How To Download More Sounds On Garageband
Whether you’re just keeping track of ideas or putting together fully fledged projects, there’s no better way to create music on the go than with Garageband for iOS.
If like me you’ve all but exhausted the existing loops that come pre packaged with Garageband through hours of experimentation and recording, adding new sounds is definitely something you’ll want to do.
Trouble is, Apple haven’t exactly made it obvious HOW to add new loops to your mobile library…
Mar 25, 2015 Launch GarageBand and head up to the GarageBand menu, just to the right of the Apple menu. You’ll see Download More Sounds about three items down. Select that and you can choose to download.

- Tap into a wide range of instruments from around the world. And now with the Sound Library, you can choose and download more free instrument and loop packs when new sounds are released, to help you easily craft songs in your favourite styles — all directly from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Download GarageBand for iOS.
- Jan 11, 2016 In my GarageBand 10.1.0 I open the sound library and select 'Legacy'/'Vocals.' One of my options is 'Radio Effect.' It doesn't have 'Male Radio Noisy', but maybe 'Radio Effect' is what you are looking for. If you do not see 'Legacy' effect you may.
In the video below, I walk you through how you can quickly add new loops to Garageband, so you can get right back to doing what you do best – creating awesome music on your iDevice!
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You can open the Sound Library from the Sound browser, the Live Loops browser, and from instruments that have additional sounds available for download. To open the Sound Library, your device must be connected to the Internet.
Open the Sound Library
To open the Sound Library from the Sound browser:
- In an existing song, tap to open the Sound browser, swipe until you see Sound Library, then tap Sound Library.
- If you’ve created a new song, the Sound browser opens automatically. Swipe until you see Sound Library, then tap Sound Library
To open the Sound Library from an instrument like Drummer:
- If necessary, select the Drummer track in Tracks view, then tap in the control bar.
- Tap the drummer name, then tap “Get more Drummers.” The number indicates how many additional drummers are available.
To open the Sound Library from a Live Loops song:
- In an existing song, tap to open the Template browser, then tap Sound Library.
- If you’ve created a new Live Loops song, the Template browser opens automatically. Tap Sound Library.
Navigate the Sound Library
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Once you've opened the Sound Library, do any of the following to navigate it:
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- Tap a tile to see more sounds.
- Tap Preview to hear samples of the sounds.
- Scroll to view additional information about the sound pack, including file size.
- Tap Get to download the sounds to your device.
- To delete a downloaded sound pack, tap the tile, then tap Delete