that spot), it is a deep music-creation program that takes some time to get comfortable with. Bottom Line GarageBand for Mac offers a wealth of tools for creating, editing, and fine-tuning your music. While it's not a professional tool like Logic Pro X, its abilities must not be underestimated.

From GarageBand is the easiest way to record and create great-sounding songs on your Mac. 3d War Chess For Windows 7. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls. Crank up the bottom end with brand-new bass amps, or mix and match electric guitar amps, cabinets, and pedals with Amp Designer and Pedalboard. Control GarageBand and play any software instrument wirelessly on your iPad using the Logic Remote app. Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects updated across multiple Mac computers, or even import GarageBand for iOS songs directly from iCloud.

Garagebande users, uncle steve left a goodie in your software update box last night! Garageband 1.1. Addresses a few issues and adds a few oft-requested features that may interest you. According to the announcement, the update: fixes stability issues and rewire issues; allows per-track echo effects; allows you to store loop libraries wherever you like; allows import of unprotected aac files, aif files, and mp3 files; allows you to drag entire tracks in the timeline; allows you to adjust the timing; allows you to move garageband songs between computers; and offers help support. The import changes and ability to change the location of the loop libraries are huge improvements for which many were clamoring. So how 'bout it?

Are you a garageband junkie? I invite you to post a link to some of your stuff here. I don't have any yet, but i will soon. For now, gear up with software update, or by going directly to the. User comments 182 comment(s) if it's only becomes available for xp (10:16am est tue may 18 2004) then i'd buy it, but i ain't buying a mac just for that application. – by mmkay ha ha ha (10:47am est tue may 18 2004) is this for garage 'music'?

Cos it is so crap – by yah i wish (10:58am est tue may 18 2004) i had it back when i was younger when my friends and i were getting together and playing music. Still, the old reel to reel did ok. I bet this will double as a mixer too, anyone know? – by regulas envy (11:12am est tue may 18 2004) ha ha ha (10:47am est tue may 18 2004) is this for garage 'music'? Cos it is so crap – by yah.

Yeah crap lol have a listen to some creations here: very good for a free app whats the xp equivalent?? – by fu monkey boy mixer too! (11:14am est tue may 18 2004) you can hook up a midi keyboard.

Or guitar and lay down tracks, one at a time, also vocals. You then can mix with the existing loops, and loops, from other sources, added for background and create multi-track “songs”.

These are then exported to itunes. The only limit is caused by the cpu (g4/g5), the amount of ram and the size of your available hd space. – by rgmac that and much more (11:16am est tue may 18 2004) yah, you're obviously not informed about this app. Regulas- it does mixing and a lot more.