GarageBand 1.0 (Defender)

Date: Wed, April 2, 2003, 2:38:07 PM US/Pacific

Subject: Defender

Michael,

Here’s the broad strokes for the product description…

Defender will be Apple’s easy-to-use software application that enables novice musicians to create & record original music.

- Flowcharting and editing of external or software instruments

- Include professional software instrument, effects, and guitar amp modeling

- Ships with templates and musical themes (professionally produced starter content)

Features:

- Simple user interface designed for novice hobbyists

- Quick start & easy setup

- 100% native, no MIDI OUT supported

- MIDI recording via MIDI IN, editing and arranging using built in software instruments

- GM (General MIDI) compatible

- Digital audio recording, editing and arranging with non-destructive region based editing

- Real-time tempo/pitch matching of audio loops

AIF, WAV, MP3, Bumper AIF

- Search engine for locating performances by instrument, genre, mood

- A high resolution audio with up to 24bit/96k processed at 32bit

- 2 channel input output so one performance recorded at a time

- 2 channel output

- Integrated software instruments with large preset and sample library

- Integrated suite of FX plug-ins with large preset library

FX suite includes guitar amp modeling and effects

Audio unit _____ for instrument and effect plug-ins

Sounds facilitate for easy selection of FX chains with presets, and software instruments

-Quantization of both MIDI and audio recordings (timing)

- Automation for volume, pan, FX, sounds and FX returns

- Structured Music Content (SMC) for easy creation of accompaniment tracks

- With SMC content, the user defines the musical style, the song parts (verse, chorus…) and the Chord changes

- Defender generates a c

omplete accompaniment the user can play or sing to.