Until the upgrade to iOS 5.1, the process of getting a song from Garageband to iMovie on an iPad was convoluted and involved syncing with a laptop or desktop.

iPad content creators rejoice – there is a new solution. While we can’t yet get Garageband compositions into iTunes, we can now drop them straight into iMovie creations.

A step-by-step walk-through of the process demonstrating how to get songs from Garageband into iMovie: