User manual APPLE GARAGEBAND - JAM PACK 1 INSTRUMENT TIPS

1 Tips for Using GarageBand Jam Pack 1 Instruments The GarageBand Jam Pack 1 package contains over 100 Software Instrument presets you can use in your songs. In addition to synthesizer instruments, Jam Pack 1 includes Software Instruments in the following categories: · Drum kits, including dance, electronic, pop, and jazz kits · Guitars, including 12-string, acoustic, and electric guitars · Basses, including electric basses and an upright bass · Symphonic string section · Wind instruments, including flutes, saxophones, and horn sections · Mixed classical choir · Classical piano · Vibraphone, with and without rotating resonators This document describes some of the instruments included in Jam Pack 1, and lists controller information for each of the instruments. Drum Kits Jam Pack 1 includes several new drum kits featuring both classic and contemporary drum sounds. In addition, you can modify the sound of each drum kit in real time using keyboard controllers, including the modulation (mod) wheel and pitch bend wheel. The following table lists controller information for the drum kits. Drum Kit Electro Kit RnB Kit Tribal Kit Controller Info · Raising the mod wheel adds vibrato. · Moving the pitch bend wheel raises or lowers the pitch of many drum sounds (up to 3 octaves higher or lower), so you can change their pitch over time. · You can shorten or lengthen the length of most drum sounds using the Release slider in the Generator editor window. Drag the slider left to create short, tight, punchy sounds, used in certain styles of music. · When using the hi-hat drum sounds (notes F#1 and A#1 in most drum kits), playing one note will stop the sound of the previously played note, like closing a hi-hat with a foot pedal. 1 Organization of Drum Kit Sounds The sounds in the Jam Pack 1 drum kits are organized across the keyboard in the following general order: · Notes below C0: Miscellaneous sounds relevant to the genre. · Notes C0 to C1: Alternate drum kit sounds. · Notes C1 to B2: Standard drum kit sounds, including kick drum, snare, hi-hats, ride cymbals, crash cymbals, and toms. · Notes C3 to A#3: Basic Latin percussion, including bongo, congas, timbales and agogo. · Notes B3 to D#5: More Latin and other exotic percussion, including triangle, wood block, claves, guiro, and cuica. · Notes above D#5: Sound effects and other miscellaneous sounds. c0 c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 Note: On most smaller music keyboards, you can access higher and lower octaves using the keyboard's octave up and octave down controls. See the instructions that came with your keyboard. Drum Kit Effects Most Jam Pack 1 drum kits include optional effects commonly applied to drum tracks in the kit's genre. When you select the track with one of the drum kits, these effects appear in the Details area of the Track Info window, but are turned off. You can turn them on by clicking the checkbox next to each effect. Guitars Jam Pack 1 features both acoustic and electric guitars, including a 12-string acoustic guitar, with a special instrument that plays major and minor chords. Instrument 12 String Acoustic Description Folk-style 12-string guitar Controller Info · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. 12 String Chords Each note plays a complete major or · Mod wheel adds vibrato. minor chord, with adjacent octaves · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. playing up and down strums. · Notes E0 through D#2 play major chords. Notes E2 through D#4 play minor chords. Rock electric guitar playing short, stopped notes Contemporary acoustic guitar good for rock ballads, folk-rock, and other "unplugged" music Muted Electric Guitar Roundback Acoustic Guitar · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Highest velocity adds slide up to note. 2 Tips for Using GarageBand Jam Pack 1 Instruments Bass Jam Pack 1 features several new electric basses, and an upright bass. Instrument Ballad Electric Bass Description Controller Info Smooth electric bass for ballads, soft · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness rock and attack. Classic picked bass sound for rock, pop, and blues Soft upright bass for "unplugged" sounds Picked Electric Bass · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Upright Ballad Bass · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Strings Jam Pack 1 features an orchestral string section, good for adding string fills. Instrument Bright Arco Strings Description Full orchestral string section Controller Info · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Woodwinds Jam Pack 1 features two new saxophones, and a classical flute. Instrument Baritone Sax Description Full baritone sax for jazz, funk Controller Info · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Classical Flute Concert flute with natural ambience and EQ Mellow soprano sax for jazz ballads · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Soprano Sax · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Horns Jam Pack 1 adds one new horn section to your collection of horns. Instrument Funk Horn Section Description Horn section with bright EQ Controller Info · Highest velocity adds stab down from note. Tips for Using GarageBand Jam Pack 1 Instruments 3 Choir Jam Pack 1 features a full classical choir. Instrument Mixed Choir Description Full classical choir with men's and women's voices Controller Info · Mod wheel adds vibrato. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Pianos and Keyboards Jam Pack 1 features an additional piano. Instrument Classical Piano Description Grand piano with natural ambience and EQ Controller Info · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. Mallets Jam Pack 1 includes two vibraphone instruments, with and without the classic, swirling sound of rotating resonators. Instrument Rotary Vibraphone Vibraphone Description Vibraphone with characteristic sound of rotating resonators Vibraphone with resonators off Controller Info · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. · Higher velocities increase loudness and attack. · Mod wheel adds vibrato. © 2004 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. 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