GarageBand

Rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look and amazing new features, GarageBand is the easiest way to create a great-sounding song on your Mac. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls.

Crank up the bottom end with brand-new bass amps, or mix and match electric guitar amps, cabinets and pedals with Amp Designer and Pedalboard.

 

Control GarageBand and play any software instrument wirelessly on your iPad using the Logic Remote app. Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects updated across multiple Mac computers, or even import GarageBand for iOS songs directly from iCloud.

 

Redesigned Interface

• A fresh new look, designed for easy music making

• Stay in perfect tune with a larger, more responsive Tuner

• Find the sweet spot in every track with the all-new interactive visual EQ

• Enable Quick Help and get useful hints wherever you hover your cursor

 

Drummer

• Add a virtual session drummer to your song that takes direction and plays realistic beats

• Choose among 15 players from rock, alternative, songwriter and R&B genres*

• Use a simple set of controls to shape your drummer’s performance

• Each player can perform over a million unique groove and fill combinations

 

All-new Sound Library

• Get inspired with a fresh new collection of sounds and instruments

• Explore new Apple Loops covering the latest electronic and urban genres

• Get even more sounds, loops and lessons with a one-time in-app purchase

 

Smart Controls

• Easily shape any sound in the library with a custom set of knobs, buttons and sliders

• The look and personality of Smart Controls changes with each instrument

 

Amps and Stompboxes

• Use new bass amp models to dial up clean and distorted tones

• Build your own guitar rig with Amp Designer using 25 legendary amps and cabinets

• Design a custom Pedalboard from a collection of 35 fun and creative stompbox effect