

GarageBand for iPad supports mixing up to eight tracks to create a song.

The mobile version of the app, compatible only with Apple tablets, allows users to create simple songs by employing a number of instruments. Weighing in at 47.44 MB, the new GarageBand version requires Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later and supports multiple languages, including Deutsch, English, Français, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Dansk, Norsk Bokmål, Polski, Português, Português Brasileiro, Pусский, Suomi, Svensk, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.ĭuring its March 2 event hosted in San Francisco, California, Apple unveiled GarageBand for iPad, a stripped down version of the music creation and editing application originating on the Mac. GarageBand version 6.0.2 was posted March 31, 2011. The Mac maker recommends that all users of GarageBand '11 (part of the iLife ‘11 suite) install this update. The release also includes “support for opening projects imported from GarageBand for iPad,” Apple says. Also, in the free version you get just one drummer in the new Drummer track.Music fans using GarageBand on both their Mac and iPad have a new software update to install, if they need better support for opening projects imported from the iPad version of the application.Īccording to a technical note on the official Apple website, GarageBand 6.0.2 improves overall stability and addresses a number of minor issues. You can have those extras with a $5 in-app purchase. Similar to the new GarageBand for iOS, if you haven’t previously had a copy of GarageBand on your Mac, the free version you download lacks some extras in the form of additional loops and sounds and access to the GarageBand Lesson Store. The ability to import video into a dedicated Movies track remains, however. The Magic GarageBand feature is gone too. While you can record audio tracks that might be included in a podcast, the dedicated Podcast track, podcast vocal effects, and chapter and embedded links features used in enhanced podcasts are gone. What the company has taken are the tools podcasters depended on. On the giving side are popular features found in Apple’s professional digital audio workstation application,


The latest release of GarageBand for OS X (Mavericks required) gives here and takes there. You can now also import tracks from your Music library into the Sampler instrument and then modify those tracks with the Sampler’s controls. The app also supports project sharing via AirDrop for iOS and you can upload your songs to iCloud. This was possible before only with the use of a third-party app such as For example, the sound from a third-party virtual synthesizer app. It also now supports inter-app audio-meaning that you can incorporate into your GarageBand projects instruments or effects from another app.
