iPad
Apple has just released an iPad version of the popular music software Garageband. At first glance, it looks just like its desktop counterpart but it’s actually much easier to control and has a few added bonuses. In my humble opinion, it’s a great app to own whether you are a musician or an average iPad
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GarageBand for iPad
Feature
This is a next new tutorial in our Garageband tutorial series. You can read the first tutorials here and here. Need to remove some background noise, mistakes or unneeded fillers from your audio files? Perhaps you want to clean up a podcast or conference call or a song you’ve just recorded. Well then I highly
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How to Edit Audio Files with Garageband
Tutorials
We all know that Garageband contains hundreds of loops that we can use to create “original†music. Many of us, however, take them for granted and don’t realize how quick and easy it is to create a professional-sounding song. As a home-recording application, Garageband is quite underrated and, in my humble opinion, can and should
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How to Write a Song Using Garageband Loops
Tutorials
Need to brush up on your singing or guitar playing? Too embarrassed to sing karaoke in front of a live audience? Is Rock Band not stimulating enough for you? Here’s a little solution that might do the trick. Using Garageband, there’s a way to reproduce popular songs. It has the capability to remove the individual
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How to Use Garageband for Sing-a-long
Mac
It’s funny how two people can have completely different reactions to the same thing. I watched the big press event yesterday live, with my wife popping into my home office here and there to check things out. I caught myself dozing off a bit while iLife ’11 was being introduced, mostly because I rarely use
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iLife ’11 – Must Buy, or Do You Care?
Events
So what happened at today’s Back to the Mac event? Here are the deets, provided in a convenient list form. Looking for commentary? It’s coming soon. iLife ’11 Introduced – Free with every new Mac, $49 retail. Available Now. iPhoto ’11 Full screen display for all features New Slideshow themes Album view very similar to
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Back to the Mac Event: Wrapup
Mac
Last week I talked about Pulsar, a program that lets you listen to satellite radio via your desktop, without having to log into a clunky web interface. Turns out that Rogue Amoeba makes a lot of products, including Audio Hijack Pro, so I sent off an e-mail, and they sent me a free license so
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Audio HiJack Pro – Record Anything
Mac
Today Apple updated the Mac Mini, Mac Pro, iMac, Airport Extreme, and Time Capsule. There are no real cosmetic changes, but everything is a little greener, and a little more powerful. It’s the most publicity the Mac Mini has received from Apple in a LONG time… Apple® today announced updates to its iMac® and Mac®
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Apple Updates Mini, Pro, iMac, and More!
Mac
Apple has issued an update for GarageBand just a few days after the product was released. The 5.0.1 update is a 26.7 MB download available from your Software Update. It offers stability improvements and fixes some issues with downloads from the “Learn to Play Lessons Store”.
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Apple issues update to Garageband 09
Mac
Apple issued a press release this morning announcing that iLife ’09 would begin shipping on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009. The software package represents a major upgrade to Apple’s premiere suite of “life” applications including iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, and Garageband. The updated iLife suite was a major focus of this year’s Keynote at Macworld, and
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iLife ’09 Ships Tomorrow
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