GarageBand

GarageBand ($4.99)

Whether you’re a musical prodigy or just love creating your own walls of sound, GarageBand for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch gives you all the tools you need to lay down fresh tracks and record music anywhere you go. Play a collection of highly expressive musical instruments designed for Multi-Touch that sound and play just like their real counterparts — but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument. Tap out beats on three acoustic drum kits. The snare, kick, toms, hi-hat, and cymbals each produce different tones depending on where and how hard you tap them. Strum chords on acoustic and electric guitars, trigger fingerpicking and strumming patterns, or tap out your own riffs and melodies. Arrange and mix your songs anywhere inspiration strikes using a powerful eight-track recording studio that can handle any combination of audio recordings, Touch Instruments, and loops. GarageBand makes it easy to share your song. Just email it from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Export and add it to your iTunes library. Or send it to your Mac and open in GarageBand to keep refining it.