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GarageBand 1.1 Released
joelhayhurst writes "GarageBand 1.1 addresses isolated performance and stability issues, allows per-track Echo settings similar to other effects, supports loop libraries in other disk locations, supports importing unprotected AAC audio files in addition to AIF and MP3 files, and addresses issues with ReWire support, moving GarageBand songs between different computers, Help support, fixing the timing of individual notes (as well as entire regions), and dragging entire tracks in the timeline." I hope it well let me select what MIDI channel to listen on, too. Here's hoping ...
Uneventful, but I've not played with it yet.
Well, since GarageBand is a major Apple app, it would make sense that it would show up on the Slashdot Apple section, just like major updates to iTunes and iMovie.
--The Mad Crasher
1. GarageBand isn't open source, and I have rarely seen Apple products on Freshmeat. 2. You must be a new /.er to not realize that updates to Apple applications make the Apple section quite frequently, and yes, we do care about the updates.
You can use GarageBand with applications supporting ReWire functionality. You can play the ReWire application in a GarageBand song, and export the combined mix to iTunes.
* Rearrange tracks
You can move tracks up or down to rearrange the order of tracks in a song.
* Duplicate tracks
You can duplicate a track, which creates a new, empty track with the same instrument, effects, and input settings.
* Rename tracks in the track header
You can rename a track by clicking its name in the track header and typing a new name.
* Index loops in multiple locations
You can add loops stored in different locations, including external hard disks or disk partitions, to the loop library. GarageBand asks if you want to copy the file to the loop library, or index it in its current location Loops on removable media, such as CDs or DVDs, are automatically copied and indexed.
* Convert Software Instrument loops to Real Instrument loops in the timeline
You can convert a Software Instrument loop to a Real Instrument loop when you drag it to the timeline, allowing you to use more loops and effects in your song.
* Fix the timing of individual Software Instrument notes in the track editor
When you select notes in the track editor, you can click the Fix Timing button to fix the timing of the selected notes or the entire selected region.
* Add AAC audio files to a song
You can add AAC format audio files (except protected AAC files) to a song by dragging them into the timeline. As with MP3 files, AAC files are converted to AIFF file for use within your song.
* New "Track Echo" instrument effect
A new "Track Echo" instrument effect is now available in the Effect menu of the Track Info window. Unlike the default instrument echo, which applies the same echo settings to the entire song, the "Track Echo" effect behaves like other track effects, so different echo settings can be used on different instruments.
* Save a song as an archive
You can save a song as an archive, so that any loops the song uses are saved with the song, improving portability of GarageBand songs between computers.
* Close the song without quitting GarageBand
You can now close the open song without quitting GarageBand.
I can't get my iSight to work with GarageBand and I see in a quick Google that others can't, either. This is a concern because the built-in mic on my laptop has lots of noise, while it is my understanding that my iSight has a superior mic with some noise-cancelling technology. Currently, it lists a grayed out option in the Audio Input selection which says "iSight (not 44.1)". I don't particularly know what this means or if I can get around it somehow to use the iSight as a mic. For me, the grayed out option was not there previously. Particularly curious is that on this site the user posts a screenshot of GarageBand with the grayed out option, but his post is dated in January, well before this version came out.
The major question is, can I somehow get my iSight to work as audio input? And the second question is, why did my previous version of GarageBand not have the grayed out option, but the user on that site's GarageBand did?
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You're right! Thanks. Auto Update only shows if the app is *directly* in the application folder. I guess this applies to other Apple apps.
Hope this behavior will change in the next OS versions. This is anoying if you want the regroup keynote files (the app and additionnal templates) or Garageband files (the app and demo songs) in the same folder, etc.
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I've been playing with GarageBand for a couple of days, and I can't find an obvious way for a song to have multiple tempos or time signatures, making it very limited for doing progressive rock. And I wish I had a dedicated midi drum editor. I know, that's probably too much to ask from an app that came free with my Powerbook..
The perfect sig is a lot like silence, only louder
This complaint comes up every time an update is noted on Slashdot, and every time it gets modded down. Seriously folks, if you don't want to read this stuff, then just don't read it. It should be obvious from your -1 Troll score, and the -1 scores of all complainants before you, that the majority of Slashdot users want to see these updates on here.
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This is one of the most annoying things about Mac OS X. The really annoying part is when an OS update includes updates to some applications and rather than overwriting the copy that one has reorganized into a subfolder (perhaps /Applications/Accessories/) it drops a new copy into /Applications/ and leaves the other copy in its location. Some updates work properly as they should, but it seems that Apple consistently reverts to always updating in the /Applications/ folder only. I'm guessing the logic must go in each update script.
Perhaps Apple needs to include a framework for handling this in future revisions.
I have a website. It's about Macs.
Umm... Many people move apps from the top-level Applications folder because they don't want Software Update to overwrite it.
If we changed this, there would be a lot of complaints.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
* Close the song without quitting GarageBand
You can now close the open song without quitting GarageBand.
I better thing for these few users to do is to rename the applications or back them up.
I have a website. It's about Macs.
See my journal for further developments on this topic, including an mp3 file of some Garageband self-gratification.
And you, madam, are very ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.