{"id":28286,"date":"2010-10-20T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T17:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/?p=28286"},"modified":"2010-10-20T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:36:54","slug":"garageband-11-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2010\/10\/20\/garageband-11-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"GarageBand &#8217;11 First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Garageband-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28289\" title=\"Garageband-11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Garageband-11-546x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Garageband-11-546x409.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Garageband-11-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Garageband-11.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple<\/strong> today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2010\/10\/20ilife.html\">introduced<\/a> an update to its suite of personal media tools, <strong>iLife &#8217;11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Included in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podcastingnews.com\/2010\/10\/20\/apple-ilife-11-update\/\">iLife &#8217;11<\/a> is <strong>GarageBand &#8217;11<\/strong>. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<p><strong>GarageBand &#8217;11<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flex time &#8211; lets you stretch or shorten recorded audio, interactively.<\/li>\n<li>Groove \u00a0Matching &#8211; &#8220;a spell checker for bad rhythm&#8221; &#8211; select one track and the rhythm of other tracks is aligned to it.<\/li>\n<li>More guitar amps and effects<\/li>\n<li>New piano &amp; guitar tutorials<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;How did I play&#8221; tool that injects a bit of Guitar Hero fun into practicing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interesting fact: Steve Jobs noted that GarageBand now has 5 million users, making it the most popular DAW, by far.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a GarageBand user, leave a comment with your thoughts on the update!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple iLife &#8217;11 Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple today introduced iLife\u00ae \u201911, a major upgrade that gives Mac\u00ae users even more great ways to create and share photos, movies and music. iPhoto\u00ae \u201911 has a whole new look, with stunning full screen modes for Faces, Places and Events. iMovie\u00ae \u201911 makes it easier than ever to edit videos and quickly transform them into fun theatrical trailers for easy posting online. GarageBand\u00ae \u201911 introduces new ways to improve your playing and create great sounding songs with Flex Time and Groove Matching. Free with every new Mac, iLife \u201911 is available as a $49 upgrade for existing users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201ciLife is widely regarded as the best suite of \u2018Digital Life\u2019 applications in the world, and iLife \u201911 makes them even better,\u201d said Steve Jobs, Apple\u2019s CEO. \u201ciLife now makes it easier than ever to create books and letterpress cards, make amazing movie trailers from your personal videos and post them online, and make your band sound far better or teach yourself piano or guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>iPhoto \u201911 features stunning new full screen modes that take advantage of your Mac\u2019s brilliant display for browsing, editing and showcasing your photos. Sharing your photos is easier than ever in iPhoto \u201911, whether you send them by email using one of eight beautiful themes, post them to your Facebook wall with a single click, or play them in full screen with one of 12 professionally designed slideshows. iPhoto &#8217;11 features a completely new approach to creating books and cards with a sleek carousel interface, intelligent book layout and a bookshelf that displays all your projects. New letterpress cards let you combine your photos and text with elegant imprinted designs to create unique wedding invitations, birth announcements, holiday greetings and more.<\/p>\n<p>iMovie \u201911 helps you turn your videos into captivating Hollywood-style trailers that are fun to watch and share. You can choose from 15 different genres including Adventure, Romantic Comedy and Epic Drama, each one complete with its own unique titles, graphics and cinematic soundtrack. Powerful new tools make it easy to selectively adjust audio levels and apply sophisticated visual effects like flash and hold, instant replay and jump cuts with a single click. People Finder analyzes your videos and marks sections containing faces, so you can quickly find the perfect clips for your trailer or movie. iMovie \u201911 also adds exciting new themes that make your videos look like professional news or sports programs.<\/p>\n<p>GarageBand \u201811 includes two new ways to fix or change the timing of your recordings. Flex Time lets you move, stretch or shorten individual notes by clicking on just the part of the audio waveform you want to change, without affecting the rest of the recording. With Groove Matching, you can select any track as the \u201cGroove Track\u201d and all other tracks will instantly match its rhythmic feel. GarageBand \u201911 adds seven authentic-sounding new guitar amps, five fun new stompbox effects, and 22 new Basic Lessons for piano and guitar. The new \u201cHow did I Play?\u201d feature listens while you play along with any lesson, highlights mistakes and tracks your progress to help you become a better musician.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing &amp; Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>iLife \u201911 is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $49 (US) through the Apple Store\u00ae (www.apple.com), Apple\u2019s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The iLife \u201911 Family Pack includes five licenses and is available for $79 (US) and the Mac Box Set which includes iLife \u201911, iWork\u00ae and Mac OS\u00ae X v10.6 Snow Leopard\u00ae is available for $129 (US).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today introduced an update to its suite of personal media tools, iLife &#8217;11. Included in iLife &#8217;11 is GarageBand &#8217;11. Here are the highlights: GarageBand &#8217;11 Flex time &#8211; lets you stretch or shorten recorded audio, interactively. Groove \u00a0Matching &#8211; &#8220;a spell checker for bad rhythm&#8221; &#8211; select one track and the rhythm of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2010\/10\/20\/garageband-11-first-look\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GarageBand &#8217;11 First Look<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,7,8],"tags":[280,9026,30620,17525],"class_list":["post-28286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garageband","category-software-sequencers","category-software-synthesizers-samplers","tag-apple","tag-apple-garageband","tag-garageband","tag-garageband-11"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}