Make Music on Your iPad

You don't have to have musical abilities to use GarageBand, the MAC's iOS interface recording studio. It does all the work, you enjoy all the fun! One of the best recording studios around you can now get it for your iPad.

GarageBand easy to use - all you do is drag-n-drop the instrument of your choice. For example, if you want a drum part, drag it to the grid, want to add arpeggios on the keyboard, drag it over, you can even add fingerpick guitar cords to any music you want. Just hit the cord name you want and add it to the grid. You can add up to eight tracks or you can add individual tracks, adjust the volume, add a loop or two and you're all set to play your own songs.

There's even more you can do with GarageBand with manual keying. Unfortunately, there is a downside to GarageBand. The drums don't have good tone and the trumpets lack consistency. You can't turn off the drum tracks but you can hit the keys harder to get a louder sound but it's impossible to get a consistent pattern. On the other hand, if you're a guitarist, GarageBand is perfect for you.

We tested it with an old guitar, electric, of course, plus we used iRig (a personal guitar amplifier). We tested GarageBand's applications and stomp-boxes and came up with a respectable sounding jangle that had a problem with timing. We thought the application was okay but the lack of editing options and the selection of 80s synth pop made it impossible to make a recording in one shot. We had to record several times to get the sounds we wanted. On the brighter side, you can tweak the keyboard and customize the interface plus the use of options to fix the timing. At least Apple added that to GarageBand.

More bad news, although we loved messing with the sample pack, the voice recording took a lot of work to make any type of song production worth while. The effects had a lot of problems when it came to optimization and when we put it altogether we had to re-record several times to get a decent recording. None the less, and you might find this surprising but we recommend GarageBand. It far from perfect, takes more work than we wanted but is much better thanNanStudio or BeatMaker.

It's a great little application for guitarists and the musically less inclined, but once you learn the tweaks you will love the amps and stomp-boxes. We wait with baited breath for the update from Apple for the iPad. In the mean time, enjoy GarageBand and make your own music.Source URL: http://k12-information.blogspot.com/2010/
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A Gadget Makes Your Life Easier

Gadgets are enjoyable


First of all gadgets are very cool and they make us smile and say: wow, it's great! A gadget can always make you feel better because they access your deepest needs: comfort, security, usefulness and maybe most important, you can play with them. Some would say that they like gadgets because they make their life easier. In my opinion we love gadgets because gadgets are toys. Gadgets are toys for the big boys or girls. We really enjoy playing with them, testing them and integrating them in our lifes. Babies have suzettes we have gadgets.


Gadgets equal many products in one


The best example is the Swiss Army Knife: knife, fork, spoon, screwdriver, tweezers, lantern, compass etc. In one compact product you get 10-50 other products. This is a very important characteristic of a gadget. A gadget incorporates every time more than one product.


Gadgets make our life easier


Let's take for example the Thonka headband for iPod. It is was designed to help Ipod users not to carry their iPod in their pockets. Who wouldn't want to have their hands free. For some users who like jogging this could be a very useful gadgets. When you will go for a run your iPod will not jump from your pocket, your hair will stay in place and your sweat will be retained.


That's why it is important for you to stay up to date with the new gadgets. Being a gadget fan will help you to be more productive and you'll be able to concentrate more on your goals and job. Of course you must read gadgets reviews. A problem can occur when you become obsessed with gadgets (a gadget freak) and you buy gadgets only because they are the latest available and you must have them. We could say you are a big kid if you are doing that. It's ok to play with gadgets but moderation is the main key word here.


Gadgets save us space


One important point is that gadgets help us save space. The "saving space" utility it's a derivate of the principle "many products in one". Let's take for example the BlackBerry cell phone. The BlackBerry is a small stylish cell phone with the capabilities of a laptop. Of course it's not a laptop or a notebook but with one single product you can talk, send e-mails, edit world documents, navigate on the Internet, chat and so on. For some dollars you get a nice piece of technology. Also it's very important to point out that the BlackBerry is cheaper than a notebook.


Conclusion: Gadgets make our life easier, save our money and most important, our TIME


This is my conclusion. Gadgets really save us time, and time is our most important resource. Gadgets are relatively cheap if you take into consideration that it will cost you much more to buy 20 products that do different things than one that does them all. Gadgets are designed to have many utilities that will help us improve our productivity. And let's not forget the fun part: we like playing with gadgets!
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