See: http://blogs.testbit.eu/timj/2005/06/20/14062005/ (page moved)
Sat down with stefan today to evaluate GarageBand to get some ideas for improvements and neccessary additions in beast. The number and types of loops it offers out of the box (actually we also had Jam Pack 1) is simply thrilling. Cooking up a rich dance music background is a matter of minutes. We got lots of new GUI ideas out of it, most of which ended up in the beast TODO, and we got more dedication for extending the stock instrument set shipped with beast.