Since GarageBand 1.1, the program has had the little-known capability of using SoundFonts as a sound source (using the DLSMusicDevice AudioUnit). It’s not perfect, but it does work for simple 1-instrument SoundFonts (as well as the first voice of more complicated ones). Also, the excellent (and free) Crystal AudioUnit can… Continue reading
Ok, I promised I’d write about how to do this, so here goes… (also, anything you try in this post is AT YOUR OWN RISK – If you don’t know what you are doing here, DON’T DO IT. If you somehow break your actual copy of GarageBand, I CANNOT fix… Continue reading
Run, don’t walk, over to algoriddim.net and grab djay, their free MP3 DJ’ing app for Mac OS X. It integrates into your iTunes playlist (though it doesn’t play DRM’d files – so be aware of that), it allows Audio Units for effects (and essentially supports AUNetReceive to allow input via… Continue reading
I’m going to start writing some GarageBand related articles, since it’s pretty much my primary music tool these days. Here’s a quick one to start. I have a longer one about how to run GB in Rosetta to take advantage of PPC AudioUnits on an Intel Mac, but it’ll have… Continue reading