GarageBand Update 1.0.1 Released 61
Apple has released GarageBand 1.0.1, which, according to the release notes, "clarifies specific alert dialogs regarding system performance." The update is a 21.5MB disc image. Yes, updating your alert dialogs takes 21.5MB.
Re:Wooops! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:whaband? (Score:2)
And that site actually does have a trademark for "GarageBand". Apple trademarked "Garage Band", which is not the name of their product. But I'm guessing they're not too worried about some indy music website putting together enough funding to sue them successfully.
Re:whaband? (Score:4, Informative)
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It is both an mp3 site and apple software (Score:1, Informative)
Binary Diff (Score:5, Funny)
Red Jewel (Score:5, Interesting)
GarageBand does take quite a bit of horsepower. Previewing and rendering even these songs [michael-forman.com] required me to turn my 1-GHz Titanium laptop's CPU performance to "full", when I'm on the go.
GarageBand notifies the user of the system load by changing the color of a clear time-indicator jewel as it sweeps across the samples. It's a brilliant way to display the system load directly in a program. I speculate that the update affects not just the dialogues but also the subsystem which monitors and displays the CPU usage. (Hey, now I'm making up news just like CNN does.)
Michael [michael-forman.com]
Re:Red Jewel (Score:5, Interesting)
More fun, I have a Powerbook G4 with an 800 MHz processor, only about a year and a half old, but I think the hard drive is a 4200RPM. I get this [monsterwang.com] error when I play a creation with four or five tracks for more than a few seconds.
Re:Red Jewel (Score:2)
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Not to knock iLife, which I think is wonderful. But Garageband doesn't exhibit the performa
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Limited MIDI Drivers (Score:4, Informative)
On the old 400 mhz Cube, performance is so sluggish as to be confusing. Simple "Stop" and "Home" keyboard commands are slow to be recognized. On the bright side, it has the least latency of any system i've tried to multi-track with. I have at least achieved proof of concept [stingraysonline.com] (yes that's me, guitar, bass & 2 vox)
(non-original material and obvious copyright violation, but it's an Apple-friendly artist, sosumi).
Now my real gripe:
i finally got around to tyring out connecting the trusty old Korg M1, the original MIDI pack mule. It turns out that GarageBand has a very short list (20) [apple.com] of compatible MIDI interfaces, all high-end numbers from the likes of MOTU and DigiDesign.
But sadly, my Mark of the Unicorn Fastlane [motu.com] (less than two years old) was not listed in the recognized list of MIDI interfaces.
Since the Cube chokes up at about 6 voices of audio data, that's gonna be my limit. Once again, to play with Apple, you not only have to have the latest Apple gear, you have to keep up with the latest gear in all other related fields too. I understand needing a new computer every 4-5 years, and this is a 10-year old synth, but without sinking what looks like another 300-500 on an up-to-date MIDI converter, (or half that on a USB MIDI keyboard), I'm out of the MIDI input/ouptut game.
The thing is, I though that MIDI was a standard. I didn't realize it had layers that were already obsolete. OK, I understand GBis cheap software designed to sell computers, but as a professional musician with professional gear, I was very disappointed realize it's taking another round of hardware for my full potential as a creative musical genius to be recognized.
And, to those who say "If you're professional musician, why don't you use professional software," well, buy my wife's ebook [dpgriffin.com] and may be I can!
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Re:Limited MIDI Drivers (Score:5, Informative)
Silly question, but have you installed the USB MIDI OS X drivers [motu.com] from MOTU? My USB MIDI interface isn't listed by Apple, but it works with drivers supplied by Yamaha (in my case).
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No, but I'll try that as soon as I get home tonight and advise on results. Thanx, pldms.
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At this point, I see no way, however, to reroute the signal back to the MIDI keyboard. Is that an inherent limitation in Garage Band? I find no channel or voice selection other than GB's Software Instruments.
Does it use MIDI for input only? That's still gonna leave me in a hurt with the old Cube -- more than 4 voices and it
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Cheers.
Sample Songs on the Tascam US-122 (Score:2)
Talk To You [binadopta.com]
Why We Are [binadopta.com]
Pardon my lousy singing -- but it shows just how cheaply you can get hi-fi these days.
Cheers.
Re:Limited MIDI Drivers (Score:5, Informative)
Actually it supports the cheapest (but still great) usb midi interface around, the midiman (m-audio) Midisport Uno [m-audio.com]. Its $39 with no haggling at Guitar Center.
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Since either the Edirol PCR-50 or PCR-80 are simply larger versions of the PCR-30, it would seem logical that these are compatible, despite Apple's not listing them.
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The updates (Score:5, Informative)
In this case it is all the spplication itself. The original Garage band.app was 53.3MB the replacement app is 42MB.
The AECore framework drops from 1.5MB to 1.4MB
DfSearchEngine Wrapper Framework is almost halved in size from 360KB to 195.1KB
LoopCore shrinks from 1.1MB to 868.1KB
Where the largets difference is in the application resources ( button images and controls and their ilk as well as localization files) It drops from 39.1MB to 27.9MB.
Re:The updates (Score:2)
I love Apple!
Re:will it work on pirated copies? (Score:1, Insightful)
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Re:will it work on pirated copies?--Give to Get (Score:1, Insightful)
I expect that the upgrade will work just fine on a pirated copy because of Apple's general philosophy about piracy. Sure Apple makes an effort to lock down their expensive pro-level apps (Final Cut Pro, Logic, Shake)--it would be financially irresponsible not to--but they tend to be exceptionally liberal about much of their software (operating systems, consumer-level apps). Apple t
Note to Domini (Score:4, Insightful)
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Re:Not really news. (Score:1)
And it's not in SWUpdate -- not yet, anyway.
And I do learn about MW Office updates here.
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Of is there a rule that I missed that says
Re:It's a good deal (Score:1)
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I'm just wondering when they'll fix the bug... (Score:5, Funny)
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