#GARAGEBAND FOR PC WINDOWS 8 FOR MAC OS X#

We have picked the six most recommended packages to make music. There are plenty of other programs used by professional musicians which offer a Windows version. While Garageband is a great and intuitive Software to get started it is not the best music creation tool out there.

Free VMware Workstation Player (running the machine).

VMware Workstation Free Trial (for setup).

A retail copy of Mac OS X Mountain Lion operating system on DVD or in ISO format.

SSD Hard Disk or RAMDRIVE (otherwise it will be sluggish) with at least 45 GB space.

System that supports Intel VT-x or AMD-V.This is what you need for a smooth experience Here is a good guide which runs you through the process and provides a download which enables VMware to run MAC OS X. Instead we recommend you to create your own virtual machine which is not too difficult. While you can find working VMware images with MAC OS X quite easily, we advise you not to use them. The only way to use Garageband on your PC is to virtualize a complete Max OS X environment which then allows you to run Garageband like any other Mac OS X App.

#GARAGEBAND FOR PC WINDOWS 8 FOR MAC OS X#

Running Garageband for Mac OS X on Windows This is not difficult to achieve, but as a real enthusiast you definitely should check out the native Windows Garageband alternatives which are also used by professional musicians. Let´s clarify this, there is no native or ported Garageband for Windows! Instead you can run the original version for Mac OS X also with Windows using a virtual machine. You might however want to run a Garageband clone for Android using that technique which I explain here in detail. Some also want to make you believe that you can run the mobile version of Garageband with BlueStacks which is not true either as BlueStacks is an Android emulator and there is also no Android version for Garageband.

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