I’m editing my band’s performance from last week in it. 8 audio tracks and zero issues for the simple stuff I’m doing.
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GarageBand for Mac Updated With Important Security Fixes
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Garageband is still a great app for what it is - especially on iOS/iPadOS - but I do miss the heady days of when the iLife suite got major updates yearly. They added a huge amount of value to the Mac platform throughout the mid-2000s.
Speaking of things that were better 'back then', I wish Apple would bring back Aperture. The world's needs a less-sucky (both fundamentally and in your wallet) alternative to Lightroom.
Speaking of things that were better 'back then', I wish Apple would bring back Aperture. The world's needs a less-sucky (both fundamentally and in your wallet) alternative to Lightroom.
A long time...I use Logic Pro. GarageBand is a great little program, especially for a free app!
How's the Microsoft Outlook working out for ya?
Then buy Logic Pro. I use it daily. It has areas of improvement, especially automation editing features, better services with Motion, Final Cut Pro, expanded Mastering Tools, etc. If you're doing production work GarageBand is not what you should be using.
No new features but good to see security updates for the Apple designed app.
It could be this. It could also be something in the plug-in architecture since GarageBand supports third-party Audio Units.
After Safari, Mail and YouTube, GarageBand is probably my most-used app on my iPad. I love it, despite its shortcomings, because it’s so convenient to sketch out ideas wherever I am.
There’s that saying that the best camera is the one you have with you - well I think that’s a little bit analogous to GarageBand over Logic Pro X - sometimes the best DAW is the one you have with you.
On the Mac, Logic is obviously more fully featured and capable (and I have it and use it), but the marriage of the touch controls in the display make GarageBand on the iPad quite compelling for me. Once one starts adding interfaces and adapters the case for just using a mac (whether Garageband or Logic or another DAW) gets stronger and stronger. But it’s good we have options.
It is a shame the iPad app has been slightly undermined IMHO by the lack of a built-in headphone jack on newer iPad models (and a decisive part of why I chose the much cheaper 9th-gen iPad, the last one to have the jack), but it’s obvious why Apple’s lucrative wireless headphone business is more important to them than overcoming wireless input lag in one specific and far more niche app category.
There’s that saying that the best camera is the one you have with you - well I think that’s a little bit analogous to GarageBand over Logic Pro X - sometimes the best DAW is the one you have with you.
On the Mac, Logic is obviously more fully featured and capable (and I have it and use it), but the marriage of the touch controls in the display make GarageBand on the iPad quite compelling for me. Once one starts adding interfaces and adapters the case for just using a mac (whether Garageband or Logic or another DAW) gets stronger and stronger. But it’s good we have options.
It is a shame the iPad app has been slightly undermined IMHO by the lack of a built-in headphone jack on newer iPad models (and a decisive part of why I chose the much cheaper 9th-gen iPad, the last one to have the jack), but it’s obvious why Apple’s lucrative wireless headphone business is more important to them than overcoming wireless input lag in one specific and far more niche app category.
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u ought to make a song about what it’s like to live in the Yay Area
Yes. Tens of thousands of people. Why wouldn't they? Or maybe you haven't used it for a decade or more. It's no longer a cheap-looking app for just playing with like a toy. you can actually get pretty serious work done with it. Well, on the Mac at least. On the iPad, it's not so versatile.
That's strange because GarageBand doesn't auto-install, as far as I know. Every time I buy a new Mac - as recently as last year - I have to download it from the App Store.
Good to see how the icon for garage band so seamlessly matches the other MacOS icons. You simply need to open launch pad to see what an incoherent mess the app icon design has become. Sadly it's the head of hardware design, not the head of UI design who's leaving the company.
would all the non musicians like to go bitch on another thread, Garage band although typically apple in design, quirky, is nevertheless one of its better free offerings and really quite useable and useable
Why not? It's a free tool to connect and record my guitar. It's even better than some of the paid software.
I use lightning or USB-C to USB and plug in a hub that connects my audio interface and MIDI keyboard to GarageBand on my iPad. It records multiple tracks without issue. I’ve even recorded in GarageBand on my iPhone in a pinch.
I do my business and earn money with the free Apple software. They are better than paid ones from third parties
I use it quite a bit for work. Ironically not for music though. I have to periodically make training videos for work and I'll use it to narrate on.
Think though, there are hundreds of 14-16 year old punk rockers out there honing their craft. Thr 15 year old me would have killed for a simple 4-track recorder, now every stinking phone has an 8-track built-in. 🤦♂️
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Garageband is an excellent piece of software for
1. occasional music writing, recording and composing
2. for making voice recordings and podcasts - it indeed excels in it
3. Audio editing
4. Other audio work such as loops, edm, soundtrack.
It is a small priceless piece of software
1. occasional music writing, recording and composing
2. for making voice recordings and podcasts - it indeed excels in it
3. Audio editing
4. Other audio work such as loops, edm, soundtrack.
It is a small priceless piece of software