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Apple Updates GarageBand for iOS with iPhone and iPod Touch Support

I'm digging the new app.

I ran a test, with decent results (although warning, this is a horrible rendition of Boys II Men, it was done in 15 minutes without rehearsing).
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6713730/files/My Song 3 copy.m4a

I used my Quiet Confort 15 noise-cancelling headphones with the iPhone mic cord. Like it would on the iPad, the metronome (not that I had the tempo right) and the previous tracks played into my ear, while I recorded new tracks on top of the previous one.

I was able to send the mixed track as an email, and then open it into Dropbox, and generate a public link all without leaving my iPhone 4. I even clipped off parts of each track and tested some effects.

I was doubtful this could work as an iPhone app, but I'm sold.

This is really useful! The idea that you can send it off to GarageBand on the Mac for more work is excellent.

Once GarageBand in the Mac and GarageBand on iOS gets updated with iCloud support, people can really have an insanely useful workflow.

Bravo, Apple.
 
Damn, so there's still no midi or piano roll editing??? This is ridiculous. As much as I appreciate the other features, still not having midi editing is absolutely preposterous. Why? 2 reasons: 1) It's an extremely useful feature, and not having it is a cropping feature for this app, and 2) it's easy as hell to implement! There's not big technical challenge! It would take a programmer like 5 minutes to add! Come on Apple!!!! Why omit a feature that is FUNDAMENTAL to every music making program in the world??????

Ok ok, that's my rant. But seriously apple, midi editing, sooner than later, please!!!
 
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kjs862 said:
pretty cool, now only if i had some talent :rolleyes:
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Damn, what good is it if talent doesen't come with the download?
 
Syk said:
Great but I sure wish they'd add a piano roll so you can edited those mistakes instead of having to play it over or is there a simpler way that I don't know about:D
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Slice up and delete the mistake portions, then add another piano track. Record the fixes on the new track. Then move them onto the first track and delete the new track.

Seems like a workaround. I'm just getting started with this but that's what I did for some vocals. FWIW, pretty cool to record vocals while monitoring through the built in iPhone speaker cuz it records the vocal and the speaker. :) Ok, not really, but it is kinda like bouncing tracks in the old days.
 
Nice update. About time they start adding new time signatures. If it is as functional on the phone as it is on the iPad, this will be one special product. For me, it was the iPad2's killer starter app. I created some pretty nice pieces just on it, by itself. Almost tempted to go beyond Gorrilaz and do an album that is just done on the iPad. Of course, if I wanted to be pretensious, I would call that Album, "The Rise".

However, I have my biggest request for the software. To add in more filters for vocal recordings. Compared to the rest of the package, vocal recording options seem lacking.
 
The app looks very nice on my iPhone 4 but I am noticing that it takes up a LARGE amount of space... Obviously the app itself is quite large (690.5 MB) as I knew it would be, but the app is also using quite a bit for documents and data (434 MB - I haven't even created any tracks/songs yet) and every time I launch the app this amount continues to increase. It seems to balloon an additional 50-100 MB or so every time I launch the app.

Also, resetting the app from Settings ('reset GarageBand') appears not to be functional as it caused no change in storage usage and did not create a new copy of the demo song as it was supposed to.
 
pauld1121 said:
The app looks very nice on my iPhone 4 but I am noticing that it takes up a LARGE amount of space... Obviously the app itself is quite large (690.5 MB) as I knew it would be, but the app is also using quite a bit for documents and data (434 MB - I haven't even created any tracks/songs yet) and every time I launch the app this amount continues to increase. It seems to balloon an additional 50-100 MB or so every time I launch the app.

Also, resetting the app from Settings ('reset GarageBand') appears not to be functional as it caused no change in storage usage and did not create a new copy of the demo song as it was supposed to.
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That's interesting. Something to keep an eye on. I installed it with around 900MB free, and it demanded more. So I freed up about 1.3GB, and it finally installed. The app description said the package was ~500MB, so I assumed it needed room to download, install and uncompress. If its needs grow with every launch, that would be annoying.

I know however, that with the three track mix I posted above, originally I had a filter effect on the first track, and took it off. When I did, it had to "re-optimize" the piece for playback. I'm expecting there to be a lot of Apple Lossless audio files laying around inside the app that need to be cleaned up over time. I wonder how well that's working right now.
 
mullman said:
Haters gonna hate, but what we have here is an 8-track recorder plus a fairly remarkable and capable music creation tool that fits in your pocket.
When I was a kid this stuff was as big as a Volkswagen.

It is only as limited as your imagination...
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exactly. when i write a song on it, i'm still amazed. i'm doing tracks on a frickin 3.5inch screen phone! a phone!
 
joegleur said:
if you connect to itunes, you can drag all the samples into the garageband "directory" under apps.
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So your saying i can add samples to GB through iTunes? Can upload folders of samples, or can i even organize the samples in folders once in the app?
Thanks for your reply.
 
futurevibe said:
So your saying i can add samples to GB through iTunes? Can upload folders of samples, or can i even organize the samples in folders once in the app?
Thanks for your reply.
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yup! i dont think you can organize the samples in folders though :( if you're after more of a sampler intensive kinda app. maybe you can try having a look at beatmaker 2/nanostudio.
 
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