GarageBand now free for any Mac or iOS user

[Numanoid]

In case you missed the news item:

https://www.kvraudio.com/news/apple-set ... free-36993

[hivkorn]

do you know if alchemy is part of garageband ?
edit : don't work / instant crash under 10.12.4 !

[jancivil]

yep, NG: Don't Work

[sprnva]

Alchemy is in there (how much of it I can't say as I never had the original) and Garageband works fine here on Sierra. Did you download the factory content after getting the app from the App Store? It should ask when you first run it.

[hivkorn]

Alchemy is in there (how much of it I can't say as I never had the original) and Garageband works fine here on Sierra. Did you download the factory content after getting the app from the App Store? It should ask when you first run it.

i can't launch the app , it crash immediatly !

[sprnva]

Hmm, in that case have a look at the crash report for clues. There's no sign of an updated version so it should be the same as mine unless they updated the app in some way when making it free.

[Numanoid]

Alchemy is in there

Wow, so Alchemy v2 is now free for any Mac user.

A user does not even have to own Logic.

[sprnva]

I had a quick Google and the screens I'm seeing of Alchemy in Logic are more advanced than what Garageband has. So you'll probably still want Logic for the full experience. The Garageband version is probably closer to Alchemy Player.

[superscan]

You can go the MainStage route if you don't want Logic.

[jancivil]

I had a quick Google and the screens I'm seeing of Alchemy in Logic are more advanced than what Garageband has. So you'll probably still want Logic for the full experience. The Garageband version is probably closer to Alchemy Player.

That's the main reason I even installed it, to see about Alchemy. I'm not going to suffer the reason for the instant crash. It's just Garageband. So thanks for the info.