![]() Importing audio into the Live Loops view. Either way, you bring in Apple Loops from your collection, audio files from iCloud, or audio from your devices Music collection. This update comes with more than 1,200 new Apple Loops and sounds, many of which went into creating the 9 Live Loops preset templates that you can choose from when starting a new GarargeBand project: EDM, Hip-Hop, Dubstep, RnB, House, Chill, Rock, Electro Funk and Beat Masher. Loops are represented as circular audio waveforms or MIDI data, and a clockwise-rotating overlay shows the progress of the loop as it plays, similar to the Loopy app and other looping software that has since gone by the wayside. Along the bottom row, there are launchers for triggering the entire vertical column of clips, or you can tap each clip to play/stop them. Quickly familiar to clip-launching grid users of Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio or even Novation’s Launchpad iOS app, Live Loops presents tracks with horizontal rows of launchable clips-either audio/MIDI loops or one-shot samples. While this Live Loops view is entirely new for GarageBand, it’s not entirely new. The Live Loops view with track mixer visible in GarageBand for iOS 2.1. The app is now an even better entry point for people looking to get started producing music, and it is also a notable companion to DJs and live performers who want to add some spontaneous loop mixing and mashing to their sets-whether they make their own loops or use the included or third-party material. Those latter aspects are what we’re focusing on, because they add an entirely new dimension to GarageBand. With Apple’s update to GarageBand 2.1 for iOS, the $4.99 app has been boosted in big ways both for serious music production ( see more in the final section) and for loop-based performing, remixing and live, tempo-synced effects. There’s little to no downside to giving this a try. ![]() It’s easy to create your own loops, and the Drummer feature makes it even easier to customize beats. The Bottom Line: The new grid-based loop-launching Live Loops view in GarageBand 2.1 for iOS lets you combine and remix included loops, finished tracks, material you create or any other audio file, and then effect them with tempo-synced Remix FX in a way that should be familiar to users of Ableton Live and Novation Launchpad for iOS. The Bad: No built-in MIDI sync capability, but if you have the Audiobus app, you should be able to sync GarageBand with other Ableton Link apps and software through Audiobus. Convenient workflow for making your own loops and using them in the Live Loops grid. Drummer for iOS lets you finely customize beats without having to program them. The Good: Live Loops and Remix FX add new music-creation dimensions to GarageBand, as well as making it practical for live use and more appealing to DJs and music-making beginners. ![]() Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. ![]()
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