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I’m blown away by David Ford, here’s State of the Union, dating back, oh, two years or so

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Yeah, definitely very cool. Just curious, but do you know what technique he’s using to pull this off?Does he have certain inputs feeding into a loop and others (like the mics he’s using for lyrics) that are not getting fed into the loop?

Answer - There is Software and Hardware (looping Pedals) that can help with this technique.  See Electronic Music 411

As I watch him do this, it reminds me a great deal of Trent Reznor. Don’t get me wrong the performance is evolutions apart, but that’s kind of the point. This would appear to be a performance that has evolved from the loops and samples of the 80’s and 90’s to the point where one person can create them all live.
Regardless of whether I am right or wrong, still very cool.

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Garageband Jam Pack: Rhythm Section is an add on for the Garageband recording program on the Mac OSX operating system. It allows for additional rhythm instrument loops and software instruments.

For those in a rock band who use the drum loops to record this will be a great improvement over the default drum kits in Garageband. The new drums are a lot more modern. you’ll get quick double bass drumming and things of that nature.

There software instruments are good as well. You get all sorts of new bass and electric guitar sounds. You only had about 8 to 10 to choose from in the standard Garageband program. You also have some new software drums. Things like studio drums make a great sound to get real sounding recorded drums.

This program is a little pricey at $100 and it can only be bought at a Mac store so you’ll have to find one near you or just go the safe route and purchase it online. Garageband also is the only thing that runs this so if you don’t have a Mac then you’re out of luck and will have to use a different program for loops and such.

Before I answer this question let me give you a background on my experience with Garageband. I was a rookie Mac user when I got my Macbook Pro in June of 06. I had used Acid Pro and programs like that on a Windows based PC so I wasn’t sure if Garageband would really come close to being as productive of a program as Acid Pro was.

I came to realize that though Garageband can’t really touch Pro Tools(hence the reason every recording studio uses it) it can still be used as a very good recording program. It doesn’t matter if it’s for you band, like I use it, or creating a podcast or soundtrack for a film you made, all of these things can be done fairly easy in Garageband.

Garageband allows you to pretty easily record using a pre-amp with quite a few built in loops of different instruments. The best thing about these loops is that they’re completely copy written free. This means anything you create you can post and share with people without the scare of the RIAA. I have already made probably about 7 or 8 songs on my own just using loops and the built in instruments. I even noticed that Mike Shinoda of the rock band Linkin Park used a violin loop in one of his songs for his side band Fort Minor. I thought it was pretty interesting and cool

What Garageband does lack is all of the plugins you can get to help improve the quality of sound as well as effects on various tracks. Things like this are offered with Pro Tools.

Garageband is very good for recording music of all types. If you work hard enough you could probably make a song and have people thinking you recorded it in a pro studio with Pro Tools. If you’re a Mac user and haven’t experimented with this program give it a shot. It’s pretty fun and easy to get the hang of. You will probably eventually want to upgrade to Pro Tools if you are serious about making music but until you have the $300 or more to drop on the software Garageband will work just fine.