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Garageband for iPad, New Features 2016, The Drummer
Brilliant update for Garageband 
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Another great vid Doug. This is perfect for songwriting. Copying a section and changing intensity, and adding or subtracting instruments from one section to another just works.
Very cool, I hadn't noticed the follow feature, another plus for this cool tool.
GB is great for me at the moment, it's fast, sounds great, is easy to understand and I can see it OK
Yes, this update is awesome. Been waiting for the drummer to show up for a while. That means it's an accurate model!
Garagebands Drummer is pretty cool and so are the 'interfaces' for playing Guitar and Bass, bending the strings and so on. (Everything recorded as midi-data but the interface has no editor for it...).
It's also noteworthy that it's possible to use the Guitaramp effects on all Audio.
Just create a amp track and drag any audio onto it, there's quite a lot of pedals to play around with.
Also creating custom sampler-instruments from audio-recordings is quite handy (got the tip here on AB forums), create a 'sampler-instrument' and drag any audiofile to the sampler track to create a new sampler-instrument.
Unfortanetely there is no quick way to convert/freeze midi-tracks to audio, only way seems to be to do a 'mix down' to a new project and copy the audio back.
Overall Garageband is clean, simple and sounds good. Things can only get better
@Samu - I generally agree with you but there are just a few areas that stops it being a rival to the likes of Auria Pro and Cubasis. Chief amongst that is the lack of effects (the new eq and compression are rather disappointing). But it has some great tools that are not available elsewhere. I would use it so much more if it just had AB input slot!
I didn't know you can use the amps on any audio, that's new as far as I know, and very cool! This is the perfect songwriting tool for me.
There is a merge feature that takes your midi to audio. Act like your deleting a track and press merge.
Combined with dragging audio clips to an amp track, you have a roundabout way to add guitar effects to any midi track.
@Samu you can edit the notes for the instruments.
I just don't like that you can't edit the smart drums or drummer in iOS. So I just recreate the smart drummer track. Takes a little longer but you get control of the midi that way.
Thanks, Doug.
I don't know if it has been already mentioned, but if you put the hit value to "Soft" (be sure to select the bottom of the square), the snare sound becomes rimshot sound.
I just got a ton of plugins for Auria Pro over the holiday. Don't get me wrong, it's great stuff and vastly more flexible. But then this update comes and reminds me why I like GarageBand so much. It's simple, easy, all encompassing, and at the end of the day it's just as capable of facilitating the creation of great music as anything.
I love the Drummer. Great tool. Glad it (finally) came to iOS. Song coming soon!
@Samu, is there a video on the "creating custom sampler instruments"?
Not that I know of but here's three screenshots that should cover the process
it is also nice how the synths parameters can now be automated. this makes them a lot more interesting and fun to use.
It's nice but I just wish there was a way to edit the automations.
I thought it was possible to edit the FX automation track but nope, it's only possible thru recording.
I somehow feel we'll se updates to Garageband during the year.
Yes, Editing automation would be nice - is there even a way to reset it at least?
Lots of updates to Garageband this year? Judging by Apples history - I feel the opposite. I bet that editing of automation never comes to GB, along with Link, and Midi out. I would say maybe 1 update in several months that's mostly bug fixes/maintenance ... and maybe another small feature or two added. Hope I'm wrong.
you can easily reset automation by switching instrument, but yes editing automation would be nice of course, but having it at all is great step forward and makes the synths a lot more usable
Drummer is amazing! But I can't figure out why you can't lock down the drummers tracks. Why is there no record button?
For example, I've got different 8 bar sections all set up with different drummer beats/settings and it is ridiculous how good this works. BUT, I want to export these sections to the grid mode so I can easily toggle between sections. When you do this, the follow option disappears so the beats change. Anyone know how to lock them down?
Can't you just copy each section and paste them in the grid?
Awesome vid, thanks
I watched all of them. Really fun.
Yeah I tried that and that is where the follow option disappears and I can't get it back. I think there are some bugs that need to be worked out yet. Also it would be great if there was more midi implementation for grid view. But man, GarageBand is really becoming impressive.
I am really enjoying the new drummers. I really hope that new ones become available and more options to edit also.
Yes, although if it stays exactly the same it is still an awesome tool. I would love to be able to change the level of each kit piece sometimes, but as is it is so good for songwriting. Since the garageband update I have written some new stuff and I had been stagnant for the most part this year. I dont count my EDM attempts with gadget to be actual songwriting. That's not a comment on EDM, it's a comment on my edm. But the new garageband is really inspiring and fast to work on.
I tend to think of Logan as John Bonham and Darcy as Stewart Copeland. Anyone else have ideas about who the drummer styles are based on?
I have been able to reproduce most trap audio kits in the iOS drum machines midi except the snare roles. I haven't figured out how to pinch bend like the drummer does. I turn the kits into midi so I can adjust and create or change off of what's created already. GarageBand can bring it all together if it wants. Apple needs to make the decision if its wants to be the person to make a complete user friendly daw. They are the closest to me.
The above comment brought something to my mind: Garageband iOS only allows for audio exporting (''sharing''). The ability to export individual audio tracks (stems) without resorting to ugly workarounds, and also export MIDI, would be both relatively simple to implement and both huge steps forward.
End results can always be made prettier or more shiny, but anything that leads to the making of new stuff gets a lot of points whatever it's called or ones preconceptions are/were...