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Apple GarageBand Tips and Detailed Info

A lot of questions have been circulating around about the upcoming Apple GarageBand Application, with many questions being posed in our GarageBand Forums

GarageBand (screenshots) is due with the rest of the iLife '04 suit which was announced to arrive on January 16, 2004. Here is a compilation of interesting tips and hints based on the GarageBand Help Files:

Tracks

- Real Instrument tracks, which contain Real Instrument regions created when you record a Real Instrument, or when you add a Real Instrument loop. Real Instrument regions are audio recordings.

- Software Instrument tracks, which contain Software Instrument regions created when you record a Software Instrument, or when you add a Software Instrument loop. Software Instrument regions are "rendered" by your computer in real-time. (This appears to be MIDI)

Loops

- There are two types of Apple Loops: Real Instrument loops and Software Instrument loops. Real Instrument loops can be added to Real Instrument tracks, and can be edited like other Real Instrument regions in the track editor. Software Instrument loops can be added to Software Instrument tracks, and can be edited like other Software Instrument regions in the track editor, including editing individual notes.



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106 months ago
ive said it once ill say it again GB is just Acid Pro to me with an apple bit of flair added to it. still its a great app more or less free and who the hell wont at least play around with it. I know i will be
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106 months ago
I'm looking forward to it regardless. I really want to play around with it and see what it can do.
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106 months ago
odd it can't import AAC. ;)

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106 months ago
Prolly no AAC because Apple's trying to avoid people remixing and distributing songs they *bought* in the ITMS, or other parts of their iTunes colle ction. Kinda odd, anybody with any desire will be able to just burn CDs, then rip them to MP3.

Looks like I need to buy some more RAM.
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106 months ago

Originally posted by Sabenth
ive said it once ill say it again GB is just Acid Pro to me with an apple bit of flair added to it.


At $249 less!! :D

Actually, Acid is primarily a loop arranging program with midi support. Loops are only one part of what GarageBand does. I don't the the two programs are very comparable.
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106 months ago
Also odd it cant import AIFF files - or can it?
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106 months ago

Originally posted by elgruga
Also odd it cant import AIFF files - or can it?


Ummm, I think it said

You can add a loop or other audio file (in AIFF, WAV, or MP3 format) to a song by dragging it directly from the Finder to the timeline



Kinda direct in saying what it can import....
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106 months ago

Originally posted by Kingsnapped
Prolly no AAC because Apple's trying to avoid people remixing and distributing songs they *bought* in the ITMS

Not really, since those are FairPlay-protetected AAC files.
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106 months ago
Great! Thanks for increased clarity on this bugger. Well if you can import your own loops then it goes with out saying that you can also make your own in other programs then drag 'n drop. Thats a big deal. Soundtrack is compatible with all the ACID loops available commercially. So must GB apparently. If your savvy you can also rip some loops out of AKAI discs. My only remaining question is yay or nay on the AU instruments like Absynth or Kontakt?
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106 months ago
What I really want to know for sure (and maybe it's just something that I'm overlooking) is if I get one of those m-box inputs that have 2 xlr and some other inputs and connect via USB, will GB record just one track of all mixed together, or seperate each vocal track and each instrument track?
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