GarageBand for PC

★ ★ ★ GarageBand Overview

What is GarageBand?

GarageBand is a music creation app for Mac that allows users to create great-sounding songs with ease. It features an intuitive design, a virtual session drummer, a vast sound library, smart controls, amps and stompboxes, and the ability to record, mix, master, and share your music. It also works with iCloud to keep your projects updated across multiple Mac computers and allows you to control GarageBand wirelessly on your iPad using the Logic Remote app. Additionally, GarageBand offers 40 basic lessons for guitar and piano and free artist lessons.

Software Features and Description

1. Control GarageBand and play any software instrument wirelessly on your iPad using the Logic Remote app.

2. Use iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects updated across multiple Mac computers, or even import GarageBand for iOS songs directly from iCloud.

3. Mix and match electric guitar amps, cabinets, and pedals with Amp Designer and Pedalboard or crank up the bottom end with Bass Amp Designer.

4. GarageBand is the easiest way to create a great-sounding song on your Mac.

5. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer.

6. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls.

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Download and install GarageBand on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
GarageBand	Get App ↲	0 1	Apple

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install GarageBand app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using GarageBand on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "GarageBand"
The search will reveal the GarageBand app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once GarageBand is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including GarageBand.
Now enjoy GarageBand on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Apple	1	10.4.11

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native GarageBand Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use GarageBand,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "GarageBand" » then Click "Install".
- GarageBand will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get GarageBand on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Apple	0	1

Download on Android: Download Android

GarageBand functions

- Simple interface designed for easy music making

- Interactive visual EQ to find the sweet spot in every track

- Quick Help feature for useful hints

- Virtual session drummer, percussionist, or beat producer with 33 players from popular genres

- Simple set of controls to shape your drummer’s performance

- Sound Library with fresh new collection of sounds and instruments from popular producers

- Apple Loops covering the latest electronic and urban genres

- Smart Controls to easily shape any sound in the library with a custom set of knobs, buttons, and sliders

- Bass Amp Designer to dial up classic and modern tones

- Amp Designer with 25 legendary amps and cabinets to build your own guitar rig

- Custom Pedalboard from a collection of 35 fun and creative stompbox effects

- Record up to 255 tracks

- Flex Time to quickly change the timing of an audio recording

- Groove Track to align the rhythm and timing of all your tracks with a single click

- Multi-take recording to choose your best performance

- Export to your Music library or share directly to SoundCloud

- iCloud to keep your GarageBand projects up to date across your Mac computers

- Import songs wirelessly from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac

- Remotely add new tracks to your project using GarageBand on your iPhone or iPad

- Works with Logic Remote to wirelessly play any GarageBand instrument on your Mac using your iPhone or iPad

- Access Smart Controls on your iPad to shape any sound while you’re playing

- Learn to Play with 40 Basic Lessons for guitar and piano covering classical, blues, rock, and pop

- Free Artist Lessons show you how to play a hit song taught by the artist who made it famous.

✔ Pros:

- Free to use

- Easy to navigate and pick up quickly

- Convenient layout for beginners

- Good recording software

☹ Cons:

- Some features have been removed in newer versions, such as sound loops and the sound library

- Arpeggiator is gone for any kind of drum kit, making it difficult to keep tempo with certain projects

- Some users have reported missing instruments, such as bass, in newer versions.

Top Pcmac Reviews

Great for Free

By haloinfinite (Pcmac user)

i have used it for about a year now and have been very pleased. Granted, I am brand new at this recording and DAW stuff but as a starter it is great! Two reasons why: it is free and easy to navigate. I picked it up very quickly and to me everything is in a very convinient spot. Now looking at some of these reviews, allot of people are saying that they miss stuff from the old versions, specifically sound loops and the sound library. I can understand someone being frustrated that apple took away some stuff but for me, I wanna sit down and make music out of scratch, so I do not care about the loops at all because I like to compose my own stuff. And plus, the selection of instruments is really good. In addition, there are multiple effects and numerous amounts of musical elements you can add to the recordings of each instrument and each one varies by what they have, showing the difference in each instrument. This alone proves that a good amount of time and effort was put into making this (FREE) music DAW. So in reality, to those people that are rating this at 1 or 2 stars, you need to stop complaining about this free music app that you only had to download!!! If you really want something so spectacular, than get logic x or switch to pro tools. Just stop crapping on garage band when all it did was show up.
Arpeggiator?

By Raffercm (Pcmac user)

I’ve been using this app for 7 years now. Granted, this is a school laptop & I’m not any music pro, but I would say I’ve become pretty advanced with this app over the years. When my school reimages the Macs every school year, all of our purchased apps get automatically updated. When I was prepared to make more advanced music for college (I’m 16), I noticed something pretty off. #1, THE ARPEGGIATOR IS GONE FOR ANY KIND OF DRUM KIT. This helped me keep tempo with MANY of my projects & now it’s almost impossible to remake them in my own loop. Not to mention, some of the loops are gone too. Granted, I semi enjoy some of the new sounds like the clap & snapping, but I want my arpeggiator back. I can’t make music without it. I fell in love with this app, & I’d hate to not use it when I constantly have new tunes in my head I could make on here. I’d give this app 5 stars, but it’s now almost useless if you want to be able to produce good, on beat music. Looks like I'm going to have to save $200 to purchase Logic Pro if this doesn’t get fixed. I would really not like to have to do that because I have a lot of faith in this app when it comes to producing my music. Come on now Apple, you’re better than this.
I’m having mixed feelings…mostly negative ones.

By Nin10doGirl (Pcmac user)

I, myself, have been using this app going on 5 years now. I’ll be honest that when I first started out, I liked the accessibility I had to different kinds of pianos, drum kits, and other things. The same went for the Sound Effects library, which I REALLY liked along with the Apple Loops selection. The recording software was really good, too. And a few years later, I saw even more options on instruments, which I thought was amazing! ...But as we all know, there are times in which we see odd changes. The Sound Effects library is gone, most of my favorite loops are gone, the recording software has lost its high quality, and a lot of instruments that I liked (i.e. Grand Piano On Stage, Alto Saxophone, etc.) are also gone. And with the new update, the Beat bar has been changed, so I can’t see what position I’m at. Also, the Sounds background used to look really cool, and now I don’t particularly care for it much anymore. …I’m not sure what Apple has been thinking as of late, but I really wish they could change some of these things back to how they were. I want to keep using this app, but I don’t want to be using an application that I am slowly starting to dislike.
Garage Band is dead. Why? Why?

By morty the mortified (Pcmac user)

Everything is gone. Everything. No Bass (I mean NO BASS?!?!?!), no loops, no strings, no woodwinds, no FX…I mean, i was just using Garage Band a year ago and it had EVERYthing and it made me feel like a genius in less than ten minutes. Now, everything is gone and it’s HARD to use. All you have is a couple guitars, some drums, and keyboards and a bunch of dead ends in setting up your tracks. I mean, if you want to do ALL the work, you can play your own instruments into a microphone. Whoopie! What are you guys selling instruments now? Well excuse me for not owning a bass and, oh yes, an ENTIRE FREAKING Orchestra…so that I can record all the samples that used to be included. Please, just sell all the other stuff you took out as “Pro” or something. I’ll pay. I want these things back. Please bring them back. I want Garage Band back! Now, I will have to spend a year learning Logic to even come close to having the fun I used to have with Garage Band. What is wrong with you people? It’s sick. What, did the music industry bribe you to hobble the average person’s ability to make music? I literally can think of no other explanation. Just so, so, so, disappointing. Deleting from computer. Worthless.