JANUARY 2022 MACWORLD 91Apple TV+
docuseries
“Watch the
Sound.”
Another
vast frontier of
sonic carrots
to experiment
with and add
to your remix
can be found
in the
Instruments
section. For
example, you
can bring up a
virtual
keyboard to
add your own
riffs or even sing into your device to
create your own duet that would make
Bradley Cooper envious. I thought it
might be fun to do some ad-lib vocals to
throw into my recording, but then I
remembered that I can’t sing. But your
mileage may vary.
You can also access your iTunes and
add other songs to your canvas. At one
point, I brought in elements of Gaga’s
debut single “Just Dance,” but ultimately I
left them out of the final master. An FX
button is designed to mimic a few
hackneyed-sounding DJ sounds, including
a synthesized “scratch” effect, but you can
really get a DJ’s experience if you bring in
snippets of other songs.
One caveat to the Remix Sessions is that
you can’t share your version of Lady Gaga
and Dua Lipa’s songs outside GarageBand,
so unfortunately I can’t play it for you. But my
GarageBand Remix Session was very much
in the spirit of Lady Gaga—synthesizing her
ideas, editing them, and maybe even making
them better. It’s tremendous fun, and even if
you aren’t musically inclined, I would
encourage anyone with an iPhone or iPad to
update your GarageBand app and play
around with a Remix Session for at least a
few minutes. ■You can connect external equipment to enhance your remix, but the
GarageBand interface provides plenty of options.