![]() ![]() GarageBand is a free download in your iDevice’s App Store. If you like music, you’ll have fun even if you don’t know the first thing about making music. Isn’t that cool? GarageBand on an iDevice lets anyone with at least two fingers create great-sounding music. Now tap another caret, and then tap one or more individual cells. That will play the cells in that column all at once. Now tap the Play button at the top of the screen and then tap the caret (^) below any column. Here’s how to try it: Create a new song, tap the Live Loops tab at the top of the screen, and then tap a template below (try Rock or Chill). The Live Loops interface lets you to record, sample, sequence, perform, and mix a variety of sounds all on one screen. ![]() Tap a cell to play it or tap the ^ under a column to play all its cells. While GarageBand for Mac offers only the traditional and familiar multitrack recording interface, GarageBand for iDevices offers your choice of two interfaces for recording: There’s a traditional multitrack interface similar to the Mac version, and there’s a modern Live Loops Grid with touch-sensitive pads triggering sounds. The other killer features unique to the iOS version is Live Loops and the Live Loops Grid. Autoplay then picks or strums the strings in one of four available patterns, which all sound far more polished than anything I could play on my guitar. When enabled, all you do is tap the proper chord at the proper time. The best part of Smart Instruments for me is autoplay. Play a chord by swiping the strings or tapping the buttons play a note by tapping a string. Tap to play chords or notes, swipe to strum or let Autoplay fingerpick for you (in one of its four styles). The Smart Guitar, for example, offers buttons for chords along with onscreen guitar strings. Smart Instruments are virtual instruments designed from the beginning for a touchscreen. So, on the Mac, when you want a guitar part in your song, you better be able to play it on a guitar. On the Mac, you can only record a part you can perform. Smart Instruments are the first and most significant difference. So, if you ever wanted to make a song, GarageBand for iDevices is likely the easiest way, (and it’s definitely more fun and easier than the Mac version). When they saw how easy it is to make music with GarageBand on the iPad, everyone said they were going to give it a try. Many had tried GarageBand on a Mac and found it too complicated. When I demonstrated the iPad version at a recent CapMac (my hometown user group) meeting I was amazed at how many people had never seen GarageBand on an iDevice. They’re so different, in fact, that the iDevice version should have been called something like, “GarageBand Touch” or “GarageBand Mobile.” Yes, that different. When I began work on GarageBand For Dummies Second Edition, I discovered something shocking (at least to me): GarageBand on iDevices bears little resemblance to GarageBand for the Mac. ![]()
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