Create Music in the Genre of Your Choice From Hip-Hop to Rock

CUPERTINO, California—September 29, 2004—Apple® today introduced twonew Jam Packs for its GarageBand™ music creation software, givingmusicians and aspiring musicians alike all of the loops and softwareinstruments they need to create music in the genre of their choice. JamPack 2: Remix Tools makes it easy to produce compelling dance, hip-hopand electronica tracks; and Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section offerssongwriters a complete backing band to help build a professionalsounding foundation for their rock, alternative and country music.

“GarageBand and the original Jam Pack made it possible for anyone,regardless of their musical background, to easily create great soundingmusic on their Mac,” said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president ofApplications Marketing. “With these two new Jam Packs, musicians andaspiring musicians can delve deeper into their favorite genre.GarageBand just got better.”

Jam Pack 2: Remix Tools offers more than 2,000 additional loops, 20new beat kits (Techno, R&B, House, Trance), new synth and soundeffect instruments and classic drum machines from Roland (TR-808,TR-909, TR-606, CR-78), turning the Mac® into an easy-to-use,all-in-one dance and urban music production tool. Jam Pack 3: RhythmSection includes an additional 2,000 loops and over 50 new instrumentsto make GarageBand an even more powerful music creation tool. New drums(Jazz Brushes, Indie Rock, Warehouse Kit), basses (Motown, Liverpool,Progressive Rock, Unplugged) and guitars (Dobro Slide, Bluegrass Banjo,Bluesy Acoustic, Heavy Metal Electric) are a sample of theprofessional-quality software instruments that come with RhythmSection.

“With GarageBand I have an amazing backing band even when I’mwriting songs at home,” said Ed Robertson, guitarist and vocalist forthe Barenaked Ladies. “The instruments and loops in the new Jam Pack 3:Rhythm Section sound incredibly realistic and natural—even acoustic andfolk instruments, which are typically difficult to recreate on acomputer.”

“I’ve listened to all of the sound modules and libraries out therefor dance music and the quality of Remix Tools is the best I’ve everheard,” said Chris Cox, Grammy nominated dance remix producer forartists Madonna, Britney Spears, Cher, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopezand Christina Aguilera. “I can literally use these loops andinstruments to cut a record today. It’s almost scary to know thateveryone will have access to so many great sounds.”

GarageBand, part of Apple’s award-winning iLife® ‘04 suite ofdigital lifestyle applications, allows both novice and seasonedmusicians to easily play, record and create amazing music using aremarkably simple interface. With GarageBand, recorded performances,digital audio and looping tracks can easily be arranged and edited likebuilding blocks to create a song. Songs made with GarageBand can beimported into iTunes® and used within movie or slideshow projectscreated with iMovie®, iPhoto™ and iDVD®.

Apple offers a complete line of integrated music creation tools thataddresses the needs of consumers, students, educators, creative prosand professional musicians alike. For consumers, GarageBand turns theMac into a high-quality musical instrument and complete recordingstudio. Logic® Pro 7 is Apple’s professional music creation and audioproduction software line for musicians and audio engineers. LogicExpress 7 is a streamlined version of Logic, providing a basic set ofprofessional tools for students, educators and advanced hobbyists.GarageBand Jam Packs, including the new Remix Tools and Rhythm Sectionpacks, provide additional professional quality loops and instrumentsfor GarageBand, Logic Express 7 and Logic Pro 7 for $99. Projectscreated with GarageBand can be easily imported into Logic Express 7 andLogic Pro 7, providing an easy upgrade path for music hobbyists who areready to graduate to a more advanced audio production tool.Additionally, everything learned in Logic Express 7 is directlytransferable to Logic Pro 7.

Pricing & Availability
The new Jam Packs are available now through the Apple Store®(www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellersfor a suggested retail price of $99 (US) each. Jam Pack 1 is alsoavailable for a suggested retail price of $99 (US). GarageBand comesbundled with all new Macs and is available as part of iLife ‘04, for asuggested retail price of $49 (US) through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

GarageBand and Jam Packs require Mac OS® X v10.2.6 or later, QuickTime6.4 or later, a Macintosh® computer with PowerPC 600 MHz or faster G3,G4, or G5 processor, 256MB or more physical RAM and a 1024x768 orlarger display. A G4 or G5 processor is required for GarageBandsoftware instruments.

Apple ignited the personal computerrevolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personalcomputer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is widely recognizedfor its innovative and award-winning Mac desktop and notebookcomputers, OS X operating system, and iLife digital lifestyle andprofessional applications. Apple is also leading the digital musicrevolution with its market-leading iPod line of portable music playersand iTunes online music store.

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Apple
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Apple
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