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Make music, audition instruments, even create your own virtual band.
New in GarageBand ’08.
Welcome to your personal recording studio — where it’s easy to make a song whether you’re a first-time musician or a seasoned pro. With GarageBand, you can create your own virtual onstage band and play along on your favorite instrument. You can record, edit, and mix a song exactly as you want it, in pristine CD quality. It’s the perfect place to get your act together.
Magic GarageBand.
Play with a hand-picked band on a virtual stage. GarageBand generates a new project based on genre and performance styles. Learn more
Arrangements.
Define sections of your song — intro, verse, chorus — and copy, move, or delete at will. Learn more
Multi-take recording.
Mark a region to repeat, record your part multiple times, and pick your best performance. Learn more
Visual EQ.
Graphically adjust frequencies for each track by clicking and dragging individual EQ bands. Learn more
Automation of tempo effects and instruments.
Set multiple edit points in a track to automate EQ and effect changes like a pro. Learn more
New Vocals Jam Pack.
Give your songs new melodic character with a wide range of world-class solo and choir voices. Learn more
Magic GarageBand.
Get the creative juices flowing. Bring the band together and let Magic GarageBand generate a new song. Create a virtual jam session or use the song project as a starting point to create your next hit.
Start a band.
Assign the instruments and styles to your guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboard player. Then let Magic GarageBand generate a new project file based on your choices.
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Take the stage.
The roadies have set up. The band is on the virtual stage. Now pick your instrument and step into the empty spotlight. Playing along with the band is a perfect way to practice or create new songs.
Instant inspiration.
Let Magic GarageBand light the fire and you take it from there. Edit your Magic GarageBand-generated project as you would any project — record your favorite instrument, add effects, change the speed, alter the arrangement, or even add new Apple Loops. Who knows where it will lead...
Arrangements.
Most songs are arranged in distinct sections: introduction, verse and chorus. GarageBand brings this kind of structure to your song. With the different sections clearly defined, you can rearrange your song at any time.
Define your arrangement.
By defining the structure of your song, you can quickly make broad changes to it later. When you create an arrangement region for any section, all the tracks below become part of it.
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Edit an arrangement.
With your arrangement set, you can quickly rethink the structure of your song. Want to repeat a verse? Just copy and paste it. Want to move a chorus? Click and drag. All the tracks that belong to a section go along with it.
Multi-take recording.
Define a region.
Mark off the section of the song where you want to add your part. GarageBand repeats that section as you play, so you can lay down as many takes as you like.
Save every take.
Every take you perform is recorded and saved. GarageBand displays that part of your song as a multi-take region.
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Pick your favorite take.
After you’ve recorded all of your takes, GarageBand makes it easy to pick the best one. As you play back your multi-take region, you can switch between takes in real time. Simply select your favorite and move on.
Change your mind, change your take.
Even after you’ve picked a take, GarageBand saves them all. That way, if you’re so inclined, you can select another take days or weeks later.
Visual EQ.
You don’t need to be an expert to tweak the sound of your mix in GarageBand. Using the built-in Visual EQ, you can adjust a track’s equalization simply by dragging the EQ bands until you get the sound you want.
The power of simplicity.
GarageBand gives you a range of powerful-yet-intuitive tools to help you get the mix you want or experiment with your sound. Visual EQ lets you make sophisticated equalization adjustments with a simple click and drag.
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Driven to analysis.
The built-in Analyzer clearly displays the frequencies of each track as it plays. This analysis helps you decide which frequencies to cut or boost.
Built-in engineer.
If you prefer, simply choose from a variety of professionally designed presets that enhance your music automatically. GarageBand has well trained ears, just in case yours need a little help.
Automation of tempo effects and instruments.
Record producers use dynamically changing effects to keep a song sounding fresh and exciting from start to finish. GarageBand makes it easy to do the same by automating effect changes within a composition — so you don’t have to settle for one constant setting throughout.
Customize your mix.
Maybe you’d like to make that guitar a little louder during the chorus, then quiet down again during the verse. No problem. GarageBand lets you automate changes at multiple points in a track, so your mix can change with the flow.
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Pick a parameter.
Don’t stop with the volume. You can change the tempo of your song at any point. Set effects or equalization to vary during the course of a song, too. GarageBand remembers all your changes and automates the adjustments as your song plays.
No instrument left behind.
GarageBand automates Audio Unit instruments and effects as well as its own. No matter what sounds you use, you can set multiple edit points throughout your song.
Your song deserves a voice.
You’ve just signed some of the world’s most amazing vocalists to a long-term contract. Whether your song needs a soloist, backup singers, or an entire choir, the talent is on call.
Jam Pack: Voices gives you over 1,500 Apple Loops featuring professional soloists and choirs in multiple genres and styles. It also provides more than 20 software instruments, including voices, choral ensembles, and amazing drum kits built on the human voice and body.
Over 1,500 Apple Loops give you an incredible range of world-class solo and choir performances. Over 20 software instruments include the following.
Drum and Percussion Instruments
Use unique drum kits incorporating the human voice and body to produce incredible beats and grooves, like the Human Beat Box, Human Bass & Lead, and Human Body Effects.
Choral Ensembles
Bring some of the world’s most beautiful voices onto your stage with breathtaking choral arrangements, including Boys Choirs, Classical and Chamber Ensembles, and Gregorian and Gospel Choirs.
Soloists
Give your song new melodic character with solo instruments including Eastern Solo, Synth Soprano Solo, Whistler, and Vocal Shouts in a variety of styles and genres.
