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By Blue Haze Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:03 am
GarageBand on the Mac desktop I never fooled around much as I use logic. But GarageBand on iPad and iPad 2 is pretty good. It was released two days ago a very decent music app for the iPads.
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By elevated Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:33 pm
Lord Toranaga wrote:does it have a sampler?


I just read the info,, it sure does have a sampler. U can make a tuned keyboard sampler instrument from a recrorded sound. I don't think Garageband for Mac can actually do that.
By Undertow Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:07 am
Does the iPad 2 version carry the same project compatibility with Logic, as the Mac OSX version does? I'm not a Garageband user, but I do often use Logic and that could make this an actual useful mobile app, for me. I'm going to look into it later myself, if no one knows the answer, but as of right now I haven't had the time to check it out.

My curiosity took over. The answer is yes, I assume, since it's project compatible with the Mac version of Garageband.

Apple wrote:Sharing

GarageBand for iPad makes it easy to email your song from your iPad, or export and add your song to your iTunes library. You can even send a project to your Mac and open it in GarageBand to keep refining your song.
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By cozy Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:41 am
I got it GB yesterday. It's pretty cool but is missing some key features. I have an original iPad, and it crashed the first time I used it, but not since. It doesn't have a MIDI editor. It doesn't export MIDI files. It doesn't allow you to import samples. You can record your own samples, but you can't make your own drum kit and upload it to the fake MP.. I mean drum machine!

It's pretty cool, but it would be much better if you could export MIDI so we could load it into an MPC or DAW and also a MIDI editor because its stupid to have to re record patterns if you mess up one note. No velocity either.

I put all of these things and more in my review on the app store. It seems like a lot of people are requesting the MIDI editor, but I haven't seen any one request the export function.
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By cozy Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:23 am
Lord Toranaga wrote:can you load EXS24 or garage band istrument files into the sampler?

Not sure. I will have to look into it. I didn't see anywhere to upload anything in the program. Hopefully an update is coming soon. I will take a look into it and let you know...
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By Blue Haze Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:34 am
Lord Toranaga wrote:can you load EXS24 or garage band istrument files into the sampler?



I haven`t used export function as of yet. But GB for iPad is like an all in one unit in the box. Export is basically for a finished song send to iTune or emailed to your friends. Though you can solo tracks and export audio files to your computer. In the link I placed there is a video tutorial next to the GB info that shows the basics. GB is more of a sketchboard for writing ideas but it does sound pretty damn good for a 6 dollar app. It is true the psuedo mpc kit with pads consists of 808 kit, house hit, and bland hip hop kit but it is easy to program with or without quantization and it has a small swing settings too. In no way can it compare to a real mpc but it not. It has a audio recorder and a sampler to use and the ease of use basically you don`t need to read a manual it is so simple. It is one of the best apps for the iPad I came across and since it was designed by Apple it works well.

Please check the videos on the usage and for all others it definitively isn`t a Logic for iPad so no advanced features. But if you go by less is more you can do just decent mobile tracks with it. Export the audio to your big setup later.


I`m not going to speculate on future versions but Apple is pretty decent with app upgrades.

I use my OG iPad for everything. It is cool and very useful. 8)