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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing
Darby Tober
School of Information, Technology Lab
Fall 2005
GarageBand 2.0 is part of Apple’s iLife ’05 suite of programs. Need music for your iMovie HD
video or your iPhoto slideshow? Want to enhance your musical performances with effects and
pre-made musical snippets? GarageBand allows you to create your own musical masterpieces
by editing and mixing your instrumental and vocal performances.
Note: This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with the concepts introduced in
“GarageBand 2.0 – Getting Started.” Take a look at this introduction to the program
to become familiar with the GarageBand interface and the basics of song creation.
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:
record your own performances using an external musical instrument or GarageBand’s on-
screen keyboards.
make changes to your recording, including adjusting the timing of individual notes, cutting
and pasting sections, and enhancing tuning.
mix tracks to achieve optimal sound quality.
export your final creation to iTunes for use in other programs or external storage.
Helpful Terms
Balance changes the amount of sound coming out of each speaker. Default setting (middle of
the dial) is equal sound from each speaker.
BPM – beats per minute. 120 bpm is equivalent to two beats per second. GarageBand
measures tempo in bpm.
Loop a pre-made musical snippet that you can add to your creations. Entire songs can be
made using only loops!
Real Instrument – Tracks using these instruments are actual audio recordings. They can be cut,
copied, and pasted, but the actual notes cannot be edited.
Software Instrument Tracks using these instruments are computer-generated. The actual notes
of the track can be changed.
Track – GarageBand songs are made up of many tracks; each line in the main window is a
different track.
For many more helpful definitions, see the Glossary in GarageBand Help.
Contents
I. Recording
II. Editing
a. Editing Real Instruments
b. Editing Software Instruments
c. Importing Files
d. Creating Your Own Loops
III. Mixing
a. Track Controls
b. Track Effects
c. Volume Manipulation
IV. Exporting
a. Preventing Clipping
b. iLife Suite Integration & Recording Podcasts
V. Helpful Links
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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing Darby Tober School of Information, Technology Lab Fall 2005 GarageBand 2.0 is part of Apple’s iLi

Page 2 - I. Recording

GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 10 Now, you can edit and manipulate it as you would any other Real Instrument track. Creating Yo

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 11 tempo. However, remember that One-Shot loops will be less versatile and harder to use in other s

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 12 (Un)lock secures a track so that it can’t be unintentionally changed. It also saves the track to

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 13 You can also tailor track effects to your liking without worrying about pre-made instruments.

Page 6 - II. Editing

GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 14 If you’d like to save your effects for use later, click on Save Instrument at the bottom of th

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 15 The first time you open the Volume Pan area for a track, the line depicting volume will go stra

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 16 For more information about iTunes, see our iTunes 6.0 Tutorial. Preventing Clipping Before yo

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 17 isn’t an option (perhaps certain tracks would be too quiet), you can lower the volume at specific

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 18 In-depth information about recording, editing, and mixing Real Instrument tracks. http://manuals.

Page 11 - III. Mixing

GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 2 I. Recording GarageBand is, above all, designed to be a home recording studio. If you have a m

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 3 Advanced adjustments: Press the tab key to turn sustain on/off. The 1 and 2 keys adjust the pitc

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 4 In the Real Instrument tab, you can adjust the sound input channel and the input volume of your in

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 5 Like the Real Instrument window, you can select from a variety of pre-made instruments or create

Page 15 - IV. Exporting

GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 6 The last item, Show Instrument Tuner, allows you to tune your instrument before recording. This i

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 7 Editing Real Instruments Real Instrument tracks are essentially audio recordings, so they do not

Page 17 - V. Helpful Links

GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 8 To begin, select the Software Instrument track you want to edit and click on the Track Editor butt

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GarageBand 2.0 – Recording, Editing, & Mixing 9 You can also copy, cut, and paste Software Instrument tracks. In graphic or notation view, high

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