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­NetEase Science and Technology News, Apple today launched an update for GarageBand, adding a number of new musical instruments and localizing the entire app language, hoping to carry forward the long history of traditional Chinese music.

­this update is based on rich GarageBand bands, adding traditional Chinese instruments such as pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion instruments, as well as 300Chinese music cycles created by Apple, so that users can give full play to their creativity to produce Chinese-style music on iOS devices or Mac. IOS GarageBand users can also have two Chinese-style real-time loop templates and new sharing options that can be shared on popular Chinese social networks such as QQ and Youku.

­"We are pleased to be able to combine the rich elements of traditional Chinese music to launch some new functions based on it." Susan Prescott, vice president of global product marketing at Apple, said, "by adding traditional Chinese musical instruments and Chinese real-time circular music templates, the updated GarageBand allows anyone to create music with Chinese style on iOS devices or Mac in a simple and interesting way."

The pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion instruments in ­GarageBand can be played on iPhone or iPad using Multi-Touch, using the built-in music typing function or on Mac by connecting to a third-party USB music keyboard. Each instrument has a different sound, such as the fast plucking and vibrato of the pipa and the vibrating, decorative and gliding of the erhu. When playing erhu and pipa, iPhone users can use 3D Touch to dynamically control vibrato and intensity. Pipa and erhu have automatic performance function, click on the chord, you can get a complete performance. Users can also play a series of Chinese percussion instruments, such as drums, ringing wood, cymbals and gongs.

­App has added 300 Apple-created cycles to its Chinese music library, covering a variety of instruments and styles, including zither, flute, dulcimer and Beijing Opera. These circular passages can be mixed with GarageBand Chinese instruments. IOS version of GarageBand also supports real-time loop music, which has always been a novel way, as long as you tap cells and columns in an intuitive grid, you can open different cycles and samples. The update also adds two Chinese-style real-time circular music templates, Chinese traditional and Chinese modern, a variety of Chinese instruments and percussion instruments can be played through real-time cyclic music. In addition, the names of various timbre, circular passages and musical instruments throughout app have been converted into simplified or traditional Chinese.

­the iOS version of GarageBand 2.1.1 and the Mac version of GarageBand 10.1.2 update are free for all existing users, and GarageBand is available free of charge on all new iOS and Mac devices. Users who use older devices that do not meet the upgrade criteria can buy them at RMB 30 through App Store and Mac App Store. After users in Greater China update their GarageBand, the new features will automatically appear on iOS and OS X devices. In countries and regions other than Greater China, the new features will appear by default after the OS X update, and users of iOS devices will need to enable them in advanced settings.

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