Logic Pro X moves to the the App Store
So far no apparent plans to turn Logic into Garage Band, as many have feared
Apple is reportedly finishing an update to Logic Pro 9, its professional digital audio and music sequencing program, taking care not to rile existing users with significant changes.
The new update is reportedly called Logic Pro X to maintain the same branding as Apple’s recent Final Cut X. However, according to a report by Japanese blog Macotakara, Apple’s Logic team is making great efforts to stress that it will not shift toward a GarageBand interface, heading off fears that Logic Pro might lose its professional edge.
Like Aperture and Final Cut Pro X, the new Logic Pro X package will be released via the App Store. In the move, the Logic Pro accessory app MainStage (used to manage virtual instruments during live performances) will reportedly spin off into a separate app, while WaveBurner (a standalone app used to master audio CDs) will have its functionality incorporated into Logic Pro X itself.
SoundTrack Pro 3, formerly included in both Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio as a tool for synching background audio to video, is reported to have a replacement but the report has not filled in any details regarding that program. The new app will likely be added to the Mac App Store alongside Final Cut Pro X, Logic Pro X, MainStage and the existing Aperture.
Via Apple Insider
Transform your iPad into a touch screen controller for GarageBand
http://youtu.be/pvJrXgovIN0
If you liked Delora gbTouch, wait until you get your hands on gbTouch 3. New from Harmony Systems, Inc., gbTouch 3 is a significant upgrade to the Delora gbTouch iPad music application, which turns an iPad into a touch screen controller for GarageBand.
With this release, the controller app offers a number of new features and benefits, including extra capabilities that allow you to know and control exactly where you’re at in your composition. The dynamically adjusting “LCD” display shows a user selectable choice of playhead location or project information, including song tempo, and playhead position and tempo can be changed easily to specific numeric values. On the Track Details screen, individual track volume and pan are now controlled with faders, and their values are displayed. According to the maker of gbTouch 3, graphics have been enhanced and the increased use of icons makes gbTouch more language independent.
You can use gbTouch in the studio, onstage, or anywhere really. In addition to supplementing the use of mouse and keyboard to control GarageBand, gbTouch 3 also serves as a control surface of sorts for GarageBand, making music creation more productive and efficient from anywhere in your studio or music environment. This flexibility is particularly useful in recording situations, Harmony Systems says. The individual track controls — record, mute, solo, and volume — and transport buttons on gbTouch allow you to adjust and evaluate tracks before heading into the mixing session.
What you can do with gbTouch 3:
- Control transport functions (Backward, Forward, Beginning, Play, Record, Cycle)
- Enable / disable record, mute, and solo for each track
- Track names and numbers shown on each track
- Tracks color coded for real and software instruments
- Select current track with one touch
- Access more than eight tracks with the arrow keys
- Adjust volume of individual tracks, and overall with Master Volume
- Adjust pan level for an individual track
- View values for track volume and track pan
- Disable all volume during playback with Volume Mute
- Move the playhead quickly using jog channel strip
- Designate Cycle start and end points
- View LCD display, which dynamically shows playhead location — user selectable measure or time format — or project info (tempo, time signature)
- Change tempo
- Adjust the playhead to a specific bar-beat location
- Adjust the playhead to a specific time based location
- Turn off all track record, mute, and solo attributes
- Show / hide the Arrange View or Master Track
- Enable / disable Metronome and Count-In
- Create a new track, duplicate, or delete a track
- Undo or Redo an action
- Save a GarageBand file
- Adjust Master Echo and Reverb effects
- Manipulate Compressor, Visual EQ, and software instruments’ sound Generator parameters
- Enable / disable effects
- Name of the currently selected track shown on the Track Edit screens
- Set preferences for faders to “jump” on touch
- Select one of three themes (four including GarageBand ’09) at any time to change the look of your app
GbTouch 3 requires the installation of gbLink 3.0, a Mac OS X application (Lion compatible) that provides the ability for gbTouch to communicate with GarageBand using a Wi-Fi network. GbLink is available as a free download at the Delora Web site.
Harmony Systems’ gbTouch 3 is now available for $9.99 from the App Store. Existing gbTouch users may upgrade to gbTouch 3 for free. For more information, visit delora.com.
Starcraft Terran Theme Music made with iOS MusicApps
Here’s an inspiring video:
Starcraft Terran theme song made with iOS music apps.
Had some arrangement on original song.
All of this song’s sounds are come from iPhone and iPad.
Featured music apps : GarageBand for iPad, ThumbJam, iShred, Guitar Studio
Nice video featuring an iPad and PureData mini jam
Here’s what the maker has to say about it:
i didn’t know Garage Band for ipad receives Midi over Wi-fi, so i made this little experiment..
How to control your GarageBand set up from afar
Control Apple GarageBand from afar with the Delora gbRemote app from Harmony Systems. Available for iPhone and iPod Touch, gbRemote functions as a remote controller for the GarageBand music-creation program for Mac.
GbRemote emulates GarageBand’s most frequently used transport functions — Play, Record, Back, Forward, Beginning, and Loop — plus other important functions like Master Volume control and Mute. You can view all tracks in a song, select a new current track, and change individual mute and solo track attributes, all while away from the confines of your computer, mouse, and keyboard. All controls are sized for easy touch accuracy and visibility. What’s more, gbRemote automatically adjusts its layout for best viewing and functionality in both landscape and portrait orientations. In Portrait mode, all controls can be accessed with one hand.
In addition to supplementing the use of mouse and keyboard to control GarageBand, gbRemote also serves as a control surface for GarageBand. According to Harmony Systems, the app makes music creation more productive and allows you to control GarageBand from anywhere in the studio within Wi-Fi coverage.
GbRemote requires the installation of gbLink 2.0.1, a free OS X application that allows gbRemote to communicate with GarageBand using a Wi-Fi network.
What you can do with Delora gbRemote:
- Control transport functions (Backward, Forward, Beginning, Play, Record, Cycle)
- View all tracks in your song
- Enable / disable mute and solo for each track
- Adjust overall Master Volume
- Disable all volume during playback with Mute
- Current track’s name is displayed and color coded by type
- Select a new current track
- Enable / disable Metronome
- Create a new track
- Undo an action
- Save a GarageBand file
- Supports installations of gbLink on multiple computers
Requirements:
- iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS 4.2 or greater
- Apple GarageBand ’11 or ’09 application installed on your Mac
- gbLink 2.0.1, Delora Software’s free OS X application
- Wi-Fi access to same computer where gbLink is installed
- iPhone / iPod Touch Bluetooth must be set to Off during a gbRemote session to ensure reliable communications with GarageBand
The gbRemote app is available for $2.99 from the App Store. For more details, visit delora.com.
Garage Band for iPad gets a make over
Perhaps the newly released FL Studio for the iPad has made Apple release an upgrade 
Apple has updated Garage Band for iPad to version 1.0.1. GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses on your iPad. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument.
Version 1.0.1 brings the following features and fixes:
• Support for audio output over AirPlay, Bluetooth devices and HDMI with the Apple Digital AV Adapter.
• Import of AIFF, WAV, CAF audio files and Apple Loops (16 bit, 44.1 kHz).
• Allows copy and paste of audio from supported apps into GarageBand.
• Addresses occurrences of GarageBand freezing while playing Smart Instruments.
• Improves overall stability and addresses a number of minor issues.
Garage Band for iPad’s original features offer:
Play your iPad like a musical instrument.
• Perform on dozens of musical instruments on the innovative Multi-Touch keyboard.
• Tap out beats from the seat of acoustic and electronic drum kits.
• Recreate legendary guitar rigs on your iPad with 9 amps and 10 stompbox effects.
• Record your voice using the built-in microphone, and apply fun sound effects.
• Use the Sampler to create an instrument from sounds you record, then play them on a keyboard.
Sound like a virtuoso with Smart Instruments.
• Tap chords to instantly create keyboard grooves with the Smart Keyboard.
• Strum chords on acoustic and electric Smart Guitars, or trigger fingerpicking patterns for popular chords.
• Groove with an onscreen electric or upright Smart Bass by tapping on chords.
• Drag drum instruments onto a grid to create your own beats with the Smart Drums.
Create a song anywhere you go.
• Arrange and mix your song with up to eight tracks using Touch Instruments, audio recordings, and loops.
• Trim and place musical regions exactly where you want them to play.
• Use the Mixer to fine-tune each track’s volume – solo or mute any track, or adjust pan, reverb, and echo.
• Use over 250 professionally prerecorded loops as a backing band to your song.
Share your songs.
• Email songs right from your iPad (AAC).
• Export your song and add it to the iTunes library on your Mac or PC.
• Send a project to your Mac and open it in GarageBand to continue refining your song.
Available through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/a…
SmartDrums automation with GarageBand for iPad
Description below:
Maybe it is not new for you but I think that is a really nice tip for recording drums with GarageBand for iPad using the SmartDrums. That Smart Instrument can record your gestures over the pad while recording.
More about MusicApps and Mobile Music at MusicApps.com.br
APPLE GarageBand for iPad – demo
GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses on your iPad. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument.
New and improved gbTouch 2 GarageBand controller for iPad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DidA17LOAH8
Harmony Systems has released Delora gbTouch 2, a free update to their $7.99 iPad application that functions as a remote controller for Apple’s GarageBand.
gbTouch 2 includes the most requested new features by gbTouch 1.0 users: track names and color-coded track type.
Tracks now have individual volume faders that adjust and show each track’s current volume setting. A “sound generator” edit panel has been added to tweak software instrument details, and all edit panels now show the corresponding track name.
gbTouch 2 also has “skins” – the look of the app can be changed to one of four styles from the iPad Settings application.
Features:
- Select current track with one touch
- Access more than eight tracks with the arrow keys
- Control transport functions (Backward, Forward, Beginning, Play, Record, Cycle)
- Enable/disable record, mute, and solo for each track
- Adjust volume per track and with Master Volume
- Disable all volume during playback with Volume Mute
- Move the playhead and designate new start and end points
- Turn off all track record, mute and solo attributes
- Show/hide the Arrange View or Master Track
- Enable/disable Metronome and Count-In
- Create a new track, duplicate or delete a track
- Undo or Redo an action, Save a GarageBand file
- Adjust Master Echo and Reverb effects
- Manipulate Compressor and Visual EQ parameters
- Enable/disable effects
- Supports installations of gbLink on multiple computers
Garageband on iPad 2
Will the other tablet manufacturer’s be able to catch up, at least when it comes to music production environments, check the release below and the comparison matrix delivered by Engadget:
Apple today introduced GarageBand for the iPad – a version of the company’s entry-level digital audio workstation, optimized for multi-touch mobile music making.
Features:
- Musical instruments designed for Multi-Touch.
- 70 synth presets
- Arpeggiator
- “Smart instrument” features
- 8-track recording
- Guitar amp simulator
- Stomp box effects
- Track sharing via email or iTunes
- Tracks can be opened in GarageBand on the Mac
GarageBand for the iPad will sell for $4.99, a price that promises to radically expand the audience for music-making apps on the iPad. The iPad version of GarageBand will be available starting March 11th.
Here’s a comparison of some of the current tablet computers:
| Platform | iPad 2 | Motorola Xoom | HP TouchPad | BlackBerry Playbook |
| Display | 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD |
10.1-inch | 9.7-inch | 7-inch LCD |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 | 1280 x 800 | 1024 x 768 | 1024 x 600 |
| Processor | 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 |
1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 |
1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon | 1GHz dual-core TI OMAP4430 |
| Memory | ? | 1GB RAM | 1GB RAM | 1GB RAM |
| Storage | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB | 32GB | 16GB / 32GB | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB |
| Front camera | VGA | 2 megapixel | 1.3 megapixel | 3 megapixel |
| Rear camera | 720 / 30p video | 5 megapixel AF with dual-LED flash, 720 / 30p video |
none | 5 megapixel, 1080p video |
| Cellular radio | Quadband HSPA or CDMA / EV-DO Rev. A |
3G with free upgrade to 4G LTE | 3G and 4G | 3G and 4G |
| WiFi | 802.11a/b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n | 802.11b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | 2.1 + EDR | 2.1 + EDR | 2.1 + EDR | 2.1 + EDR |
| Accelerometer | 3-axis | 3-axis | Yes | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Battery | 25Wh | 6,500mAh | 6,300 mAh | 5,300 mAh |
| Thickness | 8.8mm | 12.7mm | 13.7mm | 10mm |
| Weight | 601g (WiFi), 607g (Verizon), 613g (AT&T) |
725g | 740g | 425g |
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