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iPad 2 music video tests GarageBand and iMovie to the limit

We've tested Apple's new GarageBand and iMovie iPad apps , and done so in style -- creating a CNET UK music video in celebration of hitting the 5,000-fan milestone on our Facebook page , using only those two apps and the native hardware on an iPad 2 .

It's an extreme test, so how did these two slinky bits of software stack up? You can watch the finished video at the bottom of this story, but read on to find out how we put it all together.

GarageBand was the starting point -- we needed a backing track, plus vocals, that we'd later mime to for the video portion of the project.

We started out just messing about, trying to find something that sounded halfway decent. And then we stumbled upon the smart piano tool. The smart instruments are extremely impressive -- tap different chords and GarageBand will automatically doodle around with notes that belong to that chord. Several different patterns are available, and once we'd plumped for one, it was a simple matter of picking a chord sequence and recording our pattern, tapping on different chords in time to the built-in metronome.

We used smart bass to record a bassline that matched our first melody, and a drum track using the smart drums tool, which involves dragging percussion instruments on to a grid, with the four different portions of the grid creating simpler, more complex, louder and softer patterns. The instrument selection is solid, though there are only four types of guitars, which seems a little limited compared to the dozens of different synthesizers on offer. Not that we're complaining about having loads of synths.

We added a few different piano sections, then set about garnishing our riff with other instruments -- a few extra drums here, a squealy guitar note there. We found the instruments responsive and the interface extremely intuitive.

The sequencer pane, which shows you all your recordings in one place, is very easy to navigate using just finger presses and swipes, and gives you an impressive degree of control. You can splice tracks into sections, duplicate and move recordings by dragging them around, and pinch to zoom in, giving you a finer degree of control over the timing of individual segments.

We were having a whale of a time chucking in extra bits and pieces, but then we smacked into a serious snag -- GarageBand limits you to eight different tracks in a single project. We'd dedicated entire tracks to a few extra cymbals, or a single guitar note, and were yet to record the all-important vocal tracks, of which we wanted two at least.

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GarageBand Jam Pack: Remix Tools is an expansion pack of additional content for GarageBand and Logic. It extends the number of sounds available for creating music, providing even more creative options. Jam Pack: Remix Tools appeals to electronic dance music enthusiasts across a number of genres including Hip-Hop, R&B, Techno, Trance, and other Electronica styles. The instrument/loop emphasis is on new electronic drums & percussion optimized for different genres as well as new synths. Jam Pack: Remix Tools includes popular classic drum machine sounds licensed from Roland.

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