GARAGEBAND IOS TUTORIAL 2016 UPDATE
More than anything else, though, this GarageBand update is just fun. Throw in the ability to have a virtual session drummer - yep, the one from the desktop version of GarageBand - throw in some automated fills and you've got a remarkably thorough way to make music song with basically zero musical know-how. Apple teased so-called "Audio Unit Extensions" at WWDC last year, and this version of GarageBand for iOS is the first to let you pull audio straight from apps like Arturia's iSEM, a faithful recreation of a decades-old synth. You can record audio straight into launcher cells, too, be it from GarageBand's virtual instruments or from third-party software.
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Oh, and of course, there's a key smack in the middle of those effects panels to scratch and stop some virtual vinyl for good measure.
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Just for kicks, Apple threw in a way to control those effects by tilting your iDevice to and fro too bad it's more of a novelty than a properly useful tool. Dragging your fingers inside the proscribed effects squares let you manipulate, stutter and apply gonzo filters to your tunes. When you need more control over your sound, there are effects panels waiting for you. Thankfully, sifting through Apple's loops is simple enough - you can filter by instrument, genre and mood and just drag them into the grid. Congrats: that's 90 percent of the learning curve accounted for already.Īfter a while, though, you'll want to start making your own stuff. Popping into any of those gives you a template of preloaded cells - tapping on any of them plays the loop at your specified tempo, and tapping an icon at the bottom of the column plays all of the loops contained within it.
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When you jump into the Live Loops interface, you're first asked whether you want to mess with one of several genre presets, including EDM, Hip-hop, Dubstep and Rock (among others).