GarageBand for iPad: $4.99 on March 11th
With GarageBand for iPad, Apple is showing that the iPad 2 isn't just for consuming media, but also for creating it. They gave a rather long demo of the app today, showing off a slew of music creating and editing features that will make your old Four Track look like, well, an very old Four Track.
GarageBand projects can be recorded or played directly into the iPad 2 with up to 8 tracks, edited directly on the device, and then either emailed out or even saved so you can continue editing on the Mac. Apple is also including a suite of touch-based instruments including drums, drum machines, keyboard, and synthesizers. These instruments include clever features: they use the accelerometer to determine how hard you're striking a key or drum and also allow you to swipe across keys and wiggle your finger to get vibrato. There are also "Smart Instruments," which are simplified versions of instruments that will allow even the most tone-deaf to create music tracks. On the guitar, you can simply choose a chord and strum and even set it to autoplay.
A full-featured audio recorder, guitar amps, stompbox effects, and very good editing features round out GarageBand for iPad. It will be available on March 11th for $4.99 in the App Store.
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I assume GarageBand for iPad requires iPad 2? Or will it work on the iPad 1 too?
I really hope it works on the original iPad.
This might be interesting, will it auto-tune your voice? nice price.
It will work on iPad1 per Danny Patterson's Twitter. He is the software engineer.
http://twitter.com/#!/coupler
First $5 once I get my iPad.
For those of us with stereo external USB sound cards, how do you pipe the two channels into an iPad? Doubt it can be done
This made my day. So cool
In addition to the new iPad, that is
External microphones and mixers can be used with an iPad if you have the Apple USB camera connection kit one of several USB audio adapters that work with the iPad (usually these either need to have low power consumption, so they can be powered by the iPad, or an external power supply; they also have to work without a device driver).
However, it looks like Garageband for the iPad can only record using the iPad's built-in Mic. I'd use other apps like MusicStudio and MultiTrack DAW instead.
Sorry, can't edit the above comment. Should read "...the Apple USB camera connection kit AND one of several USB audio adapters..."