This usually ends up being about a 7-8 gig file. Each week when my band rehearses I record our entire session on 8 distinct tracks in GB. This last update is probably going to be a show stopper for me. I notice you haven’t answered Evan and I’m wondering why? Can GB still do what he described? I’m just getting into GB 10.0.3, and I’m learning some things from this thread.

With that said – would I recommend updating to 10.0.3? Yes – you’re still going to run into some bugs from time to time and no, your 32 bit plug ins still won’t run, but it really seems that Apple have taken on board a lot of the criticism levelled at the program in the last year and acted on it. This added flexibility and usability really allows you to be as creative as you want to be, without the ‘imposed’ limitations present previously. Not only does Garageband 10.0.3 improve on the (many) flaws of it’s immediate predecessors, it also brings a whole host of new features to the table. Opening the ‘Garageband’ menu from the toolbar and selecting ‘Restore Sound Library’ prompted a quick download and then voilà – I was good to go. No amount of restarts or fiddling seemed to do the trick, until I tried this:

Immediately after updating, I booted up Garageband and dived into the updated Vocal Patches, only to be met with the error message: “Could not find layout General Audio 10”. It’s not all sunshine and lollipops however. Selecting to share via Mail opens up a small dialog box where you can choose whether to send a mixdown of your project in mp3 format or the actual project itself via your Mac’s built in Mail app.Ī word of warning – the maximum file size you are able to send via Mail is 34mb, so sharing those larger projects might be better done using compressed files or an online service like Dropbox or iCloud. Clicking on ‘Share’ in the toolbar will reveal a new option – Mail. Now when you click on the EQ tab in the Smart Control window, a Plug in duplicate of the EQ will be created, allowing you to access and manipulate it on a larger scale – great if you’re working with a smaller screen!Ĭollaborating with other Garageband users just got a whole lot easier in Garageband 10.0.3. There have also been a number of less flashy but still pretty damn useful changes to the way Garageband 10 handles it’s interface.įor example, the native visual EQ now works in a slightly different way. There are a number of big ‘blockbuster’ additions to Garageband in version 10.0.3 – here’s a roundup of my personal top 3 favourite new features. Stripped of a lot of the features, effects and flexibility found in its predecessor (which, tellingly, was left intact and usuable on your Mac after upgrading) Garageband 10 rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way.Ī year and two minor updates (10.0.1 +10.0.2) later, things weren’t much better, with users still feeling left out in the cold.Īpple really had to pull something pretty extraordinary out of the bag with version 10.0.3…

At the time of writing it’s been a little over a week since Apple unveiled OS X Yosemite to the world at large and with it their latest update to Garageband – version 10.0.3.Īs I mentioned in my first impressions feature, it’s fair to say that Apple dropped the ball in a big way when they first released Garageband 10.