GarageBand Roundup

Wired covers the GarageBand revolution. Matt Van Horm writes "MacBand.com is an online directory of songs and loops created by users of Apple's GarageBand software who submit their work. Songs are organized by category and loops are organized by genre, instrument and mood, and are rated with a system similar to the one in iTunes." franklinrh writes in about the free loops available from Access, and others note free loops from Bitshift Audio and Drums on Demand. And if you want to import MIDI files into GarageBand, check out Dent du MIDI. What other software -- and equipment -- are you using with GarageBand? I've got my setup pumping out tunes.

Comments

So what's the fuss?

[harlows_monkeys]

I keep reading all these articles on GarageBand, and not one of them answers the obvious question: how does it compare to Cakewalk Music Creator 2003? Looking at the feature lists for both, GarageBand appears to basically be a CMC clone, ahead in a couple areas (e.g., the guitar amp stuff) and behind in a couple areas (I don't see anything about score editing on Apple's site).

Surely all this hype cannot be merely because Mac users finally have a low cost music creation program comparable to what PC users have had for a long time (CMC is about $30).