Apple GarageBand Jam Pack 2 Remix Tools

Time to add more members to your band? No need to hire a talent scout or cruise the local clubs. Just break open a Jam Pack and you'll find all the talent you need -- hundreds of professional backup musicians and sound engineers at your disposal 24/7. Especially now that you have four GarageBand Jam Packs from which to choose. Each package offers more than 2,000 Apple Loops and dozens of playable software instruments. An invaluable enhancement to GarageBand, Jam Packs can also be used by Logic Express 7, Logic Pro 7 and Soundtrack, offering amateur and professional musicians alike a wide assortment of new sounds to stretch their musical creativity.

If your beat is club dance, urban or electronics you'll find myriad ways to extend your dance floor vocabulary in Jam Pack 2: Remix Tools.

Like other packs in the series, Jam Pack 2 brings you more than 2,000 prerecorded Apple Loops. Take advantage of the different styles and tempos to build your tracks with beats, bass lines and percussion.

Remix Tools comes with an assortment of new synth instruments that you can use to enhance the Loops you choose with hypnotic patterns and riffs. But the majority of new software instruments in Jam Pack 2 consist of Beat kits for constructing the ultimate groove. In all, you'll find 22 diverse kits in the most popular genres, including hip-hop, R&B, techno, electroclash, trance, downtempo, house, 2-step and UK garage, to name a few. Most notable among these are classic Roland drum machines (CR-78, TR-606, TR-808 and TR-909) with their distinctive vintage tones. The 9 synth instruments, meanwhile, offer a wide range of contemporary keyboard chordal sounds ready for the biggest clubs.

Rounding out the Pack: sound effects for every major genre -- use them to create atmospheric effects and transitions. Remix Tools even offers effects allowing you to add scratching, needle drops and other sonic flavors to your GarageBand, Logic Express 7 and Logic Pro 7 compositions.

New loops -- Choose from over 2000 prerecorded loops covering different styles and tempos. Build your tracks with beats, breaks, bass lines, and percussion and enhance them with synth patterns, hypnotic riffs, and special effects.

Classic drum machines -- Incorporate authentic vintage beats from Roland drum machines, as well as actual sounds from the TR-808, TR-909, and more. You can easily mix and match these classic sounds with modern kits for retro or progressive compositions.

Dance and urban kits -- Play your choice of beat kits from over 20 distinct genres, including hip-hop, R&B, electroclash, house, trance, downtempo, 2-step, and more. Turntable effects let you add scratching, needle drops, and other sonic flavors to your mix.

Synth sounds -- Explore and experiment with an assortment of playable synth instruments, as well as basses, pads, filters, and sweeps. Chordal stabs and atmospheres let you pay tribute to pop, rave, and ambient classics.