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An update that's more for players than producers
Computer Music, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 3:19 pm UTC
New guitar amps and effects are the big additions in the main GarageBand app.
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GarageBand is a fun little application; I use it all the time and have wrung as much usability out of it as possible. But I really think Apple is missing an opportunity to further lead users by the hand toward Logic.
The updates offered over the last couple of versions are OK—for what they are—but I really feel that Apple should offer a little more in the way of keyboard shortcuts and fine control via numerical input on some of the controls and functions.
I don't think this would cannibalize the potential user-base who might be thinking of stepping up to Logic Studio; I think the effect would be just the opposite. If GarageBand users were given a small taste of what it's like to have better control of that application I believe it would act as an enticement for wanting even more control and flexibility—the things that will be found in Logic.
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GarageBand '09
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Fri 13 Mar 2009, 5:56 pm UTC
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