Over the last decade, GarageBand has become the Starbucks of digital recording studios: consumer-friendly, global, omnipresent. Pre-programmed into every Apple device, anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or ...

Musically inclined Mac users—from professionals who need an easy-to-use music sketchpad to amateur enthusiasts who just want to string together prerecorded loops—have been entranced by GarageBand.

In early 2004, Steve Jobs enthusiastically unveiled GarageBand, a program that gave even musical novices the power to fashion dynamic soundtracks. But as marvelous as GarageBand was, some users were ...

Despite only being around since 2004, Apple's entry-level DAW GarageBand is firmly established as a favourite software package for beginners and professionals alike. The story of GarageBand starts with ...