GarageBand 4+

A recording studio on your Mac

Apple

    • Free

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Description

GarageBand is the easiest way to create a great-sounding song on your Mac. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls. Mix and match electric guitar amps, cabinets and pedals with Amp Designer and Pedalboard or crank up the bottom end with Bass Amp Designer. Control GarageBand and play any software instrument wirelessly on your iPad using the Logic Remote app. Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects updated across multiple Mac computers, or even import GarageBand for iOS songs directly from iCloud.

Intuitive Design
• Simple interface designed for easy music making
• Find the sweet spot in every track with the interactive visual EQ
• Enable Quick Help and get useful hints wherever you hover your cursor

Drummer
• Add a virtual session drummer, percussionist or beat producer to your song that takes direction and plays realistic beats
• Choose from among 33 players from popular genres like EDM, Hip Hop, Rock and Alternative
• Use a simple set of controls to shape your drummer’s performance
• Each player can perform over a million unique groove and fill combinations

Sound Library
• Get inspired with a fresh new collection of sounds and instruments from some of today’s biggest producers
• Explore new Apple Loops covering the latest electronic and urban genres
• Drummer loops can be added to your song and then customised with performance controls

Smart Controls
• Easily shape any sound in the library with a custom set of knobs, buttons and sliders
• The look and personality of Smart Controls changes with each instrument

Amps and Stompboxes
• Use Bass Amp Designer to dial up classic and modern tones
• Build your own guitar rig with Amp Designer using 25 legendary amps and cabinets
• Design a custom Pedalboard from a collection of 35 fun and creative stompbox effects

Record. Mix. Master.
• Create a song with up to 255 tracks
• Quickly change the timing of an audio recording using Flex Time
• Use Groove Track to align the rhythm and timing of all your tracks with a single click
• Choose your best performance with multi-take recording

iCloud
• Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects up to date across your Mac computers
• Start a song anywhere on your iPhone or iPad, then import it wirelessly to your Mac to take it even further
• Remotely add new tracks to your project using GarageBand on your iPhone or iPad

Works with Logic Remote
• Use your iPhone or iPad and Multi-Touch gestures to wirelessly play any GarageBand instrument on your Mac
• Access Smart Controls on your iPad to shape any sound while you’re playing
• Navigate your song and browse the Sound Library from your iPad

Learn to Play
• Get started with 40 Basic Lessons for guitar and piano covering classical, blues, rock and pop
• Free Artist Lessons show you how to play a hit song taught by the artist who made it famous

What’s New

Version 10.4.11

This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

Maan1976 ,

Aardig. Nice

Aardig. Oudere versies heb ik nooit gebruikt.
Er zijn nog een paar bugs, zoals dat hij bij iOs imports altijd de melding geeft, dat ik niet de laatste Garageband versie gebruik en dat ik moet upgraden. Dit is toch echt de laatste versie (10.2.0). AU plugins doen het prima (Amplitube en een drummer). Opbouw van de menu’ s is niet altijd even logisch en het is zoeken geblazen naar de Piano roll editor om je MIDI opnames strakker handmatig te kunnen aanpassen of het muziekale toetsenbord. Uiteindelijk gevonden na wat zoeken (leve de zoekmachine!). Tenslotte de volume issues bij het uitmixen, er zit een ingebouwde limiter in, dus soms heeft de eindmix de neiging te zacht te klinken. Het is erg veel worstelen met de volumeknoppen om dit goed te krijgen.

Nice. I haven’ t used older versions so I can’ t compare to them.
In this version are still a few bugs, like there’ s always a message, I need to upgrade to the latest Garageband version, after importing an song from the iOs Garageband. And this is really the latest version (10.2.0). AU plugins work fine (AmpliTube and another drumkit). Menu structure is sometimes illogical and it was hard to find the Piano Roll MIDI editor (long live search machines on the Internet!) as well as the musical typing keyboard. At last volume issues when making the final mix. The build in limiter and the normalisation options make the first mixings too soft, you need to adapt these settings to get the mix you hear in the project.

Wanneer?! ,

erg jammer!

wat ongelofelijk slecht, waarom is de bypassknop weg gehaald??! hoe wil je ooit nog een mooie looping/geluidsoverloop kunnen maken?! Apple breng het in de eerst volgende update weer terug!

Dr Apple ,

Uninstallable on Catalina?

Love Garageband. I really do. To me it's a nice playground and mini studio where I can draft new ideas, practice my skills or experiment in a simple way with music. To my kids it was always a great place to learn and practice their piano (synth) skills and record their works. However, because of some legacy hardware I'm stuck on Catalina (for now). Need to (re)install Garageband after a clean install and here it is: I can't. I need Big Sur for Garageband. Hello Apple? I understand you're excited about your new ARM paltform. But then, I've supported you since MacOS 6.0.8, yet don't like to be pushed to a specific OS ... Often I was ahead (beta programs), in this specific case I have to pass. Are you letting me down on this one or are you going to make Garageband available (again) to user on older operating system platforms?

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