Microsoft's GarageBand called Monaco

[via BetaNews]

Taking a page from Apple's playbook, Microsoft is preparing a new application for creating music in the same vein as GarageBand for Mac OS X, according to the Microsoft Watch newsletter. The program, code-named Monaco, would be designed specifically for Windows Vista and take advantage of the operating system's Avalon user interface framework.

Sources say Monaco is targeting a new generation of content-creating consumers that Apple has attracted through its iLife suite. However, it's not clear how Microsoft will release Monaco -- whether it will be bundled with Vista or offered as a download like Microsoft Max. Microsoft Watch reports that the program will also take advantage of new search technology to locate audio clips.

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  • i hope monaco comes out because i have windows XP and getting a mac just to get garageband is just simply way to expensive so hopefully the new program will be even better than garageband

  • i have windows xp and i love garage band but i can't get a mac. when will MONACO caome out.

  • Please tell me when Monaco will come out!!!

  • did monaco come out? if it did or didnt, please tell me at junior.monkey@hawaiiantel.net when it does, if it does. i want to do garage band type things but i dont want to spend a lot of money just to get apple for a simple progam.

  • when monaco comes out i would like to know i want to be able to make beats and such like garage band but i dont have the money to buy a mac for just that program if this program comes out please email me at


    eric@gemweb.net

    thanks
    Eric

  • So i guess it didn't come out yet!?!

    i cant find it anywhere...

    theyve been making it for like three years...

  • I love garageband but I don't have a Mac. I can't wait till its out!!! Tell me when it will come out?! If you just tell me I won't ask you so many question!!!

  • I really want to download it but I'm not sure if it's out>

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