Muso’s kind of love the iPad. There’s a truckload of tasty apps for the dedicated; musician; and we’ve got five of the best to get you rocking. Corny, but it’s the best intro we can come up with after a heavy weekend of gadgets and boozing.
1. Garageband for iPad — US$9.99
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Garageband is a compact home studio. And that’s a big deal. Considering it’s competition — FL Studio for iPad — costs US$19.99!
I don’t think everyone quite understands the effort Apple went to creating a useful songwriter’s tool with Garageband for iPad. Whether it sounds the best or not, the combination of quality and ease-of-use makes it a must have for any songwriter. Although a limited selection of instruments, the Garageband app plays various instruments for you in five playing modes. There’s acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, bass, electric guitar, a 5 instrument string orchestra and amp modelling to be used with an iPad/Guitar interface.
