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Garageband to go free
According to this article.. http://modmyi.com/content/12550-ios-7-style-icons-iwork-ilife-revealed-garageband-go-free.html
Doubt it will make much difference to developers as most people own garageband anyway, indeed maybe it will be a catalyst to make people more interested in creating music on their idevice?
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From the link: "additional GarageBand instruments and sounds are available with an in-app purchase" interesting...
If those additional sounds are exportable via IAA or AB I'd be very happy to buy them !
I don't like that.
I prefer the complete pack at regular price (no matter what), and IAP for additional tracks.
In other hand, I don't see the point, considering is Apple who introduces IAA.
I already have those custom templates for 16 and 24 tracks, and use the 16 track one every time. So default 32 tracks would be nice and all, but come on we already paid for GB why not hook original owners who paid with the new instruments. I complain, but if it's worth it I'll probably purchase them.
I read somewhere (CDM?) that some of the presets were created by third parties so there's licensing to consider. Apparently IAP was the only way Apple could pay their content creators still, while offering the app for free like the rest of theirs. Makes sense.
I think it's important to know that Apple could certainly put everything in there for free as well. It's not like they're relying on the money that GarageBand makes.
Putting In-App Purchases in GarageBand is a way of educating users and developers about how Apple thinks its ecosystem should work.
"Putting In-App Purchases in GarageBand is a way of educating users and developers about how Apple thinks its ecosystem should work" /Sebastian
As is evident by the featured apps on the AppStore nowadays IMO, that and a lot more IAP driven apps gets the front page news on the store..
My first reaction to this was "oh no, with GB free no one will want to pay for music apps anymore"
My second reaction was "oh cool, with GB offering IAPs maybe more people will warm up to the idea of IAPs in general"
I agree with @Sebastian that this helps make more people accepting of IAPs, which I think is a very good thing.
@ChrisG It's completely different from the freemium games on the App Store. Most (all?) of those games sell consumable IAPs like virtual coins and energy that gets used up and you have to keep buying more to play the game. As opposed to non-consumable IAPs (which is what most serious music apps offer, and also what GB will offer) which is upgraded functionality / content for your app which you buy once and keep forever. Honestly I wish Apple would call these two things by different names because the consumable IAPs are the ones people hate the most (because they're never-ending), and they create a bad name for IAPs in general which then impacts the perception of non-consumable IAPs.
Note also that GB for Mac is free (part of iLife) and includes way more free instruments (though without the smart touch interfaces) than GB on iOS. So I'm not sure I buy that 'licensing fees' rumor...
Rhism, yea I'm with you on all that. But there's certainly been a lot more other kinds of apps featured and getting exposure lately. Less games in general I think.
Could just be a slight reorganization to balance focus on both games and other kinds of apps. But lots of IAP driven stuff non the less.
@rhism when GarageBand came out with all those features for a measily $5 it seemed like it would be bad for indie iOS music devs. I remember being kinda pissed about it but it would appear to have had the opposite effect by introducing people familiar with GB to the world of iOS music making. Hopefully this will just continue that trend.
I don't think GB Free will kill the market. It didn't do so on the Mac either. There are so many aspects to instrument interfaces, DAWs and recording apps that even a greatly expanded GB will leave plenty of room for original, different approaches. It may make life more difficult for copycats but not for original, quality apps.
Also I'm guessing it will be the same deal as with iWork, only free on new devices...
I think people will get GB. Want fun sounds & buy a synth. Discover they need FX & mixing and buy a daw. They will be reading this board soon enough, lol.
@alleycatLA indeed. There's been a load of posts here starting with "I use garageband and wanted XYZ so purchased Audiobus. How do I...?"
The crowd will make their ringtones with GB....
It would be nice if it's a full GarageBand like on Mac.
The difference is there doesn't seem to be an easy way for a newbie to discover IAA compatible apps or even discover this forum
Since they've launched GB for iOS... which was a long time ago
the mobile music world evolved A LOT. Although when they've launched the iPad my first thought was "OMG!!! musical keyboard on the screen would rock!" I'm sure they didn't anticipated that the "content consumption device" would become "content creation device".
Times have changed, we have MIDI, Audiobus, IAA, audio interfaces and synths that put to shame a lot of expensive VSTs, and I'm sure they sat nicely in their corner working on some very cool stuff.
I'm expecting more tracks since we now have faster CPUs, a better midi editor, audio editor (maybe with flex markers), better compatibility with apps, etc.
They could sell in app content (those jampacks, which kind of suck, but they'll do for most users), and who knows... maybe they'll promote top notch synths from the App Store, which would be a win-win for them and for the developers.
So I guess the update might hit today? I wonder if they made the whole interface flat with white, red, blue and pink colors all over...or something. Anyway I just wanna be able to get audio out of it without having to compress the files and using email, since it has some really great sounding instruments.
32 tracks, the man say
...on 64bit devices
Crap
I need to sell the Mini... quick
Am I the only one who thinks that Garage band header is ugly as hell ?
Any mention of IAA in GB?
http://www.apple.com/ios/garageband/
Scroll down to "Play Music With or Without an Instrument" and click on the 3rd dot under that smart guitar screenshot. Nave!
http://images.apple.com/ios/garageband/images/gallery_play_thirdparty.jpg
Nave via IAA, I think that is illustrating, not built into GB.
Why in the effing eff are apple.com pages ABOUT iOS PRODUCTS so completely unusable on an iPhone??? I can't tap those little dots (or rather can't get the window.tap event to register). Also can't see the pictures and read the freaking text at the same time. Dear apple, do better.
@Rhism & @shortbus Thanks.
I'm happy about 16 tracks and IAA. And looks like it has "Open in" so no more email trick to export from Garageband!
The announcement clearly indicates GB will do IAA and having 16-32 tracks plus being free should definitely get people searching for more music apps to plug into their music production flow plus better compatibility with GB on OSX.