MacWorld Update: Apple has announced iLife ’06, a major update to Apple’s suite of home multimedia applications, including iWeb, a simple way to make websites, blogs and podcasts, and GarageBand 3, which now includes podcasting support. iLife ’06 features iPhoto 6 with new printed books, calendars and cards, and Apple’s innovative new Photocasting for sharing… Read More Apple iLife Update Adds Podcasting, Video Podcasting Tools
iCompositions, a community for sharing music made with Apple’s GarageBand, has partnered with Perimeter Sound Arts to give away what they describe as “the largest package of free Apple Loops in history.” The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 264 loops and joins existing free packages available from iCompositions, bringing iCompositions… Read More iCompositions Announces Free Apple Loops Collection
Apple has released a free online seminar, Making Music on the Mac with Garageband. The 1 1/2 hour seminar is designed to introduce Garageband and how it can be used to turn a Mac into a musical instrument and recording studio. The seminar covers: Playing Garagebands virtual instruments Using Apple Loops to build a “band”… Read More Free Seminar – Making Music with Garageband
Perimeter Sound Arts has released 2 new loop sample CDs: Brain Danse, produced by Jeff Rhodes, and an upgraded reissue of the original Abstract World Fusion, which has been out of print for the last year. Their sample CDs are available in both Acidized .wav format for Windows, and Apple Loop format for GarageBand, Soundtrack,… Read More New GarageBand Sound Libraries
Hal Leonard has introduced a line of TrackPaks, Apple Loops versions of classic songs. These loop collections are very different than any others that we’ve seen previously. Instead of being royalty-free collections, like most loop libraries, these are faithfully recorded loop-based versions of classic tunes. That means that you can’t take these loops and use… Read More Classic Rock TrackPak: Apple Loops for GarageBand
Hal Leonard has released the first four Apple Loop products in their TrackPak series for Garage Band. Each release contains loops for 12 hit songs in a different genre: Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Hip Hop, and R&B. In addition to loops for individual instruments from each song, each TrackPak comes with full audio tracks for… Read More Hal Leonard Intros TrackPak Apple Loops for GarageBand and Logic
M-Audio has announced iControl, the first dedicated hardware controller specifically designed for Apple’s popular Apple GarageBand music software. “M-Audio has a vision of empowering anyone interested in making music with the tools to do so easily,” says Tim Ryan, General Manager at M-Audio. “iControl represents M-Audio’s commitment to GarageBand as a creative platform. iControl provides… Read More M-Audio Intros iControl – Hardcore Garageband Controller
Zero-G has released World Pack for GarageBand, which comes in at over 9,000 samples and instruments. In addition to hand-picking the best loops and samples from a wide range of successful ‘world/ethnic’ products from their back-catalog Zero-G have added approximately 3,000 new unique loops and instrument samples from Africa and the Middle East. All that… Read More Zero-G Releases World Pack for Garageband
Nine Inch Nails has released a Garageband version of their new single The Hand that Feeds. It is available as a free download from the NIN site. It’s a massive 72mb collection of Garageband resources, straight from Trent Reznor. Garageband users can check it out at the NIN site.
iCompositions has partnered with Bandmateloops to give away another package of free loops for GarageBand, Logic, and Soundtrack. The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 121 loops and joins existing free packages available from iCompositions, bringing iCompositions members 417 free Apple Loops. The collection includes loops from instruments such as the… Read More 400 Free Loops for GarageBand from iCompositions
