Comments on: GarageBand For The iPad Is Out & It’s $5. What Do You Think Of It? https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:32:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Grant Morgan https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-1407271 Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:32:49 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-1407271 In reply to Leet.

This is alsome U can make music quick and easy I think I put it up against any music recording software the sounds are pure get it together

]]> By: Brian Matthews https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-451961 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:18:14 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-451961 I have to agree with those who think that for the price point, GB is a winner. I am using GB on an iPhone5 w/ iOS 7 and I am pleased with the functionality and design – skeuomorphism at it’s near-pinnacle. I see no one here mention the fact that GB uses Inter-App Audio and – in particular – Audiobus, which allows one to incorporate audio from other apps into a GB project. Doesn’t THAT capability lift GB above some of the unfair and short-sighted comments above? Have you seen the ever-growing list of apps that are Audiobus-compatible? Surely this elevates GB to a much higher useability level than some of the folks give it credit for. The only complaint I have – and it’s with Audiobus, not GB – is the current lack of syncing RECORD starts and playback starts between two apps… but then, being able to trim audio tracks in GB kind of makes up for that shortcoming, doesn’t it?
I am a musician (perhaps not as much of one as some of the other commenters here), but I have no business accumulating a mess of hardware and software capabilities somewhere in my house when I DO have use of a smartphone and SURPRISE! all the great music-making apps that are compatible with each other (with more to come, I’m sure) – right in the palm of my hand. It’s a no-brainer. For way less than the price of a hardware studio or even full-fledged software suite on my PC.

]]> By: arthurfwt https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-230136 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:48:57 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-230136 I just happened upon this, snorted my coffee. Cheers for that.

]]> By: john dee https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-215488 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:43:02 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-215488 Leet is a 9 yr old tech philosopher. SHe downloaded a Native instruments package off a torrent and loaded them in her cracked logic 9.1.3 (uberleet up 2 date) and now she knows she'll never use a an iOS app for music creation since she's pretty sure that she thinks if maybe an expert were to look into it they would find that maybe …just maybe the headphone jack of an iPad couldn't be as high quality as the duet her dad bought her for christmas so she could rap about not buying apple products…(other than a 17" mbp running bootcamp and a cracked version of sequoia). Shut the f up . Buy an iPad .. Pay your $4.99 for GB mobile.. Get on a plane to somewhere without an Internet connection … And never post on this site again. Please, and thanks in advance .

]]> By: carl https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-215120 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:07:02 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-215120 For the money, what are you all complaining about. It is a great portable musical note machine when you get ideas on the go you do not want to forget, and has the cool-to-play-with factor. I think it is a great musical notepad at least.

]]> By: Gman https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-214621 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:46:41 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-214621 It is what it is – and what it is, for me, is a cool, fun, extremely inexpensive way to make decent sounding music on my iPad. To "Leet"- get real! It's a freaking tablet and a $5 app, not a studio full of hardware synths and a DAW! To me, making music has always been about having fun, not synth quality and pitch parameters and other sonic vodoo. And one doesn't have to have a degree in musicology to make a decent tune – Lennon and McCarthy didn't know how to read music when they started out. BTW, I have a first gen iPad, and the app works just fine.

]]> By: SteveM https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-214140 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:42:22 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-214140 You can. The chords are changed based on the Key you have chosen for the current song you are composing. Look at the menu in the upper right corner of the app. Same place you choose the "beats per second"

]]> By: Ted https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211207 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:04:33 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211207 Thanks for both responses – both helpful to my own "which iPad should I get for music" dilemma 😉

]]> By: hanerlend https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211148 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:07:59 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211148 Ted, GB for iPad has a built in function to freeze the tracks. I made a small composition yesterday, with drums, electronic drums, rhodes, hammond, bass synth, guitar synth. I believe when adding the hammond it started to process the project every time I wanted to record a new part. It didn't say, but I'm guessing it made an audio file of the software instruments, so that everything would run smoother.

I also had some problems getting it to read velocity properly when playing drums. Might just be my technique, I don't know.

]]> By: hobbyjobby https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211085 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:41:01 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211085 LOL, if they were just samples you couldn't affect Frequency Modulation Depth available on some of the synth patches. From what I can tell, the only things that use samples are the obvious: piano, drums, guitar. synths are still synths. you are crazy.

You have just exposed to the world you have no idea what you are talking about.

]]> By: ghmetcalfe https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211076 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:51:38 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211076 http://soundcloud.com/ghmetcalfe/gb4ipad

First Impressions:

Pros: Decent sound quality (Rhodes is very nice, acoustic guitar, piano), nicely designed intuitive interface, velocity response actually works. Better than expected performance on my 1st gen iPad. Fun… a lot of fun. Haven't had a chance to hook up mic or guitar so can't vouch for audio input or the guitar amps. Bounce and email files works transparently.

Cons: Cant do piano roll editing(!). Limited editing of synths (although the Hammond simulator is very nice) – Hard to get these synths where I want them to be sonically. Moving around interface can be a little odd at times – needs a little better workflow. Not integrated yet with GB/Logic on the Mac yet.

Verdict: $5 – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It's a steal! I think this will be a great sketchpad for singer/songwriter types (given the proper hardware for getting guitars/vocals in). For major synth heads…Nanostudio is still king.

]]> By: ghmetcalfe https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211081 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:51:38 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211081 http://soundcloud.com/ghmetcalfe/gb4ipad

First Impressions:

Pros: Decent sound quality (Rhodes is very nice, acoustic guitar, piano), nicely designed intuitive interface, velocity response actually works. Better than expected performance on my 1st gen iPad. Fun… a lot of fun. Haven't had a chance to hook up mic or guitar so can't vouch for audio input or the guitar amps. Bounce and email files works transparently.

Cons: Cant do piano roll editing(!). Limited editing of synths (although the Hammond simulator is very nice) – Hard to get these synths where I want them to be sonically. Moving around interface can be a little odd at times – needs a little better workflow. Not integrated yet with GB/Logic on the Mac yet.

Verdict: $5 – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It's a steal! I think this will be a great sketchpad for singer/songwriter types (given the proper hardware for getting guitars/vocals in). For major synth heads…Nanostudio is still king.

]]> By: ghmetcalfe https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211080 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:51:38 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211080 http://soundcloud.com/ghmetcalfe/gb4ipad

First Impressions:

Pros: Decent sound quality (Rhodes is very nice, acoustic guitar, piano), nicely designed intuitive interface, velocity response actually works. Better than expected performance on my 1st gen iPad. Fun… a lot of fun. Haven't had a chance to hook up mic or guitar so can't vouch for audio input or the guitar amps. Bounce and email files works transparently.

Cons: Cant do piano roll editing(!). Limited editing of synths (although the Hammond simulator is very nice) – Hard to get these synths where I want them to be sonically. Moving around interface can be a little odd at times – needs a little better workflow. Not integrated yet with GB/Logic on the Mac yet.

Verdict: $5 – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It's a steal! I think this will be a great sketchpad for singer/songwriter types (given the proper hardware for getting guitars/vocals in). For major synth heads…Nanostudio is still king.

]]> By: ghmetcalfe https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211078 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:51:38 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211078 http://soundcloud.com/ghmetcalfe/gb4ipad

First Impressions:

Pros: Decent sound quality (Rhodes is very nice, acoustic guitar, piano), nicely designed intuitive interface, velocity response actually works. Better than expected performance on my 1st gen iPad. Fun… a lot of fun. Haven't had a chance to hook up mic or guitar so can't vouch for audio input or the guitar amps. Bounce and email files works transparently.

Cons: Cant do piano roll editing(!). Limited editing of synths (although the Hammond simulator is very nice) – Hard to get these synths where I want them to be sonically. Moving around interface can be a little odd at times – needs a little better workflow. Not integrated yet with GB/Logic on the Mac yet.

Verdict: $5 – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It's a steal! I think this will be a great sketchpad for singer/songwriter types (given the proper hardware for getting guitars/vocals in). For major synth heads…Nanostudio is still king.

]]> By: ghmetcalfe https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/10/garageband-for-the-ipad-is-out-its-5-what-do-you-think-of-it/#comment-211077 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:51:38 +0000 https://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=31561#comment-211077 http://soundcloud.com/ghmetcalfe/gb4ipad

First Impressions:

Pros: Decent sound quality (Rhodes is very nice, acoustic guitar, piano), nicely designed intuitive interface, velocity response actually works. Better than expected performance on my 1st gen iPad. Fun… a lot of fun. Haven't had a chance to hook up mic or guitar so can't vouch for audio input or the guitar amps. Bounce and email files works transparently.

Cons: Cant do piano roll editing(!). Limited editing of synths (although the Hammond simulator is very nice) – Hard to get these synths where I want them to be sonically. Moving around interface can be a little odd at times – needs a little better workflow. Not integrated yet with GB/Logic on the Mac yet.

Verdict: $5 – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It's a steal! I think this will be a great sketchpad for singer/songwriter types (given the proper hardware for getting guitars/vocals in). For major synth heads…Nanostudio is still king.

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