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 ...

Comments

iSight as a mic

[joelhayhurst]

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?

Re:GarageBand Update - requirement

[Lord Satri]

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.

Multiple tempos/time sigs in a song?

[CharAznable]

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..

Re:Multiple tempos/time sigs in a song?

[gryphokk]

So as long as I stick with one tempo and time sig within a song (i.e. punk rock) I'll be fine.

Not sure if you missed my point, or if you got it and just didn't like it.

Just because you software recorder has features like loops or step editing, doesn't mean you're required to use them. If you're capable of playing a song straight through (which I'm sure you can, if you're building homemade prog), then you are not limited by the limitations of the software.

Just turn off the metromone, play your mixed time music on your native instrument the way you hear it in your head (or see it on the page full of spots 0-- whatever) et voila:
alternating bars of 17/8 and 23/16. Yeah, you're not getting as much support from your software -- but if you're making music like that, you're beyond the need for that help anyway!

Think Fragile, CTTE or Tales, rather than BG/Talk (Yes album references).

If nothing else, just start with a scratch track of you singing or humming, and clicking a couple drumsticks together to build your own clicktrack.

As a personal example, I recently acquired a recording of an XM radio braodcast of a concert from Jon Anderson's Work In Progress tour (Hey, you brought up progressive rock ;-). There is a near perfect version of Your Move that is just him and his guitar, simple, straight and strong. Now ordinarily, that song is a little overplayed, and I don't get to excited over it. But this version is just perfect for a little overdubbing.

My plan is to just drop the track into Garage Band, then start laying down overdubs - couple of background vocals, simple bass and drums (the half-note thuds) and just a little more acoustic guitar. And I'll have a duet with me and Jon! Time signatures and tempos, as seen by GB, will be totally ignored, since Jon's time tends to float anyway.

BTW, got any of that homemade prog to share?

Re:GarageBand Update - requirement

[Refrag]

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.