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Originally Posted by Stone Birds
GarageBand actually isn't that bad of a program, although i would NEVER do a final mastering in it. it has some nice basic midi instruments which you can customize to your likings, really the only reason i hear people complaining about it is because of low quality recordings, and most of the time the quality of a recording has more to do with the mic and input value than anything else, it's a very popular tool for people who aren't willing to pay hundreds of dollars on music software. i'll also admit that GarageBand is also better for people who are a tad more minimalist than let's say Sonace.
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Agreed. Garageband is exactly what it's meant to be: an entry level simple music creator for people who are basically new to DAWs and aren't really trying to record a studio quality album. It's rudimentary both in GUI and audio quality, but it's also quite versatile.
and the only prominent DAW that I can think of that is exclusive to the windows platform, and doesn't also run beautifully on a Mac is Fruity Loops, but since windows can be run seamlessly on Mac machines via Boot Camp and Parallels, I'm sure there's ways around that.