Apple GarageBand User Manual

GarageBandCreate, edit, and share great music on your Mac and iOS deviceMary PlummerLesson and media files available for downloadGarageBandPlummerISBN

Contents ixExploring the Default Electric Guitar Track Effects ... 195Using Stompboxes in the Pedalboard ... 198Moving a Region

x ContentsEvaluating the Overall Sound... 284Working with the Analyzer and the Graphic EQ... 288Bonus Exercise1...

xiWelcome to the official training course for GarageBand, Apple’s totally redesigned and more-powerful-than-ever music recording and arrange-ment soft

xii Getting StartedThere is also a bonus GarageBand for iOS overview lesson that shows you how to create projects, change instruments, record, add loo

The Methodology xiiiditty (recorded on an iPhone while walking a dog—really) to a recording session with a professional guitarist, to creating a lo

xiv Getting StartedSystem Requirements This book was written using GarageBand 10 on OS X Mavericks. However, the project files and lessons are compati

Resources xvCopying the GarageBand Lesson FilesThe Apple Pro Training Series: GarageBand lesson files must be downloaded to your Mac in order to compl

xvi Getting StartedAcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions of media used throughout the book:Casey Bra

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111You already have a basic understanding of the GarageBand window, and you have some experience working with tracks. Now it’s time to dive in and sta

112 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsPreparing the ProjectLet’s take a moment to open and save the first project for this lesson before mo

Using Catch Mode to Keep the Playhead Visible 113Independent Catch buttons in the tracks area, Audio Editor, and Piano Roll Editor menu bar allow y

114 Recording and Editing Software Instruments5 Click the Catch button again to “catch” the playhead so that it displays on the screen. The playhea

Single-Take Recording 115This is the track where you will record your bass part.3 Press C or click the Cycle button to show the yellow cycle area o

116 Recording and Editing Software Instruments5 Press the Spacebar to start playback and listen to the bass part. Follow along with the playhead in

Playing Music with Your Computer Keyboard 1172 Drag the Musical Typing window below the Fingerstyle Bass track header so that you can still see the

118 Recording and Editing Software Instruments6 Start playback and practice along with the prerecorded bass part. You can use the audio of the Fing

Recording a Single Take in the Timeline 119The last thing to do before recording is set a “count-in” so that the metronome will click for one full

120 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsStarting the instant you click Record, the playhead will move back two measures from its current posi

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Fixing Notes in the Piano Roll Editor 121The recorded region is named after the track and should look a lot like the original Fingerstyle Bass regi

122 Recording and Editing Software Instruments4 Swipe over the region in the Piano Roll Editor display area left or right, or drag the horizontal s

Fixing Notes in the Piano Roll Editor 123Notice that when you select a note, the Notes tab at the top of the Piano Roll Editor inspector turns blue

124 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsQuantizing Notes in a RegionRather than manually moving each and every note in a region to fix the ti

Fixing Notes in the Piano Roll Editor 125NOTE▶ The top of the Piano Roll Editor inspector shows what is currently selected, and therefore what will

126 Recording and Editing Software Instruments7 Save your progress.Project TasksYou’ve successfully recorded a single-take Software Instrument Bass

Working with Smart Controls and the Arpeggiator 127Working with Smart Controls and the ArpeggiatorFor the second bass recording, you’ll work with t

128 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsThe controls that look like they are mounted on a bass guitar can be used to adjust the sound of the

Preparing the Project 129Preparing the ProjectYou still need to create a track to record your second bass part for the chorus section of the song.

130 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsIf practicing or recording with an arpeggiated Software Instrument is distract-ing you from concentra

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Recording Multiple Takes 1311 Choose GarageBand > Preferences.2 In General Preferences, make sure Cycle Recording is deselected.If Cycle Recordi

132 Recording and Editing Software Instruments6 Click the Record button to begin multiple-take recording. You will hear the count-in before recordi

Choosing a Take 1331 Select the multiple-take region in your timeline and press Command-Right Arrow or the horizontal zoom slider to zoom into the

134 Recording and Editing Software Instruments5 Double-click the multiple-take region with the best take showing to open it in the Piano Roll Edito

Choosing a Take 1357 Select the first note, and choose “1/4 note” from the Time Quantize pop-up menu.The selected note moves to the beginning of th

136 Recording and Editing Software Instruments9 Zoom out of the Piano Roll Editor until you can see all the notes in the region to inspect their qu

Editing Multiple Notes Simultaneously in the Editor 137NOTE▶ If you did not complete all of the previous exercises in this lesson, open the project

138 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsRemember, your goal is to delete middle notes; you’ll keep the highest and lowest notes.Delete the se

Editing Multiple Notes Simultaneously in the Editor 1395 Drag up and to the right across the middle notes as shown to select them all at once.6 Pre

140 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsProject TasksNow that you know how to clean up extraneous notes in the Piano Roll Editor, you can wor

Copying Parts of a Song with the Arrangement Track 1411 Click the Add button (+) in the arrangement track header to create a new arrange-ment marke

142 Recording and Editing Software Instruments3 Drag the right edge of the Bridge arrangement marker to bar 29.The bridge section of the song is no

Copying Parts of a Song with the Arrangement Track 1436 Option-drag the Chorus arrangement marker to bar 37 so the copy starts after the bridge sec

144 Recording and Editing Software Instruments9 In the Outro section of the song, drag the left edge of the region in the String Ensem-ble track to

Project Tasks 145The end-of-project marker automatically moves one bar to the right of the last region in the song—in this case, bar 54.13 Zoom out

146 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsRecording Multiple TracksThe last recording feature you’ll explore in this lesson is recording to mul

Recording Multiple Tracks 1472 Save the project as Multi-track Recording Test to your projects folder.The project has the Smart Controls pane showi

148 Recording and Editing Software Instrumentsthis time. Click Create. You may see an Avoid feedback warning dialog that says you need to use headp

Recording Multiple Tracks 149The new audio track you created should be in the timeline directly below the track you selected to record your musical

150 Recording and Editing Software InstrumentsIt’s also a good idea to monitor the input of your audio track so you can hear your microphone throug

Contents at a GlancevGetting Started...xiLesson 1 Working with a GarageBand Project... 1Les

Lesson Review 151Lesson Review1. What button determines if the playhead stays in the visible area of the window or continues off the right edge of

308IndexAacoustic guitarchanging Software Instrument tracks, 43–44copying and moving parts of a song, 144creating new track, 44–46duplicating regions,

Index 309bass guitar. See also Fingerstyle Basscreating bass part with arpeggiator, 127–130exercise arranging songs, 105rhythm of song and, 93–94wavef

310 Indexrecording multipass drum beats, 246–247reordering, 59–60rhythm of song and, 93–94waveforms of, 245dubbing preferences, percussion, 248duplica

Index 311horizontal zoom sliderexpanding audio waveform with, 22understanding Tracks area, 8zooming in/out of timeline, 51–52IiCloud, opening/saving p

312 IndexMIDI regionsidentifying in workspace, 13–14making regions loop-ready, 254–256recording, 13Mix controls, adjusting drum kit instruments, 251–2

Index 313Router for pedal control, 200–201selecting pedals, 202pedals. See stompboxes (pedals)percussionbuilding rhythm, 95–96comparing melody and rhy

314 Indexcreating effects by moving to different tracks, 206–209deleting unused takes from multitake region, 183–185duplicating, 50–51editing audio re

Index 315overview of, 111playing with computer keyboard, 116–118quantizing notes in a region, 124–126region of Audio Editor, 23review, 151selecting ta

316 Indexpercussion. See percussion trackspreviewing finished project and, 38–39recording multiple, 146–150reordering, 59–60resizing regions, 52–53rev

Table of ContentsviGetting Started ... xiLesson 1 Working with a GarageBand Project ...1Downloading GarageBand Pro

Contents viiChanging Software Instrument Track Instruments ... 43Creating a New Track ... 44Playing the Onscree

viii ContentsLesson 4 Recording and Editing Software Instruments .......111Preparing the Project ......... 11