I have never used Garage Band before, so had a play with it to see whether it could be useful as an audio editing/processing tool. The answer is a resounding “yes” – despite its “domestic” looking interface. Not only that, it can edit videos, leaving the video stream alone and affecting only the audio stream. Just drag a file into it – I tried with a M4A audio file out of iPhone’s Voice Memo. Some features I discovered were:
- Basic cutting
- Envelope shaping (on keyframes)
- Effects such as:
- Dynamic range compression
- Reverb etc.
- An “Autotune” pitch-stabiliser
“Whatever gets the job done”…