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Play the Keyboard in GarageBand for iPad. Using the Keyboard Touch Instrument, you can play different keyboards, including grand piano, electric piano, organ, clavinet, and synthesizer, by tapping the keys. You can choose a keyboard sound, move higher or lower on the keyboard, hold notes, and change the keyboard layout and size. This is not to say that GarageBand for iPad is frivolous or dumbed down. The app itself is quite a large download, owing to its wide variety of included virtual instruments.
The world is your stage. This is your instrument.
GarageBand for iOS makes it incredibly simple to play, record and share your music, no matter where you are. Tap into a wide range of instruments from around the world. And now with the Sound Library, you can choose and download more free instrument and loop packs when new sounds are released, to help you easily craft songs in your favourite styles — all directly from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Download GarageBand for iOSPlay Make music. With or without an instrument.
The moment you launch GarageBand, you can start making music. Play stunningly realistic Touch Instruments, instantly build big beats and create music like a DJ — all with just a few taps. The all-new Sound Library lets you explore and download sound packs tailored to help you build your tracks with just the right elements for the style you want.
Live Loops makes it fun and easy to create electronic music. Simply tap cells and columns in the grid to trigger musical loops and then build your own original arrangements. You can even use Remix FX to add creative, DJ‑style transitions with Multi‑Touch gestures or by just moving your iOS device.
If you can tap, you can play.
GarageBand comes with beautiful and highly expressive Touch Instruments that sound and respond just like the real thing. Play keyboards, guitars and bass, as well as sounds designed for EDM and Hip Hop. Smart Instruments make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note. And now you can explore the sounds of Asia with traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments, including the guzheng, the koto and an array of taiko drums.
When it comes to how you make your beats, the choice is yours — from jamming live on virtual drum kits to instant drag‑and‑done Smart Drums. The all‑new Beat Sequencer lets you easily build rhythms using sounds and a workflow inspired by classic drum machines. And Drummer gives you access to a team of virtual session drummers, each playing a popular electronic or acoustic style with a signature kit.
A deep collection of electronic drum sounds from a variety of genres can be stacked and layered to create your own grooves. Simply tap to activate any combination of steps on each track. Add or subtract to experiment in real time, all while the sequencer plays.
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Virtual drummers representing specific genres automatically play along with your song, while simple controls let you fine‑tune their performance. Drummers can even listen to your riff and come up with the perfect complementary beat. And GarageBand now includes three percussionists who each have their own signature nine‑piece kits.
Tap out your groove on hardware‑style drum pads inspired by vintage beat boxes to create an electronic drum part.
Sit behind a virtual acoustic kit and perform your rhythms from a classic drummer’s point of view.
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Instantly create a beat by simply dragging individual drum parts onto a grid. Choose the sounds you like and let ’em rip.
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Plug it in. Tear it up.
Plug in your guitar and choose from a van‑load of amps and stompbox effects that deliver the perfect feel — from dreamy soundscapes to stadium‑sized rock.1 Our bass amps let you hold down the bass line with clean or distorted rigs modelled after vintage and modern amplifiers.
GarageBand includes Alchemy, one of the world’s most advanced synthesisers. Explore hundreds of Apple‑designed Patches, perfect for EDM, Hip Hop, Indie, Rock and Pop music. Use the expressive Transform Pad to morph between sounds in real time, or just have fun using the simple Chord Strips that help anyone play like an expert.
Sound Library. Your all‑access pass to a world of sounds.
With the new Sound Library, you’ve got instant access to an incredible and expanding collection of free loops and instruments from directly inside the app. Explore and download Apple‑designed sound packs that include Touch Instruments, Apple Loops, Live Loops templates and instrument presets that will help you produce tracks in a wide variety of genres and styles. You can easily manage your library as it grows, and GarageBand will even notify you when new sound packs are released and ready for you to download.
Record A full recording studio. To go.
With its powerful and intuitive interface, GarageBand makes it easy to capture, adjust and mix your performances into a finished composition. Build a complete song using any combination of Touch Instruments, audio recordings and loops.
Work with up to an astounding 32 tracks with GarageBand for iOS.2 With a compatible third‑party audio interface, you can even plug in the entire band and record everyone simultaneously on separate tracks. Take multiple passes to nail your performance using Multi‑Take Recording — just choose any Touch Instrument, tap Record, and play continuously over a looping song section. GarageBand automatically captures each one, and you simply choose your favourite.
Fine‑tune your tracks and record each tap, swipe and twist of the knobs. Draw and edit volume automation for precise control over your mix. And let the Simple EQ and Compressor keep your tracks sounding crisp and clear. For even more detailed control, take advantage of 10 track‑mixing effects directly from Logic Pro, like the Visual EQ, Bitcrusher, Vocal Transformer and more.
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Audio Unit Extensions let you use your favourite compatible third‑party instrument and effect plug‑ins directly in your GarageBand song. Browse the App Store and download your selections from leading music app developers like Moog Music.
iCloud GarageBand everywhere. Tweak your tracks. On any device.
iCloud allows you to keep your GarageBand sessions up to date across all your iOS devices. Using iCloud Drive, you can import song sketches to your Mac and take them even further, then share your finished piece on any of your devices. You can also import a portable version of a Logic Pro X project and add more tracks. When you bring the project back into Logic Pro, the original tracks are all there, along with the new ones you’ve added in GarageBand.
GarageBand for Mac
Your personal music creation studio.
GarageBand for iOS
Play, record, arrange and mix — wherever you go.
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An app to capture your song ideas. Whenever inspiration strikes.
When Apple announced the new iPad 2, it also announced two major new content creation apps for the platform: iMovie and GarageBand. iMovie is an extension of the iPhone app that Apple introduced with the iPhone 4 in 2010, adapted to the iPad's larger touchscreen. But GarageBand is a completely new app that brings a slimmed down, slightly re-imagined version of Apple's entry-level audio recording software from the Mac to the iPad.
GarageBand for iPad is an 8-track recorder, virtual synth, drum machine, virtual guitar, complete virtual amp modeler, competent virtual sampler, and a fun, loop-based song-making app all in one. At just $4.99, GarageBand could potentially replace at least a half dozen or more music apps, all the while integrating with its 8-track recording ability for songwriting on-the-go.
While it doesn't include all the features of the full desktop version of GarageBand, the iOS version is an array of music-making tools all translated to the iPad's touchscreen interface. While there are some interface issues and limitations that might frustrate more experienced musicians or recording pros, the breadth of GarageBand's music creation capabilities will certainly appeal to mobile music professionals as much as they might fascinate budding musicians, or even just those with the inclination to explore and experiment.
Instruments, virtual and smart
One of the biggest impediments to starting a band (in your parents' garage or otherwise) is acquiring instruments. Shoddy, cheap drum sets and guitars churned out of Chinese factories are available from a variety of mass retailers, but even those will cost in the range of $100-$150. Add in costs like amps and tuners for guitars, stands and cymbals for drums, and mics and PAs for singers, and even the original $100 investment can quickly turn into a few hundred dollars. On top of this, the instruments will take up space and have to be lugged around to practice spaces or gigs.
GarageBand offers a virtual Ford Econoline-full of gear that fits into the confines of the slim iPad for a measly $5. This won't necessarily replace real instruments, especially for serious musicians, but especially in the case of synths or drum machines, it certainly could.
There are two virtual 'regular' instruments: Keyboard and Drums. There are also four 'smart' instruments: Smart Guitar, Smart Bass, Smart Keyboard, and Smart Drums. Additionally, there is a simple virtual sampler, which aside from the sample recording and editing, works just like the regular keyboard. A complete amp and effects modeler, called 'Guitar Amp,' as well as a simple audio recorder, mainly intended for vocals, are lumped in the instruments list within the app, but we'll delve into those in a later section.
We'll discuss the all virtual instruments first, since GarageBand prompts you to pick an instrument as the first action when launching it for the first time or starting a new song. We'll then discuss the recording features in-depth, including recording with Smart Instruments, mixing, song structure, and more. As we go along, you'll see that GarageBand for the iPad invites users to experiment with different instruments and explore song ideas in a very casual way, while still including enough attention to detail to make the app accessible and usable by more experienced songwriters.
Keyboard
The keyboard offers a selection of virtual piano, electric piano, organ, and clavinet, as well as a range of 72 virtual synthesizers. The piano offers two sampled sounds, Grand and Classical Grand, with the Classical Grand sounding a bit more like it was sampled in a large concert hall. The other instruments offer plenty of room for tweaking the sound via controls common to each instrument. For instance, the organ has nine tone bars, a speed control for a virtual tone wheel (replete with a spinning animation), percussion and chorus rocker switches, and a six-way distortion knob.
The included digitally modeled synthesizers also boast an impressive array of sounds, from the theremin-like 'Fifties Sci-Fi' to the dance-floor-inspired 'Warp Lead.' The presets are arranged into bass, lead, pad, FX, and 'classic' categories. Further knob tweaking can be done, though each synth only offers four different adjustments which change depending on the preset. The 'Classic Synth Bass' offers controls for cutoff, resonance, filter decay, and filter sustain, while the 'Digital Wave' lets you tweak cutoff, glide, volume attack, and volume release. The combinations possible between the 72 presets and virtual knob tweaking should satisfy all but the pickiest users.