During Apple ’s iPad 2 outcome on Wednesday , the company also announced and showed off the upcomingGarageBand for iPad app , a version of Apple ’s music creation software that ’s part of iLife .
Like its OS X cousin , GarageBand for iPad allows users to play and record multiple instrument either by connecting them to the iPad , or through the use of a act oftouch instrument , including keyboards and drums . The app includes numerous sampled instruments , a drumfish machine and more than 250 music loops . GarageBand also endorse multi - track transcription and allows users to mix up to eight different tracks .
Apple has also added mock - pressure reenforcement into the app using the iPad ’s accelerometers . GarageBand use these sensing element to determine the amount of force with which each finger taps , much like a pianoforte ’s mechanical keyboard does in real life , producing flabby or tawdry sounds in response . The guitar simulator also supports a laurel wreath - muffle proficiency of sorts to make a dampened strait by holding a fingerbreadth firm over the cat’s-paw ’s string .
Even users unfamiliar with the nontextual matter of making music have something to depend forward to . GarageBand supportssmart instruments , which make it potential to play chords at the touch of a button . And that ’s not all : once your masterpiece is complete , you may apportion it with friends via e - mail service , send it to your iTunes library for your personal use , or even continue work on it in GarageBand on the Mac .
GarageBand will be available through the App Store on March 11 for $ 5 ; the app is compatible with either the original iPad or iPad 2 .
update at 5:40 p.m. PT to add information about compatibility and the accelerometer support .
