Having worked extensively with Sony Acid Pro software and Propellerhead Reason, I welcomed the chance to try out Apple’s new music program GarageBand.

GarageBand ScreenShot

Garageband ships standard with all new Macs and has generated a lot of buzz for being an easy to use program with a lot of power hidden under the hood. I was anxious to see if GarageBand lived up to the hype. I sat down with my PowerBook, some Sennheiser studio headphones, and a few hours later I had this tune:

Tranquil

Was GarageBand worth all the fuss? You be the judge.