Among themany treasures recently disgorge by Applewere three iLife applications for OS X and iOS — iPhoto , iMovie , and GarageBand . As a musician in my off hour , I was most interested in project what GarageBand had to offer . Here are my first picture of each version .
GarageBand for iOS
If you ’ve never purchased GarageBand for Io , the 2.0 version is free but lack some of the sounds and instrument find in the previous version . ( It also requires iOS 7 . ) However , with a $ 5 in - app purchase you’re able to have it all . And , in this case , that think of having all the features of the previous version plus a few extra . ( Those who ’ve previously buy GarageBand get everything with the update . )
In regard to features , the iOS translation of GarageBand has change very little . Its computer graphic are “ flatter ” to adjust to iOS 7 ’s design but as you tap through its menus and instruments you ’ll recover the same features that were in the original version . It ’s not identical , however .
Thanks to under - the - hood change it now supports more tracks . On a compatible iOS gadget with a 32 - snatch processor ( iPhone 4 or later , iPad 2 or later , and fifth generation iPod touch ) the app abide up to 16 tracks versus the 8 tracks you were antecedently limited to . And with a machine that carry a 64 - bit CPU ( iPhone 5s , iPad Air , and iPad miniskirt with retina display ) , you could make as many as 32 running .
It also now patronize inter - app audio — meaning that you’re able to integrate into your GarageBand design legal document or consequence from another app . For model , the phone from a third - party virtual synthesizer app . This was potential before only with the usance of a third - company app such asAudiobus .
The app also bear projection sharing via AirDrop for Io and you could upload your call to iCloud . you’re able to now also import tracks from your Music subroutine library into the Sampler instrument and then alter those tracks with the Sampler ’s controls .
GarageBand for OS X
The latest handout of GarageBand for OS X ( Mavericks required ) give here and takes there . On the chip in side are popular features found in Apple ’s professional digital audio workstation coating , Logic Pro X. What the companionship has strike are the tools podcasters depend on . While you could memorialize audio trail that might be admit in a podcast , the consecrate Podcast cut , podcast vocal effects , and chapter and plant links features used in enhanced podcasts are gone . The Magic GarageBand lineament is gone too . The power to import video recording into a dedicated Movies track stay , however .
Similar to the new GarageBand for iOS , if you have n’t antecedently had a copy of GarageBand on your Mac , the free version you download miss some extras in the mannikin of additional loops and sounds and admission to the GarageBand Lesson Store . you could have those extra with a $ 5 in - app purchase . Also , in the complimentary version you get just one drummer in the new Drummer raceway .
Drummer rails ? Yes . This is a characteristic that puts a practical drummer at your disposal . ( The free interlingual rendition has just the one rock drummer , Kyle . The in - app purchase provides 14 more who play in unlike styles . ) I ’ll go into the nuances of the Drummer course when I look back GarageBand , but for now know that it ’s easily configurable and allows you to make the drummer ’s work more or less complex as well as let you configure which drums and pleximetry he favors .
Also from Logic are Smart Controls . These are instrument control that are intimate to musicians . For example , when you choose a vintage B3 organ you ’d see drawbars and switches found on these instruments rather than generic sliders and textbook fields . select an electric guitar and you find gain , tint , delay , boost , and reverb knobs .
Guitar A and stompboxes were included in the previous version of GarageBand . basso players now get amp of their own . These drawing string pluckers will also find that the app ’s radio receiver is more accurate .
Other Modern features include a redesign user interface that bears the drear gray look of Apple ’s pro applications , Modern loops and sounds taken from the Logic library , support for saving songs to iCloud , and the ability to assure GarageBand with the spare Logic Remote iPad app .
The option to elevate from an older version of GarageBand is sluttish . When you upgrade , the old version stays on your Mac and is renamed GarageBand 6.0.5 . Should you be unhappy that you ca n’t make podcasts in the newest version or miss Magic GarageBand , you could always use the older version .
Updated 10/23/13 2:30PMto let in data about Mac o maintain the new and old versions of GarageBand .
