GarageBand 6, also known as GarageBand '11, is part of the iLife '11 package, which Apple released on October 20, 2010. GarageBand 5 also includes a redesigned user interface as well as Project Templates. It also contains new features for electric guitar players, including a dedicated 3D Electric Guitar Track containing a virtual stompbox pedalboard, and virtual amplifiers with spring reverb and tremolo. It includes music instruction and allows the user to buy instructional videos by contemporary artists. GarageBand 5 is part of the iLife '09 package. Additionally, it provides support for the automation of tempos and instruments, the creation, and exportation of iPhone ringtones, and a "Magic GarageBand" feature which includes a virtual jam session with a complete 3D view of the Electric instruments. It incorporates the ability to record sections of a song separately, such as bridges, and chorus lines. GarageBand 4, also known as GarageBand '08, is part of iLife '08. GarageBand 3, announced at 2006's Macworld Conference & Expo, includes a ' podcast studio', including the ability to use more than 200 effects and jingles, and integration with iChat for remote interviews. Transposition of both audio and MIDI has been added by Apple along with the ability to import MIDI files. Apple added automation of track pan position and the master pitch. It was also possible to record up to 8 tracks at once and to fix timing and pitch of recordings. Notable new features included the abilities to view and edit music in musical notation. It shipped, as announced, around January 22, 2005.
It is part of the iLife '04 package.Īpple announced GarageBand 2 at the 2005 Macworld Conference & Expo on January 11, 2005. Musician John Mayer assisted with its demonstration. Steve Jobs announced the application in his keynote speech at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco on January 6, 2004. Lengeling was formerly from the German company Emagic, makers of Logic Audio. GarageBand was developed by Apple under the direction of Dr. 2.7 Third-party instrument and Apple Loop packages.