The Apple Jam Pack lets you enjoy and put to use over 12GB of sounds and music performed by top musicians and meticulously recorded to capture the nuances and spirit of these incredible instruments.

Over 3,000 Apple loops

Assemble intriguing musical compositions using a collection of over 3000 Apple Loops from nearly every corner of the globe. Rare and exotic instruments from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, India, Europe, the United Kingdom, South and Central America, Cuba and Jamaica.

More than 40 software instruments

With over 40 new software instruments, you can create your own songs and soundtracks that sound as if they were composed with authentic world instruments. These instruments have extensive layers and articulations to re-create the realistic performances when played from a standard midi keyboard. Among the instruments now available:

Exotic strings: Ultra-realistic stringed instruments in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and flavors, including Indian sitar, Japanese Koto, Persian santoor, Russian balailaka, Spanish flamenco guitar and more.

Drum and percussion Instruments: Five authentic world drum kits that incorporate the most relevant, interesting percussion from Asia, India/Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and European Folk.

Ethnic Wind Instruments: Chinese, Japanese, Native American flutes, highlands bagpipes, Celtic tin whistle, Indian Shehhai oboe, Peruvian panpipes and much more.

Other instruments include Afro-Cuban upright piano, Latin and tango accordions, South African choirs, and Tibetan singing bowls.

Apple Jam Pack World Music Specifications:

• A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 or greater processor
• At least 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM; 1 gigabyte (GB) recommended
• Mac OS X version 10.3
• QuickTime 6.5.2 or higher
• DVD drive for installation
• 12 GB of available disk space available to install the World Music media
• GarageBand 2, Logic Express 7, or Logic Pro software; GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music is not fully supported if using GarageBand 1.

The sounds of the world's greatest musical traditions are yours! Order today.