GarageBand turns your iPad, and iPhone into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. And with Live Loops, it makes it easy for anyone to have fun creating music like a DJ. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play keyboards, guitars, and create beats that make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note before. Plug in a guitar or bass and play through classic amps and stompbox effects. Use a Touch Instrument, microphone, or a guitar to instantly record a performance, with support for up to 32 tracks. Use the Sound Library to download additional free instruments, loops, and sound packs created by some of the biggest producers in the world. And then share your song with friends and family.
Live Loops. Make music like a DJ
• Use Multi-Touch to tap and trigger a Live Loop cell or group of cells
• Get started with templates or build your own grid from scratch with Apple Loops
• Create custom loops by recording directly into a cell using any Touch Instrument
• Use Remix FX to perform DJ-style effects
• Tap record to capture your performance
Play your iPad, and iPhone, like a musical instrument
• Play a variety of musical instruments on the innovative Multi-Touch keyboard
• Play and record using the Alchemy Touch Instrument
• Build grooves inspired by classic electronic drum machines with the Beat Sequencer
• Download free instruments, loops, and sound packs for GarageBand with the Sound Library
• Capture any sound and apply studio-class effects
• Recreate legendary guitar or bass rigs using virtual amps and stompboxes
• Record performances from third-party music apps directly into GarageBand using Audio Unit Extensions*
Drummer
• Add virtual session drummers to your song, who take direction and play realistic grooves
• Choose from acoustic, electronic drummers and percussionists**
• Each character provides their own sound and the ability to create over a million realistic grooves and fills
Sound like a virtuoso with Smart Instruments
• Play an entire string orchestra using Smart Strings
• Perform with Chord Strips and autoplay using any keyboard instrument
• Groove with a variety of Smart Basses using upright, electric, and synth sounds
• Strum chords or trigger autoplay patterns on an acoustic and electric Smart Guitar
Create a song anywhere you go
• Record, arrange, and mix your song with up to 32 tracks using Touch Instruments, audio recordings, and loops***
• Record multiple times over any song section and choose your favorite using Multi-Take Recording
• Use professional mixing effects, including Visual EQ, Bitcrusher, and Overdrive
• Recording, mixing and exporting a song can be done at 24-bit audio resolution
• Trim and place musical regions exactly where you want them to play
• Automate the volume and record the movement of controls on Touch Instruments
• Add comments or lyric ideas to your song with an integrated notepad
Share your songs
• Keep your songs up to date across all devices using iCloud Drive
• Create custom ringtones and alerts for your iPad, or iPhone
• Share your songs using email or to social media sites like SoundCloud****
• Remotely add new tracks to your Logic Pro project from your iPhone, or iPad via iCloud
* Requires compatible third-party Audio Unit Extensions apps from the App Store.
** Requires free download from GarageBand Sound Library.
*** Multitrack recording requires a compatible third-party audio interface.
**** Sharing to some social media sites may require apps like iMovie, Clips or other third-party apps
I really like the app, but if I am recording an instrument, if I play a key at the exact moment as the ticking thing ticks, my sound doesn't even play. I am really bad at explaining but basically if I press on a piano key right when the automatic beat ticking thing ticks, if I go to the music area where I can see my recording, the note I played right when the thing ticked just isn't there. So I always have an incomplete song because of this.
Omg best app ever
Wrong 12345!
I’m in band and if you go to piano then click what type scroll down to other click oboe and you can play it I was on vaca and like it was great I could listen to my instrument and it has flute and clarinet and others so I can listen to my friends instruments and like there bass on and soooooo many others it was great I loved it you can make songs and omg yes please read I don’t. Care if you agree
I love GarageBand anyone who doesn’t have it you should download it
Colton Keefe
First of all the loops to me is really funny. Whenever you put it on a -octave and put it 4 times slower it sounds really funny. another thing is that it’s your choice of what music you can make and that’s the part that makes it really fun. in other words, you should download GarageBand because it’s full of fun things like making your own music in conclusion, you should download it.
Very good. I have been making music on this since I was 4
AponeX
Good app. Only bad part is that I’d like more modern features. (I’m on iOS 16) things like woodwind instrument catalogue. Kinda like what they did for strings Other than that this is pretty cool. Don’t think I’ll be seeing any new updates soon because the only device I actually use this on is a first gen iPad Pro. iOS 16. However, as of 3 years of me originally making this review, I’m uncovering many new things.
This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes
Version 2.3.18
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