Do they realize how DANGEROUS this application is going to be to sensibilities everywhere? I don't have a lick of musical training or talent and I was sitting there trying to make music. Thank goodness my fiancee loves me otherwise I would have scared here off tonight.
i agree tor....i shouldn't be anywhere near this program...
this it the last song i make from all software instruments...
i will break the bass out of the closet and steal back the keyboard from my mom...
GB will be great to use for my iMovies and iDVDs though...great for all the times i need some background music
this is a slower song for pscates' dad (just because i threw a few seconds of beautiful sounding banjo in it...love adding instruments that shouldn't be in the mix....
slow song was recorded 1-19-04 on an iMac G4 FP using GarageBand software instruments exclusively. it was written in a quiet home as thegelding sat alone in the computer room waiting for his family to come home from a day of skiing. it was MLK day and the family had off. when his family is away, thegelding is always slightly sad.
Instruments used...2 drum kits, one bass guitar, one electric guitar, one banjo, one piano, one synth, one set of strings, one short cymbol crash. the tempo is a rather slow 80 bpm using 4/4 and the key of c.
slow song is a moody reply to thegelding's funky song (a techno club mix)...
the piece starts quiet and slow, becomes almost upbeat, but then is quite moody and sad in the last half...
thegelding promises to use his own instruments and voice in upcoming garageband performances, but also wants it to be known that his musical abilities are severely limited by his total lack of talent and intelligence.
thegelding was born in 1961 in Santa Monica, California. he currently resides in new mexico with his wife, two daughters and two dogs. he is a generally happy man.
Well according to jobs the jampack piano was sampled from the most expensive piano in the world.
so that's gotta mean something right?....right?
I was really disappointed with the GB piano, it's not bad, but it's not that great either, Reason's grand piano is way better imo
I haven't been all that impressed with the software instruments, especially the acoustic instruments. The slidey thingy on the guitar is cool, but have you listened to the horns? I was trying to find good horns, but ugh.
I dig most of the stuff I've heard. I'm not expecting the world for $49 (actually if you think about it, GarageBand is really only $10...one of five apps, right? ), but I enjoy playing around in the evenings.
Here's the cool thing (and we only have to look to the other iApps, the OS itself and the other Apple software like iCal to know this): GarageBand is only going to get better. More loops, more instruments, more control.
For a 1.0 release, it's pretty nice.
I'm sure updates will come in the form of new sounds, new amp models, new software instruments, etc.
This coming weekend is supposed to be nothing but cold and rainy here, so I'm going to plant myself in front of this thing for a couple of days.
This may be a little OT, but if GB gains wide acceptance, Apple has just found a way to make most users need more power. Here I am last week on my 12" powerbook completely content with how powerful it is. It does all that I need just fine. Then I get GB and I find an app that I may REALLY like to use regularly that could consistently tax my machine. It's the best reason I've had to think I should upgrade some time soon.
I mean Apple is not MS where upgrading your OS makes you feel like you need a new computer. The past 3 years' upgrades have made each computer feel faster as opposed to slower. That's the way it should be.
This may be a little OT, but if GB gains wide acceptance, Apple has just found a way to make most users need more power. Here I am last week on my 12" powerbook completely content with how powerful it is. It does all that I need just fine. Then I get GB and I find an app that I may REALLY like to use regularly that could consistently tax my machine. It's the best reason I've had to think I should upgrade some time soon.
I mean Apple is not MS where upgrading your OS makes you feel like you need a new computer. The past 3 years' upgrades have made each computer feel faster as opposed to slower. That's the way it should be.
Yeah, but don't forget that this is a 1.0 release so I am sure that subsequent updates will hopefully speed it up. Soundtrack and even Reason can handle more tracks before actually choking, so there is still a lot of room for growth...I still love GB though!
Yeah, but don't forget that this is a 1.0 release so I am sure that subsequent updates will hopefully speed it up. Soundtrack and even Reason can handle more tracks before actually choking, so there is still a lot of room for growth...I still love GB though!
Oh, I wasn't complaining about the speed of the program at all. I was noting that it may be the first consumer app that pushes hardware enough to make upgrades a wise thing. iMovie and iDVD arguably do the same thing, but I think that GB has a potentially wider audience (and less competition on the Windows side).
Oh, I wasn't complaining about the speed of the program at all. I was noting that it may be the first consumer app that pushes hardware enough to make upgrades a wise thing. iMovie and iDVD arguably do the same thing, but I think that GB has a potentially wider audience (and less competition on the Windows side).
I totally got that, and agree with ya. I was just saying that even with current hardware, there will be improvement in speed.
Rule No. 1 Don't put laptop in front of desktop computer because you'll keep using the wrong keyboard and feel like a real dill.
GB. Yeah this one's gonna be a doozey.
So seeing as I have to endure the usual antipodean wait, I think some reviews are in order. I've probably listened to about 70% of them. I think they're all fabulous. I really do. Good, bad or indifferent, they're highly entertaining and, so far, not at all boring.
So here are reflections on some of the ones I've listened to.
Downtown Jungle - Is there some serious conga line action happening here or what? Give me a set of marracas and whack a bowl of fruit on my head and I'd be feeling like a post-modern Carmen Miranda listening to this one!
Island Lounge - I like where you're going with this but would have used more of that cool jazzy piano myself. But still, yay. A friend of mine who listened to it today really liked it! Yeah, you're getting air time, people.
The Larrytown Sound - I'll admit when I heard the piano at the beginning I was a little worried but then in walked Shaft! Now where's the gold lame jumpsuit and the platform shoes.......
The G's Funky Song - Ok the first time I listened to it I laughed a lot but then it started to remind of something. Search memory banks...........the title track from the albumn Rough Mix by Pete Townsend and Ronnie Lane. One guitar loop in particular. No g, don't be so hard on yourself. Said friend loved yours too!
Front Porch - Now you're talking my language, Sunshine. I can actually use this at work (I know, I'm as amazed as you are). You may be the first previously amateur GB user to achieve commercial success! Except, unfortunately, in this instance the artist isn't going to get paid. Sorry. You also confirmed what I already had pretty much figured out about the usefulness of GB for my purposes. Thanks.
Zor - Left, left; left right left. Don't know the original. Is it that military? You sound just like Steve Forbert. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Jesus, Bob Dylan can't sing to save himself. Special bonus points for singing.
So keep 'em coming, You will, however, succeed better with this audience member if you provide liner notes. If you take Thor's recording industry approach, you're out of luck.
One request, how about some Jazz. Something trad. New Orleans, dixieland, whatever. And just a wider range of genres generally. Ta.
Thanks, crazychester. (Great name! That's the verse I sing when my side project band?just a bar band that plays covers?plays "The Weight") I feel like a heel for just using loops so far, but right now my Korg piano is at my MAIN band's practice spot, and I haven't purchased any USB-MIDI gear so I can hook the piano up to my Mac.
Zor - Left, left; left right left. Don't know the original. Is it that military? You sound just like Steve Forbert. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Jesus, Bob Dylan can't sing to save himself. Special bonus points for singing.
So keep 'em coming, You will, however, succeed better with this audience member if you provide liner notes. If you take Thor's recording industry approach, you're out of luck.
One request, how about some Jazz. Something trad. New Orleans, dixieland, whatever. And just a wider range of genres generally. Ta.
Thanks for the compliment I guess And here is yesterdays/todays project. Trying to cover more genre's as crazychester requested Poor People of Paris this song I only know from Chet Atkins not sure about lyrics or anything else about other than I love the way Chet plays guitar, I only wish I was as good. I cried when he and Johnny died.
Drums-SR-16 drum mudule with me punching in all the fills and cymbals as it was recording(what a bi@tch) took a few takes
Bass Guitar- casio keyboard played by me, again it took a few takes
Rythme Guitars-Me electric and acoustic
Lead Guitars-Me, played the lines twice with electric (miked) and electric (direct)
Downloading the new ones now guys. Both your notes are just brilliant! Having the technical details is really handy while I'm trying to assess GB just from a listening standpoint. But the personal touches that say what the song means to you are just great. Really impressed.
Oh yeah, and I can tell how obsessed you all are with GB by the fact nobody complimented me on my excellent taste in laptop computers. But that's OK, I UNDERSTAND.
I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere. You can take any loop from a particular instrument file and place it in another instrument track on the GarageBand board and it will play with that sound. For edxample, a sax loop will play as a piano and vice versa.
I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere. You can take any loop from a particular instrument file and place it in another instrument track on the GarageBand board and it will play with that sound. For edxample, a sax loop will play as a piano and vice versa.
Only if it is a MIDI loop(green icon) if it is an AUDIO loop(blue icon) you CANNOT do this.
MIDI is a data format, and as such, it stores things like, what note, what velocity..modulation...etc., but not instrument, that is how midi files are able to be so small, ~10k because they get the instruments from the computer(built-in QT general midi, or something like reason, GB...etc.)
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Do they realize how DANGEROUS this application is going to be to sensibilities everywhere? I don't have a lick of musical training or talent and I was sitting there trying to make music. Thank goodness my fiancee loves me otherwise I would have scared here off tonight.
this it the last song i make from all software instruments...
i will break the bass out of the closet and steal back the keyboard from my mom...
GB will be great to use for my iMovies and iDVDs though...great for all the times i need some background music
this is a slower song for pscates' dad (just because i threw a few seconds of beautiful sounding banjo in it...love adding instruments that shouldn't be in the mix....
http://homepage.mac.com/gavinmcc/.Music/slow song.mp3
g
adding liner notes for crazychester:
slow song was recorded 1-19-04 on an iMac G4 FP using GarageBand software instruments exclusively. it was written in a quiet home as thegelding sat alone in the computer room waiting for his family to come home from a day of skiing. it was MLK day and the family had off. when his family is away, thegelding is always slightly sad.
Instruments used...2 drum kits, one bass guitar, one electric guitar, one banjo, one piano, one synth, one set of strings, one short cymbol crash. the tempo is a rather slow 80 bpm using 4/4 and the key of c.
slow song is a moody reply to thegelding's funky song (a techno club mix)...
the piece starts quiet and slow, becomes almost upbeat, but then is quite moody and sad in the last half...
thegelding promises to use his own instruments and voice in upcoming garageband performances, but also wants it to be known that his musical abilities are severely limited by his total lack of talent and intelligence.
thegelding was born in 1961 in Santa Monica, California. he currently resides in new mexico with his wife, two daughters and two dogs. he is a generally happy man.
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
Well according to jobs the jampack piano was sampled from the most expensive piano in the world.
so that's gotta mean something right?....right?
I was really disappointed with the GB piano, it's not bad, but it's not that great either, Reason's grand piano is way better imo
I haven't been all that impressed with the software instruments, especially the acoustic instruments. The slidey thingy on the guitar is cool, but have you listened to the horns?
Here's the cool thing (and we only have to look to the other iApps, the OS itself and the other Apple software like iCal to know this): GarageBand is only going to get better. More loops, more instruments, more control.
For a 1.0 release, it's pretty nice.
I'm sure updates will come in the form of new sounds, new amp models, new software instruments, etc.
This coming weekend is supposed to be nothing but cold and rainy here, so I'm going to plant myself in front of this thing for a couple of days.
I mean Apple is not MS where upgrading your OS makes you feel like you need a new computer. The past 3 years' upgrades have made each computer feel faster as opposed to slower. That's the way it should be.
Originally posted by torifile
This may be a little OT, but if GB gains wide acceptance, Apple has just found a way to make most users need more power. Here I am last week on my 12" powerbook completely content with how powerful it is. It does all that I need just fine. Then I get GB and I find an app that I may REALLY like to use regularly that could consistently tax my machine. It's the best reason I've had to think I should upgrade some time soon.
I mean Apple is not MS where upgrading your OS makes you feel like you need a new computer. The past 3 years' upgrades have made each computer feel faster as opposed to slower. That's the way it should be.
Yeah, but don't forget that this is a 1.0 release so I am sure that subsequent updates will hopefully speed it up. Soundtrack and even Reason can handle more tracks before actually choking, so there is still a lot of room for growth...I still love GB though!
Originally posted by foad
Yeah, but don't forget that this is a 1.0 release so I am sure that subsequent updates will hopefully speed it up. Soundtrack and even Reason can handle more tracks before actually choking, so there is still a lot of room for growth...I still love GB though!
Oh, I wasn't complaining about the speed of the program at all. I was noting that it may be the first consumer app that pushes hardware enough to make upgrades a wise thing. iMovie and iDVD arguably do the same thing, but I think that GB has a potentially wider audience (and less competition on the Windows side).
Originally posted by torifile
Oh, I wasn't complaining about the speed of the program at all. I was noting that it may be the first consumer app that pushes hardware enough to make upgrades a wise thing. iMovie and iDVD arguably do the same thing, but I think that GB has a potentially wider audience (and less competition on the Windows side).
I totally got that, and agree with ya. I was just saying that even with current hardware, there will be improvement in speed.
Rule No. 1 Don't put laptop in front of desktop computer because you'll keep using the wrong keyboard and feel like a real dill.
GB. Yeah this one's gonna be a doozey.
So seeing as I have to endure the usual antipodean wait, I think some reviews are in order. I've probably listened to about 70% of them. I think they're all fabulous. I really do. Good, bad or indifferent, they're highly entertaining and, so far, not at all boring.
So here are reflections on some of the ones I've listened to.
Downtown Jungle - Is there some serious conga line action happening here or what? Give me a set of marracas and whack a bowl of fruit on my head and I'd be feeling like a post-modern Carmen Miranda listening to this one!
Island Lounge - I like where you're going with this but would have used more of that cool jazzy piano myself. But still, yay. A friend of mine who listened to it today really liked it! Yeah, you're getting air time, people.
The Larrytown Sound - I'll admit when I heard the piano at the beginning I was a little worried but then in walked Shaft! Now where's the gold lame jumpsuit and the platform shoes.......
The G's Funky Song - Ok the first time I listened to it I laughed a lot but then it started to remind of something. Search memory banks...........the title track from the albumn Rough Mix by Pete Townsend and Ronnie Lane. One guitar loop in particular. No g, don't be so hard on yourself. Said friend loved yours too!
Front Porch - Now you're talking my language, Sunshine. I can actually use this at work (I know, I'm as amazed as you are). You may be the first previously amateur GB user to achieve commercial success! Except, unfortunately, in this instance the artist isn't going to get paid. Sorry. You also confirmed what I already had pretty much figured out about the usefulness of GB for my purposes. Thanks.
Zor - Left, left; left right left. Don't know the original. Is it that military? You sound just like Steve Forbert. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Jesus, Bob Dylan can't sing to save himself. Special bonus points for singing.
So keep 'em coming, You will, however, succeed better with this audience member if you provide liner notes. If you take Thor's recording industry approach, you're out of luck.
One request, how about some Jazz. Something trad. New Orleans, dixieland, whatever. And just a wider range of genres generally. Ta.
thanks for listening and giving reviews and thoughts crazyc...
g
Originally posted by crazychester
Zor - Left, left; left right left. Don't know the original. Is it that military? You sound just like Steve Forbert. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Jesus, Bob Dylan can't sing to save himself. Special bonus points for singing.
So keep 'em coming, You will, however, succeed better with this audience member if you provide liner notes. If you take Thor's recording industry approach, you're out of luck.
One request, how about some Jazz. Something trad. New Orleans, dixieland, whatever. And just a wider range of genres generally. Ta.
Thanks for the compliment I guess
Drums-SR-16 drum mudule with me punching in all the fills and cymbals as it was recording(what a bi@tch) took a few takes
Bass Guitar- casio keyboard played by me, again it took a few takes
Rythme Guitars-Me electric and acoustic
Lead Guitars-Me, played the lines twice with electric (miked) and electric (direct)
http://www.innervisionsproductions.c...e_remixed.html
Originally posted by futuremac
wow it downloads at like 7kb/sec
are you getting lots of hits on this? i have broadband and its telling me more than 10 min to dl this song thanks anyway
Good grief!
24.2 kb a second?!
Originally posted by MacsRGood4U
I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere. You can take any loop from a particular instrument file and place it in another instrument track on the GarageBand board and it will play with that sound. For edxample, a sax loop will play as a piano and vice versa.
Only if it is a MIDI loop(green icon) if it is an AUDIO loop(blue icon) you CANNOT do this.
MIDI is a data format, and as such, it stores things like, what note, what velocity..modulation...etc., but not instrument, that is how midi files are able to be so small, ~10k because they get the instruments from the computer(built-in QT general midi, or something like reason, GB...etc.)