Apple’s entry-level digital audio workstation for iOS now bundles sounds from some of today’s top music producers, plus new remix sessions from Dua Lipa and Lady Gaga.
Budding music producers looking to be the next Mark Ronson may well have their salvation in GarageBand with the addition of so-called Producer Packs. Each pack features hundreds of royalty-free beats, loops, instruments, samples, synth patches, and drum kits created by some of the world’s most famous producers, including Oak Felder, TRAKGIRL, Soulection, Boys Noize, and Take a Daytrip, plus in-app videos from each of the producers giving encouragement and insight to those just getting started in music production. Dua Lipa The app also now includes two Remix Sessions for Dua Lipa’s 2020 smash hit “Break My Heart” and Lady Gaga’s “Free Woman” from her 2020 Chromatica album. These include Live Loops versions of each song, so you can break down and rearrange all the pieces and add new instrumentation and loops underneath, as well as make use of GarageBand’s eminently usable Filter and Repeater effects across the submix in real-time. The sessions also include videos from both artists explaining the story behind the songs. You can essentially remix these two tracks in any style you want by using the pieces the same way a remixer would. Take A Daytrip An Apple representative demonstrated this by isolating the vocals from the chorus of “Break My Heart,” retaining the existing delay effect, and spinning up a faster House remix of her own with new instrumentation inside of a few minutes, thanks also in part to Apple’s excellent Flex Time algorithms pulled from Logic Pro.
