hey it's Patrick here from the GarageBandguide.com GarageBand from Mac
OS comes with dozens and dozens of top-notch virtual instruments for you to
wrap your fingers around that said there will come a time when you want to
broaden your sonic horizons with some new instrument centers in this video
I'll share four of my favorite instruments that you can add to
GarageBand on Mac without spending a single penny
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sure to stick around to the end of the video where I'll show you the easiest
way to install these free audio goodies first up and proving that sometimes the
old ones really can be the best is Podolski from boohoo
Podolski is a free straightforward CPU efficient virtual analog synth you've
got one oscillator one filter one envelope and an arpeggiator and
sequencer to tinker with here and the well-designed UI makes dialing in
high-quality sounds really easy there are over 520 presets to get you
started which range from hands em are like grants and pads to glitchy
arpeggiator sequences and everything in between
despite an initial release and 2005 Podolski has been updated to this day
with a beta version of the latest update available from the website if you're
feeling adventurous it sounds gray is highly customizable and a real
jack-of-all-trades if you're looking for a lightweight easy to use synth
next up we have labs from Spitfire audio spec fire audio have a reputation for
creating industry-leading sample libraries and virtual instruments the
labs program allows you to get a taste at a kind of incredible premium sounds
they offer all wrapped up and an easy to use and free virtual instruments there
are 12 instruments to download at the time of this video and you'll play and
record them in GarageBand using Spitfires clean and
straightforward labs interface what I really love about the sounds on offer
here is that Spitfire have gone to the trouble to give you a we peek behind the
curtain as it where and provide some background on how each of these sounds
came into being I'd argue to give these audio backstories a listen as it's
incredibly interesting to discover the ins and outs of how these sounds were
created you'll need to sign up for a Spitfire audio account to grab labs then
download the player itself when you grab your first instrument sent from there on
every new instrument downloaded will be added into the labs interface which
definitely helps to keep things organized personally I'm a big fan of
the frozen strings and amplified cello quartet sounds but each and every one of
the instruments on offer here as worth download at the very least
providing almost endless customization options dext as an open source FM synth
that the more hands-on and technically-minded among you will love
you have dozens of presets to get you started here a good thing to as dext
requires the most effort of any of the instruments covered here to manually
craft some great sounds
luckily any and all effort if you enter this thing will pay off and vensim
last but definitely not least as complete start a fully-fledged
production suite that gives you over 2,000 studio quality sounds for free
you'll need to sign up for a free Native Instruments account to gain access to
this stuff and like Spitfire labs you'll be downloading a separate plugin that
the other individual instruments and zones will be launched from there's a
few hoops to jump through installation wise here you'll launch these free
instruments from Native Instruments contact player which you do need to
download and install first but it's definitely worth it as the instruments
on offer here are incredible a particular standout for me as the analog
dreams instrument that gives you some of the very best scent wave sounds and
presets I've ever had especially in a free instrument the other sounds on
offer here are similarly impressive and I highly recommend checking them and to
get these killer new sounds Enza Garage Band on Mac there may be a few different
steps to follow depending on the instrument dext and Podolski are the
easiest to install simply go to their respective websites links are in the
description of course click on the download
extract the fail
install and once you've restarted GarageBand you'll find your shiny new
instrument and the instrument plug-in slot and any software instrument track
as I mentioned previously both Spitfire labs and complete start required you to
sign up for accounts with both services and then install a separate application
that you'll then use to play the other instruments you want to download for
labs once you install the spitfire audio program you'll add your labs instruments
to it which does require a sign-in once that's done the instrument will be
present and the labs player inside GarageBand
for a complete start you first and we'll contact the other Neath of access
program and contact complete control before using the native access after
then we'll the element of contact rush that you'll be using contact clear to
play look Native Instruments explain this stuff better than I ever could so
I'll direct you to verga on the website you'll find a link to that and
everything else mentioned in this video down in the description below so there
you have it the very best free GarageBand instruments on the web
did I mess any which free instruments are mainstays in your garage band both
floor sound off in the comments and let me know I've been Patrick from the
GarageBandguide.com and I'll see you next time bye for now