| GarageBand Tutorial: Built-in Audio Unit Effects | |
Underlying GarageBand's simple interface is a host of complex functionality and features that offer some serious power in modifying your audio inputs. Many of these features are inherited from FinalC... [read more]
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| MIDI Basics for Apple GarageBand Users | |
This document is intended to be a basic introduction and tutorial on the topic of MIDI, which is short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a protocol that was developed so that electro... [read more]
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| MacJams.com Apple GarageBand Buyer's Guide | |
As many new GarageBand users have already begun to discover, being an amateur musician can entail a number of equipment purchases to complement your music-making setup. In this article, we'll recomme... [read more]
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| MacJams Review: Drums on Demand Vol. 1 | |
In our first review of third-party, GarageBand-compatible loops, we look at a splendid collection of percussive goodness called Drums on Demand. Currently, Volume 1 of Drums on Demand is available fo... [read more]
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| In Depth: Apple GarageBand Jam Pack | |
One of the most frequently asked questions by current or prospective GarageBand users is whether the add-on collection of loops, software instruments and effects called Jam Pack is worth the $99 aski... [read more]
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| The Ultimate GarageBand Keyboard | |
Many users (or future users) of GarageBand are former or current piano players who were taught and have only used upright or grand pianos. These people, and many others, thus wonder what the best MID... [read more]
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| MacJams Announces Five Weeks of Free Loops | |
(12/06/05 UPDATE: Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 available) MacJams has teamed with Advanced Media Group to offer GarageBand and other Mac musicians five weeks of free loops starting this week! This week, a... [read more]
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| Using VST instruments in Garage Band | |
Our friend Jacean from Florida Music Company is back with more great info. In this article, Jacean describes how to use Cubase VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software synthesizers with GarageBand th... [read more]
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| Using Native Instruments Software Synths with Apple GarageBand | |
Our faithful user, B.J. Morgan, has authored an awesome tutorial on the topic of using software synthesizers sold by Native Instruments with Apple's GarageBand software. Many users have wondered how ... [read more]
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| Bitshift offers free Virtual Midi Intruments for GarageBand | |
If you've signed up to receive e-mails from Bitshift when you downloaded their free loops you should have received this e-mail:
"As a special 'thank you' to folks who opted-in to receive e-mail from ... [read more]
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| GarageBand 1.1 and SoundFont/DLS Support | |
An anonymous user has tipped us off to a very interesting piece of news. The user writes: "Apple updated GarageBand to 1.1 this week and in doing so fixed the long-broken DLS Music Device. This means... [read more]
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| Free Cello Instrument for GarageBand | |
MacJams is pleased to announce the availability of a free, professional-quality cello instrument for GarageBand. The instrument, made with samples played and recorded by professional cellist Claire F... [read more]
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| MIDI Keyboard Buyer's Guide for Mac Users | |
As a popular destination for beginning computer musicians on the mac platform, one of the most common questions we see is "what keyboard should I use with my mac?" The answer to this question is diff... [read more]
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| GarageBand Recording Tips | |
Jeff Tolbert, GarageBand expert and author extraordinaire, has kindly written an excellent article for our readers. In addition, to celebrate Jeff's newest title, "Take Control of Recording Music Wit... [read more]
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| Free GarageBand Loops from Bitshift Audio | |
Professional audio program maker Bitshift Audio has released 40 Megabytes of free loops for Apple's GarageBand. The loops were made by a professional engineer with Bitshift's audio programs and are a... [read more]
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| MacJams First Apple GarageBand-made Song Competition | |
Think your Apple GarageBand song is the best of the best? Then enter our first ever Apple GarageBand-made Song contest. The contest runs until Valentine's Day, February 14, 2004, and the winner will... [read more]
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| AMG Exclusive: ExpansionPack for GarageBand Announced | |
UPDATE: ExpansionPack for GarageBand will ship this week, and MacJams user XVERION has won the world's first copy. Contratulations! You can now order ExpansionPack, and view more details about it at... [read more]
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| John Mayer GarageBand Demo Online | |
As reported on MacMinute, an AAC version of the John Mayer and Steve Jobs song created during the MacWorld San Francisco GarageBand demo has been posted online by Chris McElligot. Chris has also been... [read more]
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| Free Logic Express Trial Download Available | |
Apple has quietly made available a free trial version of its Logic Express audio and midi recording program. The trial version is a 30-day fully functional version of Logic Express 7, which was relea... [read more]
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| Edirol PCR-30 Keyboard: An In-depth Look | |
With the release of GarageBand, many users are now investigating the purchase of a MIDI keyboard to use with Apple's latest iLife program. One of the clear leaders in the list of options is the Ediro... [read more]
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| Review: Harmony Assistant 8.4.4 | |
Harmony Assistant by Myriad Software is a complete software package to help you arrange, score, edit, and compose music. It creates clean sheet music, handles lyrics well, and has several ways of dis... [read more]
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| Finale Note Pad 2006 Free Music Notation Program Released | |
MakeMusic, Inc. has announced the release of the latest version of its Finale Note Pad software, Finale Note Pad 2006. The program is available for free download and provides music notation capabilit... [read more]
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| Review: PowerFX Invincible Dance Apple Loops | |
In our first review of PowerFX's collection of Apple GarageBand-format loops, we examine the Invincible Dance loop collection. We'll take you inside and out of this collection, explore the different ... [read more]
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| Free GarageBand Video Tutorials | |
Groovebox Music has made available three free tutorial videos on GarageBand 3. The free videos may be viewed or downloaded using the links in this story. All three videos are part of Grovebox's Gara... [read more]
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| Music Categories Explained | |
Many of you know that Tobin Mueller has been working very hard gathering feedback and trying to construct a sensible, understandable way to categorize songs into genres. The culmination of Tobin's ef... [read more]
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| Ivory: Impressive New Grand Piano Module | |
Ivory: 3 Grand Pianos Virtual Instrument by Synthogy
Great sounds inspire. If a pallate of sounds is truly amazing, it makes you want to play and create with it. This is exactly what happened... [read more]
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| Fifth Week of Free Apple Loops | |
We've just posted the fifth of five free collections of Apple Loops we're giving away for a total of five weeks. The fourth collection features over 20 Megabytes of loops, and a total of over 120 Meg... [read more]
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| Review: Vince Clarke Lucky Bastard Apple Loops | |
In it's second incarnation, "Vince Clarke, Lucky Bastard" is filled to the brim with all the analog goodness you can handle. The original version contained 185 samples in various formats and, after dr... [read more]
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| Free Acoustic Drum Loops For GarageBand | |
dkMastering and Numerical Craftsmen have announced the've made available a collection of 30 free acoustic drum loops for use with Apple's GarageBand program. Visit the free loops download page, which... [read more]
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| GarageBand MIDI Keyboards on the Cheap | |
Are you thinking of buying a MIDI keyboard to use with GarageBand? You may be put off by the small size and other limitations of those offered on the Apple Store accessorites page. However, there ce... [read more]
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| Using the Edirol PCR-1 with Garage Band | |
Jacean from the Florida Music Company, writes: "See how the Edirol PCR-1 works with Garage Band! This article was written by Chris Douglass, Edirol Lead Product Specialist c/o thinkware."
View The ... [read more]
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| Steve Sobek Interview | |
MacJams.com recently discovered the talents of Steve Sobek, who is the first artist we know of to release an entire album created entirely with Apple's GarageBand software. Steve Sobek is a longtime ... [read more]
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| MacJamboree: 500 Megs free song hosting, $1,000 in contest prizes | |
MacJams.com is pleased to announce its largest event ever: the MacJamboree! It's now been over half a year since MacJams.com got its start and since that time we believe we've gathered the greatest c... [read more]
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| GarageBand at the MacWorld Expo - a MacJams Exclusive | |
The first MacWorld to happen in Boston for nearly a decade has now come to a close, and MacJams.com was there to bring back all the good dirt for GarageBand users around the world. In our exclusive r... [read more]
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| Review: Power Tools for GarageBand | |
Weighing in at a mere 120+ pages, Power Tools for GarageBand (BackBeat Books, 2004) may seem like a lightweight in a growing field of GarageBand books available today. However, to draw this conclusio... [read more]
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| Directions in Music Posts Free Apple Loops | |
The Directions in Music website has posted two great collections of Apple-format loops for use with GarageBand or other Apple audio applications. The loops were created by Michael Blair, who has play... [read more]
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| iPod Deals | |
Don't forget: GarageBand integrates perfectly with iTunes and makes carrying your GarageBand creations around on your iPod a piece of cake. Thinking about upgrading your current iPod or getting a new... [read more]
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| GarageBand 2 and Jam Pack 4: Symphony Orchestra | |
GarageBand 2 (part of iLife '05) and Jam Pack 4: Symphony Orchestra are out. Both have a lot to offer GarageBand users. In this article, MacJammer psrchisholm gives the low down on the latest GB good... [read more]
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| Free Audio Unit Synthesizer Buzzer 2.0 Released | |
Alphakanal Multimedia of Germany has now released version 2.0 of their free, Audio Unit compatible synthesizer plugin. This synthesziers is reported to work flawlessly with Apple's GarageBand. You c... [read more]
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| BeatHive Announces "Best Of" loop collection and 40 Megs of FREE loops | |
BeatHive.com, a website where musicians buy and sell loops, has released the Best of BeatHive, Volume One - a Pro Expansion Pack for GarageBand/Logic. This loop collection on DVD-ROM has over 1,200 of... [read more]
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| MacJams Artists Sign Record Deals: Interviews with Girl-X and Mars | |
MacJams is pleased to announce that two of its artist members have recently signed record contracts with major international record labels. Alexandra Bueno, also known as MacJams user Girl-X, has rec... [read more]
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| Easy Beat 2.1 - a versatile and simple MIDI program | |
Easy Beat 2.1 is a music authoring program for the Macintosh, featuring a wonderfully easy click-and-drag notation interface and MIDI recording capability, and an ability to export MIDI tracks to Gara... [read more]
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| Digital Performer 4.5 Reviewed | |
As a long time user of Digital Performer, I have been able to learn each new addition one at a time over a 14 year period, which greatly diminishes my learning curve after each new upgrade. But the... [read more]
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| ChannelStrip Audio Processing Plugin for GarageBand Released | |
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK: Metric Halo announced the introduction of a new product, ChannelStrip for GarageBand, at the Musikmesse trade show in Frankfurt, Germany this week. Designed especially for... [read more]
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| MacJams Review: Gearbox Gold Plug-In | |
By Mason Wolak, guitar and bass player for MacJams band Tiny_Man_Inside.
Recent advances in digital recording technology have brought affordable and exciting new products into the home studios of a... [read more]
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| Free GarageBand Video Tutorials from Lynda.com | |
Computer book publisher Lynda.com has announced it will release a Garageband title soon. The new product, entitled "Learning GarageBand" will be a collection of tutorial videos in CD-ROM format. In... [read more]
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| Free Reason ReFills With Purchase of Any M-Audio Keyboard | |
M-Audio has announced a new promotion in which it will send three free Reason ReFill collections (retail value $149) to anyone who purchases a new M-Audio keyboard. ReFills are audio samples for ... [read more]
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| SoundFont Synth released | |
'Andy's OSX Music Software' is pleased to announce the release of 'SoundFont Synth'.
SoundFont Synth is an Audio Unit component plug-in designed to make the synthesis of natural instruments using Soun... [read more]
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| Review: "Pro Pack" 9 Gig Apple Loops Collection from Zero-G | |
If you already have the Jam Pack series and Drums-on-Demand, this could well be the next loops collection you should buy. There are few duplicates and hundreds of unique loops you will love. After r... [read more]
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| Interview with GarageBand expert Francis Preve | |
We recently interviewed musician and author Francis Preve, whose most recent work is a book titled "Power Tools for GarageBand: Creating Music with Audio Recording, MIDI Sequencing, and Loops." Preve... [read more]
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| PowerFX Announces Free "Miracle Beats" Audio Unit Plugin | |
POWERFX ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF
MIRACLE BEATS VST/AU AND FREE MIRACLE
Stockholm Sweden May 10, 2004PowerFX, a leading provider and digital distributor of loops, sound effects and music sa... [read more]
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| Mac Audio Freeware Fix: Audacity 1.3.2 Audio Editor | |
[Editor's note: the Mac Audio Freeware Fix is a new, semi-regularly released feature of MacJams. Each episode will feature a new audio or music-related software program of interest to musicians, musi... [read more]
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| MacJams Announces Unlimited Song Storage for All Mac Musicians | |
We are pleased to announce that effective immediately, we are now providing unlimited song hosting to all Mac musicians. If you compose it, we will host it. MacJams also officially welcomes all musi... [read more]
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| Dent Du Midi -- a MUST have! | |
If you haven't seen nor heard of Dent Du Midi ... click here to go get it.
This app will convert MIDI song files into separate parts -- and then you can drag and drop the parts into GarageBand.
What's... [read more]
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| MacJams/TuneMedia Contest Winners | |
At long last, we have compiled our panelists' votes and selected winners of the MacJams/Tune-Up Song Competition. First of all, we want to thank all you composers out there for your MANY awesome subm... [read more]
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| Apple Posts GarageBand Tutorials | |
Apple has recently posted several PDF documents with additional information on creating GarageBand compositions. The files are as listed below:
GarageBand At a Glance
Building a Basic Arrangement
Wo... [read more]
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| Review: Tune-Up for GarageBand (Volume 1) | |
Tune-Up for GarageBand Vol. 1 is a loop collection that has been out for several months now. We first announced Tune-Up back in June and since that time we've been working with the loops to get a fee... [read more]
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| GarageBand and the Digidesign mBox | |
Owners of the Digidesign mBox will be interested to see ModYourMac's website about connecting this USB audio controller to GarageBand. The MYM team takes you through the process of updating drivers, ... [read more]
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| GarageBand System Requirements | |
In this article, we take a closer look at the technical requirements of GarageBand. Click "read more" for the full run down. According to Apple.com:
System Requirements for GarageBand are:
Macint... [read more]
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| Fourth Free Week of Loops at MacJams | |
We've just posted the fourth of five free collections of Apple Loops we're giving away for a total of five weeks. The fourth collection features over 16 Megabytes of loops, and a total of over 100 Me... [read more]
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| MacJams Introduces Creative Commons Licensing | |
We've recently made some major changes to our song submission feature. We now allow artists to provide a great deal more information about their songs. One of the major changes is in our licensing s... [read more]
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| Discussion of GarageBand Features | |
Contributing user Benjamin Harrison writes: A lot of people seem to be a bit confused by what GarageBand does and does
not do, and what they will need to get started. I haven't actually used
the... [read more]
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| Apple GarageBand Weekly Roundup | |
As we do every week, we now stop to take a look at the outstanding news items relevant to users of Apple's GarageBand. In this week's Roundup, we cover recent news items on loop collections that work... [read more]
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| MacJams "RecRoom" Music Equipment Recommendation System | |
MacJams.com has announced its newest community feature: the RecRoom. The MacJams RecRoom is an online music equipment and software database that allows MacJammers to rate and review products they own... [read more]
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| Review: Tune-Up for Garageband Vol. 2 | |
When TuneMedia recently announced that it would ship a second volume of its successfull Tune-Up for GarageBand product, we had high expectations. Those expectations were exceeded when we received our... [read more]
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| New Software Synthesizers for GarageBand from AMG | |
AMG has announced that it is shipping the first ever commercial package of GarageBand-format software synthesizers. The collection, called SynthPack for GarageBand contains 154 brand new vintage synt... [read more]
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| SimpleChord 1.7.1 Released | |
Wonder Warp Software Group today has announced the release of SimpleChord 1.7.1, which fixes and refines many aspects of SimpleChord. This includes the way accidentals are displayed, and adds the opti... [read more]
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| MacJamboree Contest Winners Announced | |
We're excited to announce the winners of our first ever MacJamboree music and participation competition. The competition ended August 15, 2004, and featured two separate contests -- one for all-time,... [read more]
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| Announcing the MacJams Loop Store: 40,000 loops and clips for immediate purchase and download | |
MacJams is pleased to announce its new "Loop Store," an online marketplace where musicians can search, preview, and purchase for immediate download over 40,000 loops and audio clips for use with nearl... [read more]
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| Apple GarageBand 1.0.1 Rewire Support Mystery | |
As users of our Discussion Forums noted soon after it's release, GarageBand 1.0.1 features support for the rewire standard for connecting software music system on a single computer. Using rewire, Gar... [read more]
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| GarageBand Demo at Apple Retail Stores | |
Beginning in Mid-January, Apple will be hosting 30 minute GarageBand demos in their Retail Stores. Check your local Apple Retail Store for days and times. If you're lucky enough to live in the Cambr... [read more]
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| Live 4.0: A Versatile and Intuitive Real-Time Music Application | |
GarageBand is a great little app, and I love the way many MacJammers push its limits, but some users may be shopping for an upgrade. One of the more useful apps out there is Live, an incredibly flexib... [read more]
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| New Ratings System and Weekly Contest | |
Thanks to the intense efforts of our local tech guru, Simon, MacJams now sports a very sophisticated ratings system that is aimed at minimizing the influence of those who vote only to increase or decr... [read more]
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| New Standard Size CD Cases Available from Jewelboxing | |
Our good friends at Jewelboxing.com have announced they are now offering a standard, CD-size jewel case. Jewelboxing makes custom, profesionally produced media cases and labeling, including liners, i... [read more]
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| Free Garageband Tips | |
Synthtopia has published a set of GarageBand Tips by author and musician Jeff Tolbert. The tips are based on his recent book, Take Control of Making Music With Garageband.... [read more]
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| Apple GarageBand Weekly Roundup 2/17/04 | |
This week's belated Weekly Roundup comes to you courtesy of the Valentine's holiday which, fortunately, had Admins Simon and Miguel away from their computers for a short while. In this week's install... [read more]
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| Zero-G Release World's Largest Professional APPLE LOOP Library | |
At over 11,000 loops, Zero-G's PRO PACK FOR GARAGEBAND has to be a First Choice library of loops for users of Apple's GarageBand, Soundtrack, Logic Pro 7, Logic Express & Final Cut Pro. An Apple L... [read more]
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| Edirol Announces PCR-1 Keyboard w/ Audio Interface | |
Edirol has announced the production of a new MIDI keyboard controller that will be ideal for many GarageBand users. The PCR-1 features a 25 full-size key keyboard with velocity sensitivity. Much lik... [read more]
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| GarageBand Weekly Roundup | |
As the weekend approaches, we take time to review this week's news about GarageBand, look at some of the cool features of MacJams.com, and report on stock conditions for more popular keyboards that wo... [read more]
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| NPR Features GarageBand Review | |
National Public Radio's "Day to Day" program recently featured a review of Apple's GarageBand software. Famed music producer David Was, of eighties dance group Was Not Was, explored the program and c... [read more]
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| Utility to import MIDI files into GarageBand | |
Dent du Midi is a drag-and-drop application that takes standard MIDI files and generates AIFF containers for each track which contains note data. These AIFF container files are suitable for dropping ... [read more]
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| Drums on Demand Announces Acoustic Drum Loops | |
To meet the growing need for quality music loops for GarageBand among songwriters and recordists, Drums On Demand has released its popular Vol. 1 loop CD in Apple Loops format. The collection includes... [read more]
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| Dr. Mac Reviews iControl and "Snowball" Microphone | |
Bob LeVitus, better known as Dr. Mac, has recently posted an article reviewing two new products for GarageBand users, the iControl USB GarageBand controller, and the Snowball compact USB microphone. ... [read more]
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| Guitar Learning System Comes to Mac Platform | |
We've recently been alerted to the release of a new product by a company called Optek Music Systems, which makes a type of guitar that can interact with computers and show users proper finger positio... [read more]
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| Digidesign Releases Pro Tools 7 for Mac OS X | |
Daly City, CA (November 8, 2005)—Digidesign is excited to announce that Pro Tools® 7 software is now shipping for Pro Tools|HD® and Pro Tools LE™ systems, and Pro Tools 7 M-Powered™ will follo... [read more]
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| AMG Releases Two New Hip-Hop Loops Packages for GarageBand | |
AMG (www.samples4.com) has added two new collections of Apple loops to its lineup. The most recent collection are hip-hop focused loops, the first titled "9mm Beats" and the second "Urban Search &... [read more]
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| MacJams Weekly Picks Contest Winners | |
We are pleased to announce the winners of our Weekly Picks contest. This contest awarded prizes to artists of the top two songs submitted in the week prior to this past Friday, May 21st. The first p... [read more]
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| AMG release "PowerPack for GarageBand" to celebrate GarageBand's first birthday | |
"PowerPack for GarageBand" not only gives you more than 700 brand new professional Apple Loops but also 55 brand new instruments crammed with 784 sonic ‘widgets’ ideal for remixing or adding to yo... [read more]
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| Digidesign Announces MBox2 Mini USB Audio Interface | |
Daly City, CA (November 10, 2006) — Digidesign today announced the new Digidesign® Mbox® 2 Mini, an ultra-compact, USB-powered Pro Tools LE™ system that packs professional features into a robust... [read more]
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| Apple Releases Logic 7, Logic Express 7, and New Jam Packs | |
In a huge spat of announcements for MacJammers everwhere, Apple has released and is now shipping several great new music products. Detailed below are ach of the products announced today:
Logic Pro 7... [read more]
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| Apple Updates GarageBand to 1.1 | |
In the most significant update yet for Apple's GarageBand Software, the company announced that it has released a version 1.1 update. According to the release note, the upgrade "addresses isolated per... [read more]
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| Zero-G Releases "Drum Styles" Loops | |
Zero-G has announced the release of its new "Drum Styles" collection of audio samples. The collection consists of over 1 Gigabyte of acoustic drum samples and one hits in DVD format. On th... [read more]
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| MOTU Announces Intel Mac Drivers for Audio Interfaces | |
Mac audio manufacturer and software developer, Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) has announced that it will release drivers for its Firewire and USB audio interfaces that are natively compatible with Apple's... [read more]
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| Glaresoft Introduces iDrum | |
BECKET, MASSACHUSSETS--June 08 2004--Glaresoft today introduced iDrum, the first third-party plug-in software instrument designed specifically for Apple's GarageBand music software. iDrum adds a powe... [read more]
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| Review: Xpress Keyboards | |
Native Instruments is widely know in the computer music industry as one of the top software developers for musical synthesizers, processors, and utilities. Indeed, their basic software instrument hos... [read more]
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| Apple Updates GarageBand Jam Pack to 1.0.1 | |
Apple has released the first update to its GarageBand add-on loops collection, Jam Pack. Version 1.0.1 of the Jam Pack brings new pre-sets to the collection of loops. More information on the update ... [read more]
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| ArsTechnica Reviews GarageBand | |
If you're one of the few people out there who hasn't yet gotten their hands on iLife '04 and GarageBand, you're in for a treat. The always professional and thorough review gurus at ArsTechnica (a typ... [read more]
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| More Apple Loops From PowerFX | |
STOCKHOM, SWEDEN May 2004PowerFX, a leading online distributor of loops, sound effects and samples, today announced the release of three additional collections of CD-ROMs in the Apple Loops Disc ... [read more]
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| GarageBand Training book for beginners reads one note at a time | |
Review: Apple Training Series: GarageBand, by Mary Plummer (Peachpit Press). $34.99 (Amazon)
For new GarageBand users, this 400+ page book is a useful tool for getting yourself acquainted with t... [read more]
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| New GarageBand Book: Apple Training Series GarageBand | |
Peachpit Press has announced another book dedicated to Apple's GarageBand music software. The new title, "Apple Training Series, GarageBand: Create and Record Music on a Mac," is Apple Certified and ... [read more]
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| "Chronicles - volume one," by Bob Dylan - a book review | |
I'm a Bob Dylan fan. Not just because of his poetic lyrics and powerful music, but also the style of his singing and the historic nature of his career. I began reading Bob Dylan's autobiography with... [read more]
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| Drums on Demand Offers Free Drum Loops | |
Drums on Demand, publishers of percussion loops collection for Apple GarageBand, are now offering many freel loops on their website. Check out their "Apple" page for more info and to download the fre... [read more]
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| iLife '04 Missing Manual "Mini Manual" Available for Free Download | |
Mac book author David Pogue has posted a free PDF copy of his iLife '04 "Mini Manual" [Click here to download]. From Pogue's site:
David Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual (PDF) is your guide to the new ... [read more]
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| SoundShuttle AU Available From PowerFX | |
Frank Sanderson of PowerFX has reported that the company's powerful SoundShuttle loop browsing and purchasing software is now available for audio applications that support Apple's Audio Units plugin f... [read more]
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| MacJams Artists Release Song in Remembrance of Southeast Asia Tragedy | |
London, England/Niagara Falls, NY, USA - England based singer/songwriter Leo Wolff (aka, Slim Girl Fat) has teamed up with Western New York area musician, Al Ligammari II (aka, Alimar) to write a song... [read more]
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| Tune Media Announces Free "Catalyst" Widget | |
Tune Media, makers of the excellent TuneUp Loops series of Apple format loops, and past sponsers of an excellent MacJams song contest, have announced the release of a free Widget for OS X 10.4's Dashb... [read more]
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| Etymotic Research, Inc. announces a new in-ear stereo earphone | |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Building on its two-decade commitment to produce devices that help people hear better, Etymotic Research Inc. of Elk Grove Village, IL (www.etymotic.com) today introduced the 6i ... [read more]
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| More Apple loops From PowerFX | |
STOCKHOM, SWEDEN • July 12, 2004¬¬—PowerFX, a leading online distributor of loops, sound effects and samples, today announced the release of two additional collections of CD-ROMs in the Apple Lo... [read more]
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| GarageBand Missing Manual Available for Pre-Order | |
We've uncovered more details on the anticipated Missing Manual book for GarageBand, from David Pogue. From the publisher: "GarageBand lets you create music of your very own. If you're already a music... [read more]
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| AMG Announces "Tony Mason...Smokin'" Apple Loops | |
AMG release a library of hundreds of specially recorded laid back, R&B grooves with attitude recorded in the UK and Caribbean by top session drummer Tony Mason. These freshly recorded dance groove... [read more]
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| Access Music Gives Away GarageBand Loops | |
Joining a growing club of music companies providing loops specifically designed for Apple's GarageBand, Access Music of Germany has announced its free "Virus Loops" package. The free collection consi... [read more]
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| First MacJams Contest Winner Announced | |
As many of our regular visitors know, our first MacJams Song Contest was quite a dramatic event! We learned a lot during our first contest, and we've refined the user voting system a great deal, hope... [read more]
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| Bandmateloops.com announces two new Apple loop collections | |
Jan 27, 2005- Bandmateloops.com unveiled two new loop collections today for the GarageBand community. The collections are available via electronic delivery, along with all current Bandmates products v... [read more]
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| AMG Announces "SynthPop" Loops Collection | |
AMG has announced the release of their latest Apple Loop CD:
Synthpop for GarageBand!
AMG is delighted to present over 800 samples that pay tribute to one of the
most significant musical movements o... [read more]
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| Beta Monkey Music releases Apple loops collections | |
Beta Monkey Music has released several of their most popular drum loop and sample libraries in Apple Loops format for use in GarageBand, Soundtrack, Logic Express 7, Logic Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro 4. N... [read more]
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| GarageBand Session Starter | |
Thomson Course Technology has announced a fantastic promotion it is sponsoring exclusively with Barnes & Noble. Available only through Barnes and Noble stores and online, you can purchase the Gar... [read more]
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| Apple Announces "Join the Music Revolution" Events | |
Canadian Apple fans will have a treat in store if they live near one of several cities where Apple has announced it will host "Join the Music Revolution" events. The free, one-day seminars will show ... [read more]
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| MacWorld Music Related Announcements | |
Apple Computer, Inc., has announced several additions or updates to products of interest to musicians this morning during CEO Steve Job's keynote presentation. Among the items announced are:
GarageB... [read more]
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| Celemony Releases Melodyne 3 Audio Editor | |
Munich, 13th September, 2005. Celemony Software GmbH announces the fall release of Version 3 of the legendary audio software Melodyne. Melodyne3 offers a new algorithm that allows any type of audio ma... [read more]
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| Top 10 Audio and Music Products | |
MacJams affiliate Zzounds.com has one of the best selections of audio and music equipment around. They've recently compiled a list of the current top-selling products, which we've reproduced here for... [read more]
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| TidBITS Announces "Take Control of Recording With GarageBand" eBook | |
Ithaca, NY USA (December 13, 2004)--GarageBand users can learn how to
create musical compositions from anything - vocals, guitars, MIDI
keyboards, and even the kitchen sink - with the help of "Take ... [read more]
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| Drums on Demand Vol. 3 Announced | |
Drums On Demand's™ new "Upbeat & Aggressive" is a 2-CD set featuring 1,700 royalty free loops, Loop Layers™ and matching single hits in 25 easy-to-use Song Sets. Users simply drag an... [read more]
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| 100+ Free Loops and a Contest | |
MacJams and Tune Media have announced the availability of a free, original collection of 100+ loop collection available exclusively from MacJams. In addition, we are hosting a contest for the best so... [read more]
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| Peter Greenstone's "Something" Available Immediately | |
At long last, we are very happy to announce the official and immediate availability of Peter Greenstone's debut album, "Something" from Simig Media Records. Peter's album captures perfectly his wide ... [read more]
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| Drums on Demand Vol. II Announced | |
Drums On Demand has announced the release of Vol. 2 for GarageBand. The collection is a companion to the companys popular first volume of live session drummer loops. The new CD includes nearly 800 ro... [read more]
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| Simig Media Launches Record Label to Promote "Self Made" Music | |
MacJams.com's parent company, Simig Media, Inc., has announced the launch of a new record label, Simig Media Records. Simig Media Records will assist independent, self-produced musicians in the distr... [read more]
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| SonicEmulations Launches Bandmateloops.com and introduces five new Bandmates products | |
May 3, 2004- Bandmateloops.com marked its introduction to the GarageBand* community today with the release of five new loop products designed specifically for Apple's GarageBand platform. Bandmates fo... [read more]
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| GarageBand Song Contest Leaders | |
MacJam's GarageBand Song Contest is well underway and members have until Feb. 14 to submit their compositions to qualify. Please remember to visit our Community Creations section and listen to, rate,... [read more]
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| Finding Images for Song Art on ArtsForge | |
This story comes from our good friend, Suzanne. Suzanne writes:
"Now that MacJams has added rollover Mystery Picks and editable Song Art enhancements to their site, it is more fun than ever to choos... [read more]
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| MacJams Song Voting and Rating Update | |
As many people know, there have been some struggles at MacJams.com with respect to song voting. In particular, certain people have unfortunately used assorted techniques in order to try and raise or ... [read more]
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| Apple Announces MacBook | |
In a highly anticipated, but strangely low-key announcement, Apple Computer has announced their latest Intel-based computer, the MacBook. The MacBook is the replacement for the iBook, and features t... [read more]
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| MacJams Announces Its GarageBand Resource Library | |
MacJams.com is proud to announce the opening of its new GarageBand Resource Library. The Library is the Internet's most complete source of information on loops, software instruments, helper programs,... [read more]
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| ExpansionPack for GarageBand now shipping | |
AMG has announced that it is now shipping its newly released ExpansionPack for GarageBand, which is a collection of 92 software instruments for GarageBand including brass, vintage keys, Celetic instru... [read more]
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| MacJams.com Announces Community Creations Feature | |
We are extremely pleased to announce a new feature to our site: Community Creations. With this new feature, users can now submit their GarageBand music creations, loops, or related files to MacJams.c... [read more]
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| PowerFX Offers GarageBand-Ready Loops Packages | |
MacJams.com user chippind has alerted us to an excellent resource for expanding your GarageBand loops collection. PowerFX is now distributing GB-compatible loops. As their information states:
" The... [read more]
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| Brent Simmons' Take on GarageBand | |
Blogger Brent Simmons offers his take on the newly announced GarageBand from Apple. "I've been waiting 20 years for GarageBand." Us too. OK, maybe closer to 10 years.... [read more]
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| GarageBand on Campus | |
We've noticed a couple of cool references to GarageBand in the university context. First, the Washington University Mac Group recently hosted an iMovie fest where participants competed to create the ... [read more]
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| "I Love My Mac" Song Site Announced; Song To Appear on Mac Addict Disc | |
Daphne Kalfon has let us know that her Mac adoration masterpiece, "I Love My Mac," a longtime MacJams favorite, is currently featured on Mac Addict's latest CD, which it distributes with each of copy ... [read more]
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| Underground Music Loops announces Vol.1&2 | |
Underground Music Loops announced Vol.1 & 2 on ebay Today. The cd's are bundled as a special for $39.95 with FREE shipping. The 2 volumes have a total of 500 loops. These loops are in the Gara... [read more]
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| R&B for GarageBand' released by AMG | |
‘R&B for GarageBand’ includes not only more than 700 brand new Apple Loops by Black II Black legends Steve McIntosh & Joe ‘JC’ Charles but also brand new Instruments that include 653 b... [read more]
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| GRBand Assistant V2.0 Released | |
'Andy's OSX Music Software' have released a greatly enhanced version of GRBand Assistant. It now includes the GB DrumLoops package. GRBand Assistant is a collection of software utilities designed to ... [read more]
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| Billy Reid Video Available | |
Our very own Bonka, aka Billy Reid, has announced the availability of a fabulous (and funny) new music video he's put together for his song "Time for Bed." Check the video out here. Billy also repor... [read more]
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| SessionLoops Announce Classic Rock Drum Loops Collection | |
SessionLoops are proud to announce Drum Foundations Volume One - hundreds of rock loops and grooves featuring legendary drummer Simon Phillips (Jeff Beck, Toto, Joe Satriani etc.). Designed to get st... [read more]
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| MacCompanion Magazine Hosts Song Contest | |
Our friends at MacCompanion Magazine have announced their "Macintosh Glory Laud and Honor Contest." The contest seeks entries composed of "4-stanza reproducible scores that would be pretty much a lov... [read more]
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| GarageBand Visual Quickstart Book Available for Pre-order | |
Peachpit Press has announced it will publish a new book in its Visual Quickstart series on the topic of Apple's GarageBand software. The book is 256 pages and will be published May 15, 2004. Preorde... [read more]
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| GarageBandUser.com Owner David Cullipher Joins GBUsers.com | |
We are pleased to announce the addition of GarageBandUser founder, David Cullipher, to the GBUsers.com team. David is a seasoned musician with significant experience in the field of electronic music ... [read more]
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| Berklee School of Music GarageBand Course Open for Enrollment | |
BerkleeMusic.com, the extension learning arm of the Berklee School of Music, has announced that enrollment is open for its next semester course on song writing with Apple's GarageBand. The course, en... [read more]
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| Apple iLife Video Demo Available | |
Miss the Macworld keynote demo of iLife and GarageBand? Check out the next best thing -- Apple's video demo of iLife in Quicktime format. You can get it now at apple's iLife site.... [read more]
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| Power Tools for GarageBand Announced | |
San Francisco, CA––Backbeat Books’ newest addition to the popular Power Tools series, Power Tools for GarageBand, explores the creative and technical aspects of Apple’s GarageBand––the hot... [read more]
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| Creative Commons Announces Sampling Contest | |
Creative Commons, the non-profit organization that promotes open source sharing of artistic creations, has announced a contest to promote its recently published "Rip. Sample. Mash. Share." CD. The CD... [read more]
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| Login Difficulties | |
Some of our users may be having difficulty logging into the site. Please note that we've taken certain security measures that may require some users to reset their passwords. If you are unable to lo... [read more]
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| Edirol PCR-30 Found In Stock | |
After quite a dry spell, we've finally located an online merchant with the Edirol PCR-30 32-key MIDI controller (the same as that sold by Apple) in stock. If you're looking for this model, you'd bett... [read more]
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| Apple Presents GarageBand at South By Southwest | |
Those with any familiarity of the entertainment industry understand the importance of the annual South By Southwest conference, which takes place in Austin Texas. The conference is a three ring circu... [read more]
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| GarageBand Learning Solutions Announced | |
Via MacMinute.com, we've learned that Course Technology (a division of Thomson Publishing) has announced the release of two new products for learning GarageBand. GarageBand Unite is a 328 page refere... [read more]
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| MacDev Center: "GarageBand for the Musical Newbie" | |
The good guys at O'Reilly's MacDevCenter.com have published a great GarageBand tutorial for those just getting started with the program and having no musical experience. Author Giles Turnbull walks t... [read more]
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| Wired Magazine Covers the Apple GarageBand Scene | |
In a topic near and dear to our hearts, Wired Magazine has a story entitled "GarageBand Kicks Out the Jams" covering the excitement around the web about Apple's GarageBand software. Among the topics ... [read more]
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| Tune-Up for GarageBand Pack 1 is Now Available | |
From TuneMedia: "Go to tuneuploops.com now and pre-order your copy of Tune-Up Loops Pack 1. The full CD with over 500 loops will ship worldwide on June 12th.
To celebrate this event we have a new 10... [read more]
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| Copyright and Covers: an Artist's Perspective | |
Tobin Mueller is at it again! Tobin has taken the time to share some of his experience as a long time musician and artist, on the topic of copyright law and creating "covers." Tobin's story covers s... [read more]
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| TuneMedia Announce Tune-Up Loops for Garageband | |
TuneMedia are proud to annouce the forthcoming release of Tune-Up for Garageband. A pack of over 500 professional loops created exclusively for use with Apple's great new software. Bass, beats, melodi... [read more]
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| Apple Updates GarageBand to 1.0.1 | |
The first update of Apple's GarageBand software is finally here. The update to version 1.0.1 is a fairly minor one. It only corrects a small bug in the dialog boxes you see when there is a performan... [read more]
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| Ableton Releases Live 6 | |
Berlin, Germany (September 28, 2006) — Ableton is proud to release Live 6. Like no other Ableton release, Live 6 has opened itself to new creative communities—offering Quicktime video support, a p... [read more]
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| GarageBand First Looks and Reviews | |
JClarks writes: "Both GarageBand and the JamPack arrived today. I've just posted my notes from my first few hours using GarageBand. Read more at jclark.org" In addition, media reviews of GarageBan... [read more]
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| Creative Commons/Magnatune Remix Contest | |
The good folks at indie record label, Magnatune, have announced a great new contest in connection with CCMixter.org. The contest involves the release of hundreds of audio loops under creative commons... [read more]
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| Take Control of GarageBand Winners and 25% Discount | |
Last week we raffled off a few copies of Jeff Tolbert's new electronic books about GarageBand 2.0. We've contacted our five winners, but because not everyone won a copy, this week, the folks at TidBIT... [read more]
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| Bandmateloops.com releases "Fifty Gallon Drums" | |
Bandmateloops.com has unveiled a new Bandmates heavy rock acoustic library today. The Fifty Gallon Drums collection of loops reflects the grittier, heavier style of todays cross-genre rock, new metal ... [read more]
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| iLife 04 Price Breakdown | |
'Tis the season to do comparison shopping. That's exactly what we're going to help you do by listing all of the various purchasing options for pre-ordering iLife 04 with GarageBand. Here's the list:... [read more]
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| Free Podcasting Legal Guide | |
Creative Commons has created a free guide to legal issues of relevance to creating and distributing podcasts. The guide covers basic intellectual property issues such as copyright, trademark, right o... [read more]
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| TuneMedia Announces Tune-Up Pack 2 and Tune-Up Extreme | |
Our friends at TuneMedia have announce two new products available today. From TuneMedia: "The award winning loop series is back and we've made it even better. Pack 2 offers another 500 professional l... [read more]
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| iPod and iLife '04 Deals at Amazon | |
Some good iPod and iLife deals are available now at Amazon.com. In the past, prices have fluctuated, so don't count on these lasting long (especially the cheaper iPods). Support MacJams and order th... [read more]
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| AMG Releases "Let the Beat Speak" Apple Loops | |
MacJams.com brings exclusive news of the latest loop collection released by AMG: "Let the Beat Speak," a CD full of dance and hip hop loops in Apple format. "Let the Beat Speak" is the latest in the ... [read more]
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| Simig Media Records Launches Tobin Mueller's "13 Masks" | |
We are pleased to announce the latest release from Simig Media Records: Tobin Mueller's second solo piano masterpiece, "13 Masks."
13 MASKS is an interweaving of jazz, avant-garde classical, and what... [read more]
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| MacJammer Bill "The Tiler" Furner Rocks KSVY | |
Our very own Bill Furner (username, The Tiler) gave an awesome set of live song performances last evening at California radio station 91.3FM in Sonoma CA. Bill was the star of last night's rendition ... [read more]
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| New GarageBand-format Loops Released | |
As first spotted in MacWorld UK, british sound sample distributor Advanced Media Group has begun offering a bounty of new Garage-band format loops. In total, six new loop collections are being offere... [read more]
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| GarageBand Expert Presents in New York City | |
GarageBand expert and author, and MacJams friend, Francis Preve, will be presenting a session on "GarageBand Power Tools" at Music Player Live, which is a three day conference that is "... [read more]
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| MacAudioGuy.com releases free Apple Loops pack | |
MacAudioGuy.com is proud to release a free 17 MB package of music loops in the Apple Loop format for use with Apple computer's GarageBand and Soundtrack music software. The package of 18 music loops w... [read more]
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| MacTeens First Look at GarageBand | |
MacTeens.com has posted a "first-look" at Apple GarageBand, based on a first-hand trial of the software at MacWorld San Francisco. As expected, MacTeens calls the new program a sure to be "killer app... [read more]
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| GarageBand Details Described | |
MacRumors has featured a post describing some of the details of GarageBand's operation, according to various user reports and presumably their own experience with the software. Also, for thos who hav... [read more]
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| French Language GarageBand Site Announced | |
Our good friend Theirry Daigneault ("Macapa") has recently launched a wonderful GarageBand site for french-speaking users. If you're looking to find others who want to discuss and learn about GarageB... [read more]
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| Creative Commons Announces "Wired CD" | |
Creative Commons, the non-profit organization promoting the creation and sharing of creative works, has announced that it has partnered with Wired Magazine to distribute a CD of Creative Commons licen... [read more]
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| Making Music With GarageBand available! | |
The MacAddict Guide to Making Music With GarageBand
is availble at Amazon and other booksellers. This book was wriiten
by award winning Producer and Mac Jams member Jay Shaffer and G... [read more]
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| GarageBand Shipments Update | |
User Brian Peat writes: At least one user on the Apple Support GarageBand Discussions has gotten his copy of GarageBand a day early. You can read about it here. Ed's Note: reports of shipment progres... [read more]
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| 20% Off Apple Loops at AMG! | |
Our good friends at Advanced Media Group have announced that they are having a sale on all Apple Loop format loops. Now's your chance to get one or more of the dozens of Apple Loop CDs AMG publishes,... [read more]
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| Help With Hosting Your Songs on Mac.com | |
Making your MP3 or AAC (or M4A) format songs available on the Internet by storing them in your .Mac account can be less than intuitive. By default, certain folders in your .Mac account will automatic... [read more]
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| GarageBand: Best of Show | |
IDG, promoters of Mac World San Fransisco 2004 have announced their picks for this year's Best of Show. Topping the list is Apple's new iLife app, GarageBand. We expected nothing less from such a sp... [read more]
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| MacJams Announces Loop It or Lose It Challenge | |
Many members of the MacJams community have participated in member Brian Koppi's "Loop It or Lose It" challenges, which challenge artists to create compositions based on a specific set of common loops... [read more]
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| BandmateLoops.com sponsors LIOLI with FREE loops for MacJams | |
MacJammer Chikoppi has announced that BandmateLoops.com is proudly hosting this round of LIOLI (Loop It or Lose It). The contest package is a small set of Funk Guitar loops from our Electric Funk Gui... [read more]
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| "I Love My Mac" Songwriter Releases New Songs on iTMS | |
MacJams Alumnus Daphne Kalfon has recently alerted us that she has some great new work available for listening and purchase on the iTunes Music Store. Many will remember the storm of popularity that ... [read more]
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