[OT] new Mac software: GarageBand and iLife'04

[Scott Rossi]

On 1/7/04 11:35 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> And the midi loops stuff looks like fun until you want to move off the
> dominant chord. I couldn't find any way to do that and the Apple rep
> who was demoing the product couldn't figure it out either. I remember
> that when SJ was doing his dog-and-pony show he was basically just
> grabbing sound samples and adding them in, but everything was based on
> a single chord.

Not sure if you're talking about transposing here, but I was pleasantly
surprised to discover that loops in GarageBand and SoundTrack are not simple
audio loops, but rather MIDI sequences combined with sound samples.  If the
Apple rep I spoke with was correct, the loops are, in effect, similar to MOD
files from years ago: files that contain sequencing information and small
instrument samples.  Thus you can change the key and tempo of loops without
affecting quality.

This is not to argue that GarageBand is a replacement for the other
commercial audio apps, but I, for one, was wondering how Apples loops
compared to those of other music building apps (GrooveMaker, MixMan, etc).

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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