Garageband Guitar Views
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.
A new feature of GarageBand '09 is the ability to download pre-recorded music lessons from GarageBand's Lesson Store for guitar and piano. There are two types of lesson available in the Lesson Store: Basic Lessons which are a free download and Artist Lessons which must be purchased. The first Basic Lessons for both guitar and piano are included with GarageBand.
GarageBand 6, also known as GarageBand '11, is part of the iLife '11 package, which was released on October 20, 2010. This version brings new features, such as Flex Time, a tool to adjust the rhythm of a recording; the ability to match the tempo of one track with another instantly; additional guitar amps and stompboxes; 22 new lessons for guitar and piano; and How Did I Play?, a tool to measure the accuracy and progress of a piano or guitar performance in a lesson.