GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
GarageBand Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section is an expansion pack of additional content for iLife ‘04. It extends the number of sounds available for creating music, providing even more creative options. Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section provides rhythmic foundation for musicians, songwriters, and bands by providing the core building blocks of: drums, percussion, bass, and guitars in a variety of genres including rock, folk, jazz, country, and blues.
Learn more
Overview
Lay down rhythm tracks with the ultimate backing band: an impressive array of drum kits, percussion, basses, guitars, and other essential instruments. From modern rock beats to country shuffles to pop grooves from around the world, Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section gives you core elements to help construct your songs.
Product Overview
Over 2000 Apple Loops
Build unique tracks with loops for rock, blues, jazz, and country songs. Foundation elements include more than1000 loops of drum beats
and fills and1000 more bass lines, guitar and keyboard riffs, and chord progressions.
Rhythm Kits
Play a variety of new software drum kits, covering everything from jazz brushes to classic1970s studio sound to heavy metal. Rhythm Section also includes a wide range of percussion sounds like congas, bongos, shakers, steel drums, and more.
More bass
Choose from new, fully playable acoustic and electric basses covering some of the most popular studio tones. Whether you’re into Motown sound,1960s pop, or progressive and unplugged rock, Rhythm Section will hold down the low end.
Guitars Galore
Strum and pick from your keyboard using more than10 playable guitars and other stringed instruments like dobro and banjo. Jam acoustic or electric, from fiery leads to rhythmic strumming and power chords.
System requirements
• Installed copy of iLife ‘04*
• Macintosh computer with G3 600Mhz processor or higher to use Apple Loops (G4 or G5 required for software instruments)
• 256 MB of physical RAM
• A DVD optical drive (such as a Combo drive or SuperDrive)
• Mac OS X version 10.2.6 (Jaguar) or later
• 6 Gigabytes (GB) of free hard disk space
*Using a guitar, keyboard, or microphone with iLife ‘04 may require a USB or MIDI interface.
Most Recent Reviews
-
GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
Well worth the high cost!
Written by CC from Vernon Hills
Oct 30, 2008
This jam pack is essential for anyone who uses a midi interface to create their bass, drums or guitar. Despite some of the names b…Read moreeing aimed more towards southern feels, this has helped me achieve the most realistic drum and bass sounds thus far.
(51 of 64 people found this review useful)
Was this useful?
-
GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
Great Product
Written by TD
Jun 3, 2008
I have used this product at my local Apple Store while going through ALL of the available loops Apple has to offer for GarageBand.…Read more EVERY instrument sounds real and each loop is great.
(91 of 146 people found this review useful)
Was this useful?
-
GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
Be Warned
Written by TP from Pittsford
May 12, 2008
The majority of this jam pack is hillbilly stuff. It sounds more annoying than rhythmic. There are some great guitar sounds for …Read morerock songs, but far too many hillbilly loops.
(167 of 284 people found this review useful)
Was this useful?
Most Useful Reviews
-
GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
Solid Product
Written by CT
Jun 17, 2006
If your looking for a wide variety of different instruments, look elsewhere. This product does however provide a laundry list of …Read morelead and bass guitars. Beneath the surface, the sculpting possibilities of each instruments sound can be tweaked to numerous possibilities, giving you EXACTLY the sound that your trying to achieve. Although very tedious, this will be worth it in the long run. I wouldn't purchase this product to begin my library, but it's the glue that would bring them all together.
(715 of 1142 people found this review useful)
Was this useful?
-
GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
Great quality sounds, great value
Written by ML from Portland
Jan 3, 2007
Anyone who wants to use GarageBand to create rock-style music should pick this up. The basses are of great quality in particular--…Read morevery full and responsive. The guitars have a couple different modes for each sound: power cord, muted, or lead. The "Sunburst" presets are very capable for general rock style.
(615 of 952 people found this review useful)
Was this useful?
-
GarageBand Jam Pack: Rhythm Section
great, but unfortunate
Written by RC from Agoura Hills
Dec 31, 2007
Don't get me wrong, this is a great product. The instruments and loops were awesome, but there was one thing wrong with it: IT G…Read moreOT RID OF ALL MY OTHER SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS! Now I don't have any strings, brass, or woodwind instruments! I bought this product to add onto the other stuff, not get rid of it! The only reason I rated it two stars is because I liked what it came with.
(621 of 1004 people found this review useful)
Was this useful?
