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GarageBand

Let’s get it out of the way from the start. This is the most fully functioning music app out there giving you what the majority of individual apps offer, but only better and in one package.

You get to play piano, guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and if you’ve got the right dongle, even record your own guitar playing as well.
Broken down into a number of different areas or instrument groups, the idea is that you can play your favourite instruments, lay down a track, and then edit and manage them into a song before exporting said track into iTunes or your desktop; you can then share it with your friends.
The whole experience is incredibly easy, and depending on your musical skill rather than computer skills, you can create a track in minutes rather than hours.
Playing music is one thing, but you probably want to record it too, and here Apple makes it very easy. Press record, you’re counted in, and off you go.
Each instrument is laid down in individual tracks and there is an editing page that gives you the control to edit it all.
The interface is very much like GarageBand on the Mac and you can add more instruments, loops, delete tracks, expand and shrink, and basically anything else you need to create that next Number One.
Drawbacks? If you want to share the finished track you’ve got to plug in your iPad to a computer.
At £2.99 in the UK and $4.99 in the US, if you’re into music, this is a steal.

Read more: GarageBand for iPad (iPad)
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8
Price: £2.99

Rating: 4/5

This post was written by: Irfan Jam

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