“<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VeZI/RsU2UI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgarageband%252Fid408709785%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"GarageBand already has a long history on the Mac, letting people use intuitive controls and a huge library of instruments and prerecorded loops to create songs. But for the <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VeZI/RsU2UI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgarageband%252Fid408709785%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"iOS version, Apple needed to come up with creative ways to record music using only a touch-screen interface, and we think the company did an amazing job. The iPad version was released in March 2011, but the app has now gone universal in the latest version, letting you record and create songs on your iPhone and iPod Touch as well,” Jason Parker reports for CNET.
“With tons of uniquely designed and authentic-sounding instruments, a smart touch interface, and tools that make song creation easy, we think <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VeZI/RsU2UI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgarageband%252Fid408709785%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"it's a miracle this app is only $4.99. Anyone with even a passing interest in creating music should download <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VeZI/RsU2UI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgarageband%252Fid408709785%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"GarageBand for iOS,” Parker reports. “Frankly, we wish we could give it more than five stars for the virtually unlimited song possibilities, ease of use, and excellent touch-screen controls. If you have an iOS device and like music, you should definitely buy this app.”
More info and download link for GarageBand for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
Much more in the full review here.
Hi MDN,
I think a tag wasn’t closed or something because all I’m seeing is HTML in the post. More specifically, the ‘A’ tags with HREFs that point to linksynergy.com.
Of course they’d think it’s spectacular! Not only is it a really cool app, there’s nothing on the “Other Side” that can match it! What’s more amazing is, after all these years, seeing positive reviews for anything Apple related from the likes of CNET, Computerworld, et al.
It’s not Pro Tools but it’s nice for the beginner garage band.
Does Pro Tools even make a mobile app?
Fix the tags, fer chrissakes.
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While it was intended for the beginner, it is certainly much more powerful than that.
I often produce short tracks of various kinds (music for radio / TV commercials, intros, station IDs, independent film scores, etc). I have Logic Express that does the job very well for this, but I increasingly frequently find myself using GarageBand for many of these projects, because it is just so much fun to use!
Don’t underestimate the power of GarageBand. ProTools it certainly is not, but there is plenty of muscle under that innocent UI. I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that such a well-polished, powerful tool is given away for free!
Not that Predrag needs me to take up for him, but when he says “free” he means the GarageBand that comes free with every new mac. He is fully aware that the iOS version costs money. But I must say, I have been using the iOS version on both my iPhone and iPad, and 5 dollars is a STEAL for this app!!
Garageband for iOS is different than Garageband for the Mac. The iOS version does not have “tons of instruments.”
I hope they add enhancements and more instruments in future versions as this iOS version is not professional in quality as the Mac version.
There are better single instrument apps out there but none packaged like this for the price.