About the GarageBand (MacOS) App

Developer & Support

App by AppleTwitter @apple

Developer's Description

Rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look and amazing new features, GarageBand is the easiest way to create a great-sounding song on your Mac. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls. Crank up the bottom end with Bass Amp Designer, or mix and match electric guitar amps, cabinets, and pedals with Amp Designer and Pedalboard. Control GarageBand and play any software instrument wirelessly on your iPad using the Logic Remote app. Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects updated across multiple Mac computers, or even import GarageBand for iOS songs directly from iCloud.

"¨"¨Redesigned Interface"¨
• A fresh new look, designed for easy music making"¨
• Stay in perfect tune with a larger, more responsive Tuner"¨
• Find the sweet spot in every track with the all-new interactive visual EQ"¨
• Enable Quick Help and get useful hints wherever you hover your cursor"¨"¨

Drummer
"¨• Add a virtual session drummer to your song that takes direction and plays realistic beats"¨
• Choose among 18 players from rock, alternative, songwriter, and R&B genres"¨
• Use a simple set of controls to shape your drummer's performance"¨
• Each player can perform over a million unique groove and fill combinations "¨"¨

All-new Sound Library"¨
• Get inspired with a fresh new collection of sounds and instruments"¨
• Explore new Apple Loops covering the latest electronic and urban genres"¨"¨

Smart Controls"¨
• Easily shape any sound in the library with a custom set of knobs, buttons, and sliders"¨
• The look and personality of Smart Controls changes with each instrument

"¨"¨Amps and Stompboxes"¨
• Use Bass Amp Designer to dial up classic and modern tones"¨
• Build your own guitar rig with Amp Designer using 25 legendary amps and cabinets"¨
• Design a custom Pedalboard from a collection of 35 fun and creative stompbox effects

"¨Record. Mix. Master. Share."¨
• Create a song with up to 255 tracks"¨
• Quickly change the timing of an audio recording using Flex Time"¨
• Use Groove Matching to align the rhythm and timing of all your tracks with a single click"¨
• Choose your best performance with multi-take recording"¨
• Create a ringtone, export to your iTunes library, or share directly to SoundCloud

"¨"¨iCloud
"¨• Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects up to date across your Mac computers
"¨• Start a song anywhere on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, then import it wirelessly to your Mac to take it even further"¨"¨

Works with Logic Remote for iPad
"¨• Use your iPad and Multi-Touch gestures to wirelessly play any GarageBand instrument on your Mac
"¨• Access Smart Controls on your iPad to shape any sound while you're playing"¨
• Navigate your song and browse the Sound Library from your iPad"¨"¨

Learn to Play"¨
• Get started with 40 Basic Lessons for guitar and piano covering classical, blues, rock, and pop"¨
• Artist Lessons show you how to play a hit song taught by the artist who made it famous*"¨
• Play along with any GarageBand Lesson and use How Did I Play to get feedback on how accurately you played"¨"¨

* GarageBand Artist Lessons are sold separately and are available directly through the GarageBand Lesson Store in select countries.

  • Version

    6/15

    This is the date of the app's last update that we manually reviewed. It may have updated since then — or maybe not.
  • Type

    Music

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    885

Last Updated on PFA: March 14, 2018  |  Added on PFA: October 18, 2013  |  App ID: 280

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