The world is your stage. This is your instrument.

GarageBand for iOS makes it incredibly simple to play, record, and share your music, no matter where you are. Tap into a wide range of instruments from around the world. And now with the Sound Library, you can choose and download more free instrument and loop packs when new sounds are released, to help you easily craft songs in your favorite styles — all right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio inside your Mac with a complete sound library that includes instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists as well as a vast selection of Synthesizers. Split a region. Tap the region to select it. Tap the region again, then tap Split. Drag the Split marker (with the scissors icon) left or right to the point where you want to split the region. Drag the Split marker down. To cancel the split, tap anywhere outside the region before dragging the Split. GarageBand for iOS makes it incredibly simple to play, record, and share your music, no matter where you are. Tap into a wide range of instruments from around the world. And now with the Sound Library, you can choose and download more free instrument and loop packs when new sounds are released, to help you easily craft songs in your favorite styles — all right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

GarageBand is fantastic tool for making music on your iPhone or iPad. In this article we take a look at some of the editing features that make it so powerful, and show you how to get the most from. Mar 14, 2020 Hokusai Audio Editor allows you to record multiple tracks, copy and paste sections of a track, and apply different filters and effects to your tracks. Best of all, the base package is free, with in-app purchases allowing you to expand the capabilities of the app with new tools like grain synthesis, time-stretching, reverb, and modulation. The Alchemy synth is available on iPhone 6 or later, iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation), iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4. Multitrack recording requires a compatible third‑party audio interface. Sharing to Facebook and YouTube requires iMovie. Requires an Apple Music Connect account. GarageBand is available on the App Store. IOS 11 required.

Play Make music. With or without an instrument.

The moment you launch GarageBand, you can start making music. Play stunningly realistic Touch Instruments, instantly build big beats, and create music like a DJ — all with just a few taps. The all-new Sound Library lets you explore and download sound packs tailored to help you build your tracks with just the right elements for the style you want.

Live Loops makes it fun and easy to create electronic music. Simply tap cells and columns in the grid to trigger musical loops, and then build your own original arrangements. You can even use Remix FX to add creative, DJ‑style transitions with Multi‑Touch gestures, or just by moving your iOS device.

If you can tap, you can play.

GarageBand comes with beautiful and highly expressive Touch Instruments that sound and respond just like the real thing. Play keyboards, guitars, and bass, as well as sounds designed for EDM and Hip Hop. Smart Instruments make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note. And now you can explore the sounds of Asia with traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments, including the Guzheng, the Koto, and an array of Taiko drums.

When it comes to how you make your beats, the choice is yours — from jamming live on virtual drum kits to instant drag‑and‑done Smart Drums. The all‑new Beat Sequencer lets you easily build rhythms using sounds and a workflow inspired by classic drum machines. And Drummer gives you access to a team of virtual session drummers, each playing a popular electronic or acoustic style with a signature kit.

Plug it in. Tear it up.

Plug in your guitar and choose from a van‑load of amps and stompbox effects that deliver the perfect feel — from dreamy soundscapes to stadium‑size rock.¹ Our bass amps let you hold down the bass line with clean or distorted rigs modeled after vintage and modern amplifiers.

GarageBand includes Alchemy, one of the world’s most advanced synthesizers. Explore hundreds of Apple‑designed Patches, perfect for EDM, Hip Hop, Indie, Rock, and Pop music. Use the expressive Transform Pad to morph between sounds in real time, or just have fun using the simple Chord Strips that help anyone play like an expert.

With the new Sound Library, you’ve got instant access to an incredible and expanding collection of free loops and instruments from right inside the app. Explore and download Apple‑designed sound packs that include Touch Instruments, Apple Loops, Live Loops templates, and instrument presets that will help you produce tracks in a wide variety of genres and styles. You can easily manage your library as it grows, and GarageBand will even notify you when new sound packs are released and ready for you to download.

Record A full recording studio. To go.

With its powerful and intuitive interface, GarageBand makes it easy to capture, adjust, and mix your performances into a finished composition. Build a complete song using any combination of Touch Instruments, audio recordings, and loops.

Work with up to an astounding 32 tracks with GarageBand for iOS.² With a compatible third‑party audio interface, you can even plug in the entire band and record everyone simultaneously on separate tracks. Take multiple passes to nail your performance using Multi‑Take Recording — just choose any Touch Instrument, tap Record, and play continuously over a looping song section. GarageBand automatically captures each one, and you simply choose your favorite.

Fine‑tune your tracks and record each tap, swipe, and twist of the knobs. Draw and edit volume automation for precise control over your mix. And let the Simple EQ and Compressor keep your tracks sounding crisp and clear. For even more detailed control, take advantage of 10 track‑mixing effects directly from Logic Pro, like the Visual EQ, Bitcrusher, Vocal Transformer, and more.

Audio Unit Extensions let you use your favorite compatible third‑party instrument and effect plug‑ins right in your GarageBand song. Browse the App Store and download your selections from leading music app developers like Moog Music.

iCloud GarageBand everywhere. Tweak your tracks. On any device.

iCloud allows you to keep your GarageBand sessions up to date across all your iOS devices. Using iCloud Drive, you can import song sketches to your Mac and take them even further, then share your finished piece on any of your devices. You can also import a portable version of a Logic Pro X project and add more tracks. When you bring the project back into Logic Pro, the original tracks are all there, along with the new ones you’ve added in GarageBand.

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Play, record, arrange, and mix — wherever you go.

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Using the GarageBand Track Editor in iLife ’11, you can view the music in a region as though you’re seeing it in a microscope, viewing either the actual notes in a Software Instrument track or the waveform of a Real Instrument track.

To open the Track Editor, select the track to edit and click the Editor button (the one with the scissors) in the lower left corner of the GarageBand window (or choose Control→Show Editor). The Track Editor appears below the timeline and Transport buttons and has its own Zoom slider. Depending on the type of track, you see either a note-by-note representation of a Software Instrument or the waveform of a Real Instrument.

With both kinds of tracks, you can move the region forward (to the right) or backward (to the left) in the timeline. You can zoom in to see larger notes or a more detailed waveform by dragging the Track Editor’s zoom slider in the lower left corner.

Editing Real Instrument tracks in GarageBand ’11

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Your performance with a Real Instrument may be slightly off the beat, but you can use the Track Editor to edit the track in one of these ways:

• Move a region to adjust its location in the song. You can move a region precisely in order to line it up with the beat.

• Adjust the timing with flex time. You can drag any part of the waveform to change the timing of a note or beat.

  Stretch or shorten the timing of a Real Instrument performance by using flex time.

• Select, and then cut or copy, a section of a region and paste it into one or more locations in the song. You can cut or copy part of a Real Instrument region and paste it over another part of a region or in another place in the track.

Editing Software Instrument tracks in GarageBand ’11

Software Instruments were made for the kind of editing the Track Editor enables you to do. Using the Track Editor, you can change the actual notes of a Software Instrument track (performance or loop), including the note’s duration, pitch, velocity, and location in the timeline. You can also adjust the pitch and fix the timing of notes automatically.

When you open a Software Instrument region in the Track Editor, it starts out in Piano Roll view, which looks like an old-style piano roll with holes that served as instructions to a player piano. The following list describes the different ways you can edit the notes in the Track Editor’s Piano Roll view:

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• Shorten or lengthen the duration of a note: Drag the lower right corner of the note to resize it. As you drag, the note’s edges snap to the lines in the beat ruler.

• Change a note’s starting point: Drag the note itself to the left or right, using the timeline grid as a guide.

• Change a note’s pitch: Drag the note up or down.

• Change the note’s velocity (from soft to hard): Drag the Velocity slider from left to right.