

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.

While you can find working VMware images with MAC OS X quite easily, we advise you not to use them. Instead we recommend you to create your own virtual machine which is not too difficult. While Garageband is a great and intuitive Software to get started it is not the best music creation tool out there.įree 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. There are plenty of other programs used by professional musicians which offer a Windows version. We have picked the six most recommended packages to make music. LMMS ( download) stands for Linux MultiMedia Studio, although it has a working Windows version since quite a while. LMMS is a free open source sound generator, synthesizer, beat/baseline editor and MIDI control system.
