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January 17, 2004

GarageBand Implications

Art, the creator of pHATmatik Pro comments on osxaudio.com forums about the ramifications of Apple's new iLife component, GarageBand:

Apple revolutionizes soundware

I've been poking around those innocuous-looking .aif files in the GarageBand loops folder, and I've realized something... these are FAR more than simple ACID-type files or REX2 (or pHATfiles) which simply store transient, tempo and key information.

It appears the Apple Loop file format can store the following

1. A rendered version of the loop (what's in the standard aiff file, and and the reason you can load it into any application that supports aif)

2. Transient, key, and tempo information. (like ACID, Rex2 and pHATfiles)

3. The midi information used to create the loop.

4. The EXS patch used to create the loop (including samples, it appears, but I'm not sure) (!)

5. A 'channel preset' with effects settings for processing the loop.

What's the practical application of this?

Read the complete thread here.

Posted by Turfdigger at January 17, 2004 5:13 PM
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