The updates include a collect of Chinese instruments, including the pipa, erhu, and Chinese percussion such as drums, wood blocks, cymbals, and gongs.
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The update will add traditional Chinese instruments, such as the pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion, along with 300 Apple-created Chinese musical loops into the app, which will then allow users to create their own music. iOS users will also get new sharing options to popular Chinese social networks QQ and Youku.
Singapore singer JJ Lin has teamed up with Apple chief Tim Cook to promote Apple’s GarageBand, as the app aims to capture the worldwide market with its latest update.
Apple-created loops have been created from a wide variety of instruments and styles, including guzheng, dizi, yangqin and Peking Opera, which can be combined with the new instruments for a unique sound.
Adding to the power of the GarageBand are two new Chinese templates for Live Music Loops that can be used to create music by attaching instruments to your Mac and recording the beats. The instruments support different playing articulations, and iOS users can use 3D Touch with the erhu and pipa.
The company released GarageBand 2.1.1 for iOS and GarageBand 10.1.2 for Mac.
You can record music using the new Chinese instruments, the pipa, erhu and others in GarageBand on your iPhone, iPad, using Multi-Touch or even your Mac PC by using the in-built musical typing feature or as-told above-by connecting your instruments to the PC.
It will be a great took to experiment given that he never stops adding new elements to his songs on-the-go.
Chinese localization is also significantly enhanced across the entire app, with all sounds, loops and instruments now translated to Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. On iOS devices outside of Greater China, the features can be enabled through the advanced settings menu.
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