Work on GarageBand iPad projects on Mac GarageBand?

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Work on GarageBand iPad projects on Mac GarageBand?

Does GarageBand 11 (from iLife 11) read and modify projects started on GB iPad?

Several people on this forum say they get an error message when they try to open an imported GB project from IPad into GB on their Macs. The message says they need a newer version of GB.

But they don't say which GB version is on their Macs(!)

i7 iMac 27, Mac Pro, iPhone, iOS 4, 64 GB iPad with iOS 4.3

Posted on Mar 11, 2011 11:39 AM

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celliott147

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Mar 11, 2011 5:34 PM in response to macpro-user

GB11 needs an update in order for you to be able to edit projects started on the iPad.

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Mar 11, 2011 5:41 PM in response to celliott147

Thank you so much!

So I won't even try to use Logic Pro to mess with a GB IPad project.

No doubt LP will need an update, too.

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rgbeach

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Mar 24, 2011 6:38 AM in response to macpro-user

I have just purchased the GarageBand 11 upgrade for my Mac for $15, and it still won't open GB songs created on my iPad. Still says I need to upgrade to a newer version of GarageBand.

Honestly, my limited experience with GarageBand thus far has not been positive.

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Mar 24, 2011 9:00 AM in response to rgbeach

@rgbeach

In another forum post, a user "studentofmusic" and I had a discussion when I discovered that I could edit a simple, software-instrument-only GB song in GarageBand-Mac's big brother, Logic Pro (Logic Express should do the same thing). (It made many complaints and created odd-looking artifacts, but I -could- get something I could edit.

He pointed out that if you choose a synth as your instrument and set it to "pitch" (pitch-bend), you get a super-pitchbend, which you can activate by touching a key and then waggling your finger right and left, that neither Logic Express / Pro nor GarageBand can produce exactly. That's only one element that makes me think that Apple has some major software work to do before you can really do the cross-editing that's still promised at http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/garageband.html, in the Sharing item at the bottom of the page, just above Compatibility.

Note - no fix to the problem - Logic Pro can let you change the pitch-bend range of certain synth modules, but you really can't reproduce the rather stunning effect. Try it - I used "Soft Analog" from the "Synth Classics" instrument sub-section to get the effect. Try it, or send me an e-mail at nkellogg1@me.com and I can make a quick (and queasy-sounding) example.

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