About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Free audio editors, GarageBand, Comparison of digital audio editors, Ardour, Audacity, AudioMulch, Soundtrack Pro, BIAS Peak, Jokosher, SoX, Mixxx, Mp3splt, System80, Orion, Total Recorder, Rosegarden, Qtractor, Adobe Soundbooth, LMMS, Mp3DirectCut, GoldWave, Conformalizer, WavePad, MAGIX Music Maker, MP3Gain, Hydrogen, Ecasound, Xwax, KRISTAL Audio Engine, Cakewalk, SoundEdit, WaveSurfer, MusE, Gnome Wave Cleaner, TC Works Spark, Seq24, Sweep, ReZound, Audio Signal Processor, Beat slicing, FlexiMusic Wave Editor, OrDrumbox, Sound Studio, AudioEdit, Sequel. Excerpt: GarageBand is a software application for Mac OS X and iOS that allows users to create music or podcasts. It is developed by Apple Inc. as a part of the iLife software package. GarageBand is a streamlined digital audio workstation (DAW) and music sequencer, which can record and play back multiple tracks of audio. Built-in audio filters allow the user to enhance the audio track for recording guitar instruments, etc. The tuning system can also effectively imitate the auto-tune effect when tuned to the maximum. GarageBand can play realistic, sampled instruments, used for creating songs or playing music live using over 100 sampled or synthesized instruments, which can be played using a USB or MIDI keyboard connected to the computer, or using an on-screen virtual keyboard. Additional instruments are available in the five GarageBand Jam Packs, which are separate expansion packs offered by Apple. Some of the virtual instruments include: piano, various drum kits, guitar, bass guitar, and a wide variety of synthesizers. The synthesizers are broken into 2 groups; (virtual) analog and digital. Each synthesizer has a wide variety of editing options. These often include richness, glide, cut off, standard attack, decay sustain and release. GarageBand can import MIDI fi...
