GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
Jam Pack: World Music combines over 3000 Apple Loops and 40 Software Instruments in a collection that allows you to create music from virtually every region and genre in world. It’s the easiest way to add exotic flavor to your GarageBand compositions, or add creative flair to projects in iMovie, iDVD and iPhoto.
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Overview
A world of music in your hands
Enjoy over 12GB of sounds and music performed by top musicians and meticulously recorded to capture the nuances and spirit of these incredible instruments.Over 3,000 Apple Loops
Assemble intriguing musical compositions using a collection of over 3000 Apple Loops from nearly every corner of the globe. Rare and exotic instruments from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, India, Europe, the United Kingdom, South and Central America, Cuba and Jamaica.
More than 40 Software Instruments
With over 40 new software instruments, you can create your own songs and soundtracks that sound as if they were composed with authentic world instruments. These new instruments have extensive layers and articulations to re-create the realistic performances when played from a standard midi keyboard. Among the instruments now available:
- Exotic Strings: Ultra-realistic stringed instruments in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and flavors, including Indian Sitar, Japanese Koto, Persian Santoor, Russian Balailaka, Spanish Flamenco Guitar and more.
- Drum & Percussion Instruments: Five authentic world drum kits that incorporate the most relevant, interesting percussion from Asia, India/Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and European Folk.
- Ethnic Wind Instruments: Chinese, Japanese, Native American flutes, Highlands Bagpipes, Celtic Tin Whistle, Indian Shehhai Oboe, Peruvian Panpipes and much more.
- Other spectacular instruments include Afro-Cuban Upright Piano, Latin and Tango Accordions, South African Choirs, and Tibetan Singing Bowls.
System Requirements
- A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 or greater processor
- At least 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM; 1 gigabyte (GB) recommended
- Mac OS X version 10.3
- QuickTime 6.5.2 or higher
- DVD drive for installation
- 12 GB of available disk space available to install the World Music media
- GarageBand 2, Logic Express 7, or Logic Pro software; GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music is not fully supported if using GarageBand 1.
Most Recent Reviews
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GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
Still no 3/4 loops...
Written by KC from Carlsbad
11/12/2008
Very disappointed.
Apple told me on a support call that while GarageBand was not really focused on the type of user who would…Read more even know how to use a 3/4 drum loop (their words)... the World Music Jam Pack included "some" 3/4 drum loops.
It includes ONE... and it's really bad. So despite paying for all the Jam Packs, I now have to go to a loop website and pay to download the elusive 3/4 or 6/8 loop. Am I alone in finding this a huge omission? I had thought that many pro musicians use GarageBand.(21 of 25 people found this review useful)
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GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
ok
Written by ML
23/11/2008
this product is out of this world!
(9 of 48 people found this review useful)
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GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
my advice - dont buy it
Written by KT from Maidstone
12/02/2008
the quality of the instruments in this jam pack is sub standard, some are appalling, i have not used any of them to record music s…Read moreo far and i doubt that i ever will. save your money, it is not worth buying this product, sincerely and honestly, it's awful.....
(78 of 168 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
Not exactly.
Written by AM from Brooklyn
10/08/2006
.Mac is definitely a great service, but allow me to correct a little misguided information.
It offers only a "sampler" of the J…Read moream Packs, not the full versions. You get only a rough handful of the loops provided in each pack for free, and none of the software instruments that you control through the keyboard.(541 of 860 people found this review useful)
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GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
For The Musician....
Written by RL from Seattle
19/08/2006
This Jam Pack I think is the best one... IF world music is your thing (if not then go for the Jam Pack that you think will fit you…Read morer needs first). The Asian instruments are the prominant ones. The loops though are a little frantic with cuban bongos and eastern european gypsy rythems.
The accordians are cool - but oddly controlled. The lower ends punch too loudly in comparison to the higher end fade-in action. Even if you're playing your keyboard just like a normal person would.
The Bagpipe (and yes there's only one) is a little dull, you'll find some 6/8 and some 3/4 rythems on this...some odd guitars, but the African Singers (there's only one good software instrument for these), Japanese Koto, and Drums are the stars (the playable drums... not just the loop drum rythems) - You can create some great sounding Taiko pieces and Bollywood tunes.(449 of 744 people found this review useful)
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GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music
Love it, but don't buy it
Written by JM from Leavenworth
1/08/2006
I love these Jam Packs, but let me help you save some money. Get .mac instead. For the price of one Jam Pack, you get 1 GB of RE…Read moreALLY USEFUL online storage, great computer synching features, and the ability to download these (yes, all 4) Jam Packs.
(438 of 763 people found this review useful)
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