Kyle Gray Young
GarageBand 10.4.1: Complete list of new instruments for BigSur
Hello! I recently upgraded my iMac to BigSur and wanted to dive right into GarageBand's new features. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a list anywhere of exactly what is new. I sent Patrick an email over at The GarageBand Guide to see if he had one. As soon as I hit send, it dawned on me that I could just stop being lazy and open up my backup copy of 10.3.5 and compare the two myself. But as of right now, both copies do not run simultaneously on my iMac. They will run one at a time however, so I took screenshots of the old set of sounds from 10.3.5, compared them to the new ones in 10.4.1, and jotted them all down. I figured I'd share them with everyone here too. For everything else GarageBand related, I'm happy to offer one-on-one online lessons if you click on the lessons tab above. Patrick's site linked above also has an insane amount of very well-produced video tutorials and PDFs for download.
Please keep in mind that this is just a list of the new software instruments. I'm not interested in taking the time to compare and list all 1,800 new loops. ;)
The following folders contain the same sounds as 10.3.5 with nothing additional added:
Drum Kit, Bass, Guitar, Orchestral (all subfolders), Percussion, Synthesizer (strings), Vintage Mellotron, World, and Arpeggiator.
The following lists all of the newly added sounds as of 10.4.1 compared to 10.3.5, the last update for Catalina. I did not notice any sounds that are absent in 10.4.1. This does not apply to iPad or iPhone versions, only Big Sur 11.0.1.
Electronic Drum Kit:
70s Rhythm Box
808 Flex
Advanced Machines
Arcade Frenzy
Birdland Cuts
Blowing Speakers
Bright Bass House
Bumper
Compact
Deep Bass House
Deep End
Dembow
Dusty Memories
Electronic Pop
Future Breaks
Hacienda
Hard Bass House
Hard Bounce
Hard Knock
Heavy Bass House
Hybrid Knock
Infinity
Interchange
Jagged Edges
Knick Knack
Laser Battle
LinnDrum
Live Feel
Midnight Vanguard
Minimalist
Modern 808
Modern 909
Modern CR-8000
Modern Disco
Modern TR-707
Modern TR-727
Natural Bass House
Platinum
Prismatica
Red Line
Retro Box
Roland CR-78
Roland TR-606
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-909
Sequential DrumTraks
Simmons SDS-V
Solaris
Synthetic Bass House
Tight Trap
Vintage Beats
Keyboards:
New section! 58 brand new keyboards!
Mallet:
Mini Marimba
Toy Glockenspiel
Piano: New subcategory: Processed
Amplified Piano
Below The Surface Piano
Hammered Piano
Learner’s Piano
Mellow Vibe Piano
Old-Time Recording Keys
Parallel Earth Piano
Record Collection Grand
Rise Above Piano
Subtle Dynamics PIano
Worn Tape Piano
Synthesizer, Bass:
808 Bass
808 Mutation Bass
Bass Keys
Big Saw Bass
Blooming Bass
Breaking Bass
Cloud Bass
Dark Heavy Bass
Deep Thump Bass
Flexible Square Bass
Full Sub
Heavy Buzz Bass
Hollow Pluck
Iron Bass
Mutant Acoustic Bass
Pressure Drop Bass
Simple Bass
Solid Body Bass
Synth Upright Bass
Synthesizer, Bell:
Odd Key
Spacetime Keys
Synthesizer, Brass:
Brassy Ensemble
Grungy Horn Hits
Synthesizer, Classics:
Dirty Pulse
Pensive Pluck
Simple Short Pluck
Super Saw Inferno
Synthesizer, EDM Bass:
Aluminum Sweep
Artificial Persona
Deep Abyss
Designer Bass
Electric Blue
Filthy Bass
Fizzy Sweeper
Flying Machine
Gravity
Grinding Waves
Liquid Gold
Lo-Fi Throat
Massive Why
Mech Growl
Metal Sweep
Metallic Waves
Screech Bass
Sweeping Scrape
Thick Liquid Bass
Tin Man
Urban Grunge
Synthesizer, EDM Chord:
7th Player
Minor Outbursts
Third Pluck
Synthesizer, Lead:
Anthemic Lead
Bending Lead
Big Square
Black Diamond
Blue Laser Lead
Chill Keys
Crackling Lead
Fast Talker
Flutter Pluck
Hard Metal Lead
High Energy lead
Main Room Pluck Lead
Moving Shapes
Shimmering Bass
Sync Swell Lead
Tight Punchy Lead
Synthesizer, Pad:
Autumn Haze
Clean Organ
Dark Textures
Flutter By
Lush Pulse
Trill Bows
Warm Synth Pad
Synthesizer, Rhythmic:
Bright Plucked String
Chill Vocal Sequences
Chop It up
Connect Chords
Future Strings
Gritty Bells
Liquid Light
Percussive Pluck
Rising Waves
Short Swell Synth
Synthesizer, Sound Effects:
Brand new subfolder with 22 new sounds!
Synthesizer, Soundscape:
Noise Sweep
Vintage B3 Organ:
Blips Piano
Fixer Upper Organ
Vintage Clav:
Chilled Clav
Digging Depper Clav
Guitar vs Clav
Muted Clav
Nice Dream Clav
Novel Approach Clav
Wah-Wah Clav
Vintage Electric Piano:
Flying Circus Piano
Phasing Bells
Let me know if I missed any! Please share a link to what you've made with the new sounds in 10.4.1 and tell me a little about it in the comments below.
Thanks! Kyle