GarageBand Getting Started Includes a complete tour of the GarageBand windows, plus step-by-step lessons on working with GarageBand 1 Contents Preface 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 About GarageBand Getting Started What's New In GarageBand Before You Begin GarageBand at a Glance GarageBand Window Timeline Editor For Real Instruments For Software Instruments­Graphic View For Software Instruments­Notation View Loop Browser Button View Column View Track Info Window Real and Software Instrument Tracks Master Track Working With Songs Creating a Song Setting the Tempo Setting the Time Signature Setting the Key Setting the Scale Opening an Existing Song Saving the Song Saving a Song as an Archive Exporting a Song to an iTunes Playlist Using Apple Loops Finding Loops With the Loop Browser Finding Loops in Button View Finding Loops in Column View Previewing Loops in the Loop Browser Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 4 3 30 30 31 31 31 32 33 33 Chapter 5 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 39 41 41 41 42 42 43 44 45 45 46 46 46 47 48 48 49 50 50 Refining Your Searches Displaying Loops From a Jam Pack or Folder Searching by Scale Type Limiting Searches to Nearby Keys Searching for Specific Text Adding Loops to the Timeline Creating Your Own Apple Loops Adding Loops to the Loop Library Working in the Timeline About Regions Selecting Regions Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Regions Looping Regions Resizing Regions Moving Regions Transposing Regions Fixing the Timing of Software Instrument Regions Splitting Regions Joining Regions Renaming Regions Using the Timeline Grid Using Undo and Redo Working With Real Instruments Adding a Real Instrument Track Monitoring Real Instrument Input Getting Ready to Record Recording a Real Instrument Recording a Real Instrument With the Cycle Region Recording Multiple Real Instrument Tracks Changing Real Instrument Settings Changing the Instrument Changing the Input Channel Adjusting Input Volume Using the Instrument Tuner Adding an Audio File from the Finder Working with Software Instruments Using Musical Typing Using the Onscreen Music Keyboard Adding a Software Instrument Track Getting Ready to Record Chapter 6 Chapter 7 4 Contents 50 51 51 Chapter 8 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 58 58 60 61 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 64 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 70 70 Recording a Software Instrument Recording a Software Instrument With the Cycle Region Changing Software Instrument Settings Working in the Editor Selecting Regions Editing Real Instrument Regions Moving Real Instrument Regions Cropping Part of a Real Instrument Region Joining Real Instrument Regions Enhancing the Tuning of Real Instrument Tracks Enhancing the Timing of Real Instrument Tracks Editing Software Instrument Regions Editing Notes in a Software Instrument Region Editing Controller Information in a Software Instrument Region Working In Notation View About Notation View Editing Notes In Notation View Adding Notes Selecting Notes Moving Notes Copying Notes Changing the Pitch of Notes Changing the Duration of Notes Deleting Notes Changing Note Velocity Adding Pedal Down and Pedal Up Symbols Mixing and Adding Effects What Is Mixing? Setting Track Volume Levels Setting Track Pan Using Volume and Pan Curves Setting the Output Volume Adding Fade Ins and Fade Outs Transposing the Song to a Different Key Using Effects Types of Effects Adding Effects Adjusting Effects Turning Effects On and Off Choosing Effect Presets Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Contents 5 70 71 Appendix A Appendix B 72 75 75 76 76 Editing Effect Presets Saving Effect Presets Keyboard Shortcuts Connecting Music Equipment To Your Computer Connecting a Musical Instrument or Microphone Connecting a Music Keyboard to Your Computer Connecting Other Music Equipment 6 Contents About GarageBand Getting Started Welcome to GarageBand Getting Started. This document gives you useful information and step-by-step instructions for creating songs with GarageBand. The following chapters give you a tour of the GarageBand windows and a series of lessons to help you create your own songs. The chapters in GarageBand Getting Started cover the following topics: · "GarageBand at a Glance" provides a tour of the windows and controls in GarageBand. · "Working With Songs" describes how to create a new song, as well as how to save, archive, and export your songs. · "Using Apple Loops" describes how to find and preview Apple Loops in the loop browser, add them to the timeline, and create your own Apple Loops. · "Working in the Timeline" describes how to build your song by arranging regions in the timeline. · "Working With Real Instruments" describes how to add a Real Instrument track, turn · · · · on monitoring, set the input channel and format, record a Real Instrument, and change Real Instrument settings. "Working with Software Instruments" describes how to add a Software Instrument track, record a Software Instrument, and change Software Instrument settings. "Working in the Editor" describes the different ways you can edit Real and Software Instrument regions. "Working In Notation View" describes how to view Software Instrument regions as music notation, and how to edit notes, note velocity, and pedal markings in notation view. "Mixing and Adding Effects" describes the steps to follow in mixing your song, and how to use the effects included with GarageBand. GarageBand Getting Started also includes appendixes listing keyboard shortcuts and describing how to connect music equipment to your computer. Preface 7 What's New In GarageBand · You can import MIDI, Apple Lossless, and Sony ACID files into a GarageBand song. · · · · · · · · · · · · MIDI files are imported as Software Instrument regions, Apple Lossless files are imported as Real Instrument regions, and ACID files are imported as Real Instrument loops. You can view Software Instrument regions in notation view in the editor. Notation view displays notes, chords, and other musical events in standard music notation. You can also edit notes and controller information, including pedal markings. You can record up to eight Real Instruments and one Software Instrument at the same time with an appropriate audio interface connected to your computer. You can save both Real and Software Instrument regions you record as Apple Loops, and add your own Apple Loops to the loop browser so you can use them in other songs. If you have one or more Jam Packs installed on your computer, you can choose to show only the loops from a specific Jam Pack, or only those included with GarageBand, in the loop browser. Musical Typing turns your computer keyboard into a music keyboard so that you can play and record Software Instruments. You can control what octave you play in, and control velocity and other controller information (including mod wheel, pitch bend, and sustain) of the notes you play. You can add a pan curve to a Real or Software Instrument track, and add control points to change the track's pan position over time. Pan curves work in exactly the same way as volume curves. You can transpose (change the pitch of ) a song to a different key, to add interest and variety to your songs. When you transpose a song using the master pitch curve, Real and Software Instrument regions (both your recordings and loops) are transposed to the new key. You can enhance the tuning of Real Instrument tracks that have the right rhythmic feel, but are not perfectly in tune, with the Enhance Tuning slider, located in the Real Instrument editor. You can enhance the timing of Real Instrument tracks containing the right notes, but which are not perfectly in time, with the Enhance Timing slider, located in the Real Instrument editor. You can check the tuning of any Real Instrument using the built-in instrument tuner. This is especially useful with guitars, basses, and other instruments that may need regular retuning. GarageBand features new Software Instruments, including two new synthesizers, Hybrid Basic and Hybrid Morph. You can use these synthesizers, which are based on waveforms, to create rich, complex sounds. GarageBand features new effects, including a gender-shifting voice effect, new guitar amp simulations, and bass amp simulations. 8 Preface About GarageBand Getting Started Before You Begin To make it easier to follow the lessons as you work, print each lesson before you start. In many of the tasks shown in this document you need to choose menu commands. In the lessons, and in GarageBand Help, menu commands appear like this: Choose Edit > Join Selected. The first term after Choose is the name of the menu in the GarageBand menu bar. The term (or terms) following the angle bracket are the items you choose from that menu. Preface About GarageBand Getting Started 9 1 GarageBand at a Glance 1 "GarageBand at a Glance" introduces you to the features and controls in the GarageBand windows. You use these controls to create your songs in GarageBand. Take a look at these pages even if you don't plan to complete the lessons in the following chapters, because knowing the names and functions of the GarageBand controls will make it easier to find answers to your questions in GarageBand Help. The pages that follow introduce you to the main GarageBand window­including the timeline, the loop browser, and the editor­and to the Track Info window. You record Real and Software Instruments, add loops, and arrange and mix your songs in the main window, and change track instrument, effects, and input settings in the Track Info window. 10 GarageBand Window A B C D E F G H I A Track headers: The instrument icon and name are shown on the left of each track's header. Click the name to type a new track name. Click the Record button (with the red circle) to turn on the track for recording. Click the Mute button (with the speaker icon) to silence the track. Click the Solo button (with the headphone icon) to hear the track by itself. Click the Lock Track button to lock the track. Click the triangle to show the track's volume curve. Track mixer: Drag the pan dial to adjust the pan position of the track (the left-to-right placement in the stereo field). Drag the volume slider to adjust the track's volume. Watch the level meters to see the track's volume level as you record and play. Timeline: Contains the tracks where you record Real and Software Instruments, add loops, and arrange regions. Also includes the beat ruler, which you use to move the playhead and align items in the timeline with beats and measures. See "Timeline" on page 12 for a description of the features and controls in the timeline. Zoom slider: Drag the zoom slider to zoom in for a closer view of part of the timeline, or to zoom out to see more of the timeline. Add Track button: Click to add a track below the existing tracks in the timeline. Track Info, Loop Browser, and Editor buttons: Click to open the Track Info window, loop browser, or editor. Transport controls: Click the Record button to start recording. Click the Play button to start or stop the song playing. Click the Go to Beginning, Rewind, or Fast Forward buttons to move the playhead to different parts of the song. Click the Cycle button to turn the cycle region on or off. B C D E F G Chapter 1 GarageBand at a Glance 11 H Time display/instrument tuner: The time display shows the playhead's position in musical time (measures, beats, ticks) or absolute time (hours, minutes, seconds, fractions). Drag or double-click the numerals to enter a new playhead position. The right side of the time display shows the song's tempo. Click and hold the tempo, then drag the slider to set a new tempo. You can also show the instrument tuner in the time display window, and use it to check the tuning of a Real Instrument connected to your computer. Master volume slider and level meters: Drag the volume slider to adjust the song's master output volume level. Watch the level meters to see if clipping is occurring before you export a song. I Timeline The timeline contains the tracks where you record Real and Software Instruments, add loops, and arrange regions. C A D E B F G H I A B C Beat ruler: Shows beats and measures, the units of musical time in the timeline. You can click the beat ruler to move the playhead to a specific point in the timeline. Tracks: You record Real and Software Instruments in tracks, and drag loops to tracks to add them to a song. You arrange the song by working with regions in the tracks in the timeline. Playhead: Shows the point in the song currently playing, or the point where playback starts when you click the Play button. Also shows where cut and copied items are pasted in the timeline. You can move the playhead to change what part of the song is playing. Timeline Grid button: Choose a note value for the timeline grid, or choose Automatic to have the value change w ...