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Add to SafariWhen comparing GarageBand vs Jeskola Buzz, the Slant community recommends GarageBand for most people. In the question“What are the best DAWs? ” GarageBand is ranked 27th while Jeskola Buzz is ranked 32nd.
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Pros
Pro Great sounding instruments
Pro Free if you have a Mac
Pro Extremely easy
GarageBand is one of the most basic and user friendly DAWs, making it very easy to learn.
Pro Good MIDI editing with quantization, piano roll and notation
Pro Amp Sims/ Pedal Effects/ Mics
There are several amp sims for guitar and bass or other direct input instruments. Different style speaker cabinets, microphones and mic placements. It also comes with a good selection of pedal effects.
Pro Allows 3rd party plug-ins
Plug-ins for effects or sample instruments can be installed and work great. Must get the AU plug-in for Mac if available.
Pro Easy automated drummer
Pro Unlimited possibilities
Once you learn how to use this soft, its modular way of connecting "machines" allows you to make endless combinations of effects connected in any order forwards and backwards between any of them. This allows you to make unbelievable unique effect chains.
Pro It is free
You get the full functionality for free.
Pro Lots of plugins
It supports its own plugin format, and there are a lot of community-created plugins.
Pro VST support
VST is supported via a special plugin.
Cons
Con No send/buss tracks
Tracks can't be sent into a buss channel for grouping tracks together.
Con 44.1K sample rate
The maximum sample rate is 44.1K. No 48K or higher.
Con Mixer console panel not available
Mixing must be done on the channel strip or by smart control panel only. There is no mixer with fader, vu meter and effects chain listing.
Con No sidechain effects
Can't manipulate other tracks with a sidechain trigger such as ducking with a compressor.
Con Platform dependant
Only for Mac.
Con Very unstable
Buzz crashes really very often, especially when using a lot of third party VST plugins.
Con Not a complete DAW solution
It lacks some typical DAW functionality, although with some trickery you can do anything.
Con Windows only
Rumors are, it can be launched with Wine on Linux.
Con Not beginner friendly
