As I have been working on the recordings for my latest album I have decided to tough it out and go with Garageband despite my initial misgivings of the software. My initial uses were a little frustrating and I almost switched to several alternatives.After giving Garageband some time to grow and me to learn the workflow, I am glad I have decided to stick with it. While the initial workflow did and still continues to grind on me in some aspects I have found the Garageband has an amazingly simple process, yet fairly deep level of sophistication. I can do nearly all of the audio editing that I did in previous recording software, and even some more in many respects.There is still no DC offset plugin to be found, but I have a slight inkling that Garageband might be applying this itself. In the past I often had DC offset problems, but my recent recordings into Garageband all were zero'd right in with no problems. Unfortunately there is no automation available for plugins, but if your just a guy recording tracks into the software instead of creating music within the software (as most electronic musicians do) then you probably wont even use or miss the automation. What I have been most impressed with is the built in AU plugins that come with the software. Most of them have the same engines as their Logic Pro counterparts with slightly trimmed down features. Audio quality has been very impressive, thus far. It will be interesting to compare some of my earlier recordings from using Windows to my upcoming releases that were bounced into Garageband.Tags: Apple Garageband impressed