You need to open one of the instruments in order to get to the included loops, so let’s start there. These are instruments you can play directly on the iPad or iPhone, and they’re a natural for the Multi-Touch interface. The app is built around what Apple calls Touch Instruments. Open the Garage(Band)ĭon’t be intimidated if you can’t even fumble through “Chopsticks.” GarageBand has a few tricks up its sleeve even for the musically inept.
And for you keyboard players, the included piano, synthesizer, and string sounds will add lush beauty or a techno edge to your movie soundtrack. It also has vocal effects that can give a professional polish to your voice or make you sound like a monster or a robot. GarageBand Includes guitar amp simulations that can make you and your electric guitar sound like anything from a surf-rocker to a hair-metal god. If you are a musician, even better! Connect an instrument-like a guitar or a MIDI keyboard-or a microphone to the iOS device and record your own compositions. If the included loops don’t cut it, GarageBand also includes a bunch of Smart Instruments that let you play preset grooves or individual notes that seamlessly conform to the song’s tempo and key. Using Apple’s GarageBand app on the iPhone or iPad, you can easily assemble a song or specific musical cues out of pre-recorded loops. You don’t have to be a musician to create music for your movies.