Apple GarageBand Specifications download pdf (Page 50)

50 Chapter 6 Working With Real Instruments

Recording a Real Instrument With the Cycle Region

GarageBand lets you record over a specific part of a project. Musicians sometimes call

this “punching in” and “punching out,” and call the points where you start and stop

recording “punch points.”

To record over a specific part of a project, you set the cycle region in the timeline.

To set the cycle region:

1 Click the Cycle button. The cycle region appears as a yellow strip just below the beat

ruler.

2 Move the cycle region to the point in the timeline where you want to start recording,

then drag the end of the cycle region to the point in the timeline where you want to

end recording. You can drag in the cycle region ruler (below the beat ruler) to move the

cycle region to a new part of the timeline.

You may want to have the cycle region start a few extra beats before the point where

you want to start recording, to make it easier to start playing on the beat, and end a

few beats after you want to stop recording, in case your last note extends past the end

of the cycle region.

To record using a cycle region:

1 Select the Real Instrument track you want to record in.

2 Click the Record button to start recording.

3 Play your musical instrument, or sing into your microphone. As you record, a new

region appears in the selected Real Instrument track.

Real Instruments only record the first time through the cycle region. When the cycle

region repeats, you hear the newly recorded region.

4 When you are finished, click the Play button to stop the cycle region.

5 If you want to replace the recorded region, click the Record button and play the part

again.

6 When you have finished using the cycle region, click the Cycle button again to turn

it off.

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