Key messages

Alchemy Synth • Play and record using the new

Alchemy Touch Instrument with more than 150 synth patches

• Use Multi-Touch gestures on the Transform Pad to morph between eight sonic snapshots to create expressive, swirling synth sounds

New Audio Recorder • Apply fun sound effects including

Extreme Tuning, Vocoder, Chipmunk, Telephone, Robot, Monster, Dreamy, and so on

• Use new studio effects to process your voice or instrument using pitch correction, distortion, and delays

Make music like a DJ with Live Loops • Use Multi-Touch to tap and trigger any

Live Loop cell or group of cells • Start with a template, customize a grid,

or build your own grid with a library of more than 1200 Apple Loops in a variety of popular genres

• Use Remix FX and Multi-Touch to perform DJ-style effects like filters, repeaters, and vinyl scratching

Drummer for iOS • Create authentic acoustic, electronic, or

Hip Hop drum tracks using Drummer, a virtual session player and beat producer

• Each drummer provides its own signature sound and can create over a million realistic grooves and fills

Play your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch like a musical instrument • Quickly find and play Touch

Instruments and patches with a redesigned sound browser

• Perform with Chord Strips and autoplay patterns from any keyboard instrument

• Re-create legendary guitar or bass rigs using virtual guitar and bass amps and stompboxes

• Use 3D Touch on iPhone 6s or iPhone 7 to play keyboard sounds with polyphonic aftertouch2

Smart Instruments • Play an entire string orchestra with just

one finger using Smart Strings • Play chords or trigger autoplay

patterns on an acoustic, electric Smart Guitar, or Smart Bass

Create a song anywhere you go • Record and arrange up to 32 tracks3 • Record multiple times over any song

section and select your favorite using Multi-Take Recording

• Automate the volume and use new powerful mixing effects, including Visual EQ, Bitcrusher, and Overdrive

• Add third-party effects using Audio Unit Extensions4

• Remotely add new tracks to your Logic Pro X project from your iPhone and iPad via iCloud

Share your songs • With iCloud Drive, you can keep your

GarageBand songs up to date and access them from all your iOS devices

• Create custom ringtones and alerts for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

• Share your songs directly by email or AirDrop, or to Facebook, YouTube, and SoundCloud

Essential additions • Logic Pro X v10.3 or later

First LookGarageBand for iOSGarageBand turns your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio—so you can make music anywhere you go.

Version 2.2 introduces the new Alchemy1 Touch Instrument with more than 150 Apple-designed synth patches. Quickly find your favorite Touch Instruments and patches with a redesigned sound browser. Capture your voice or instrument and apply studio-class effects like pitch correction, distortion, and delay with the new Audio Recorder. And with new powerful mixing effects and Multi-Take Recording, it’s never been easier to make a great-sounding song.

© 2017 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. January 2017 L549342A-en_US For informational purposes only. Not for customer use.

Apple price (U.S.) Free with a new iOS device and for existing GarageBand for iOS customers; $4.99 for all other customers

Availability From the App Store

System requirements iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 10 or later

1 Alchemy synth is available on iPhone 6 or later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 4. 2 Polyphonic aftertouch is available on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus or later. 3 32 tracks is available on iPhone 5s or later, iPad Pro, iPad Air or later, and iPad mini 2 or later. Multitrack recording requires a compatible third-party audio interface. 4 Requires compatible third-party Audio Unit Extension instruments apps from the App Store.

Quick demos

GarageBand for iOS First Look © 2017 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. January 2017 L549342A-en_US For informational purposes only. Not for customer use

Alchemy Synth

Play the synth the pros use—anywhere you go • Tap the Alchemy Synth icon on the Keyboard

category card. • Tap the Chord Strip button, and then tap any white

space on the C chord. • Touch and move your finger on the Transform Pad

while holding a chord.

Live Loops

Make music like a DJ • Tap the Live Loops tab, then tap EDM. • Tap the cell in the upper left, then add the two cells

below it. • Tap the column trigger on the lower-left to play all cells. • Moving from left to right, tap the next column triggers. • Tap the FX button to reveal Remix FX, then touch, hold,

and move the XY pads, and tap the buttons in the center. • If you’re using iPhone 6s or iPhone 7, you can use 3D

Touch on the XY pad to show the Tape Stop effect.

Drummer

Create beats and grooves • Swipe through the carousel and tap the Drummer icon. • Tap the cell or use the Play button on the transport

to start. • Move the puck on the XY pad to create a simple or

complex beat. • Tap the character icon to audition different drummers.

Use these demos on iPad to show customers key product features, then invite them to try for themselves.