It seems that the ongoing battle between Apple and Microsoft is about to get a bit bigger. According to Microsoft-Watch, Microsoft is preparing a program code named Monaco to go up against GarageBand, a part of Apple's iLife suite. GarageBand is a program aimed at amateur musicians, and comes with samples preloaded, making independent musicians work that much easier (and not to mention better).
Microsoft has declined to comment on whether or not it is creating a GarageBand competitor, but some Microsoft partners have said Microsoft plans to make the program take advantages of Windows Vista and the Aero userface.
View: Apple's GarageBand
Microsoft has declined to comment on whether or not it is creating a GarageBand competitor, but some Microsoft partners have said Microsoft plans to make the program take advantages of Windows Vista and the Aero userface.
View: Apple's GarageBand
Patents on a music programme? That would be too broad, I'm sure Microsoft would have checked into all of that before spending money on something like this. Personally I love garageband, so simple to use, cut tracks and record via the apple mic. I'm not a musician but my course requires me to do radio features and it is perfect for that.
I also use Audition (cool edit pro) which is probably better for mixing and recording, but doesnt have all of those samples and isn't at all as user friendly as Garageband.
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