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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started
- Contents
- Welcome to GarageBand
- GarageBand at a Glance
- Tutorial 1: Creating, Playing, and Saving GarageBand Projects
- Tutorial 2: Adding Apple Loops
- Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals andMusical Instruments
- Tutorial 4: Playing and Recording Software Instruments
- Tutorial 5: Working withMusicNotation
- Tutorial 6: Arranging andEditingYour Music
- Tutorial 7: Mixing andAddingEffects
- Tutorial 8: Creating Podcasts
- Creating an Enhanced Podcast Episode
- Creating a Podcast Project
- Recording the Podcast Audio
- Adding Podcast Sounds
- Importing Media Files
- Adding Music
- Adding and Editing Markers
- Adding Marker Region Artwork
- Adding a URL to a Marker
- Adding Chapter Titles
- Deleting Markers
- Adding Episode Artwork
- Editing Artwork
- Editing Episode Information
- Ducking Backing Tracks
- Creating Video Podcasts and Movie Projects
- Creating an Enhanced Podcast Episode
- Tutorial 9: Sharing Your Projects
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Connecting Music Equipment toYour Computer
46 Chapter 5 Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals and Musical Instruments
Tuning Guitars and Other Instruments
GarageBand includes an instrument tuner that you can use to check the tuning of a
guitar, bass, or other instrument connected to your computer. The instrument tuner
works for any Real Instrument, but not for a Software Instrument.
The instrument tuner shows a horizontal scale with the note name displayed in the
center of the scale. When you play a single note on your Real Instrument, the pitch is
shown in relation to the correct pitch for the note displayed.
To use the instrument tuner:
1 Make sure the Real Instrument you want to tune is connected to your computer.
2 Select the Real Instrument track for the instrument you want to tune.
3 In the LCD, choose Tuner mode, or choose Control > “Show Tuner in LCD.”
4 Play a single note on your instrument, and watch the tuner.
As you play, the tuner shows the note name of the closest note. If the note is not in
tune, the note name and the tuner glow red, and a vertical red bar appears, showing
whether the note is sharp or flat.
The bar appears to the right of the note name if the note is sharp, and to the left if the
note is flat. When the note is in tune, the note name and the tuner scale glow blue, and
the vertical bar disappears.
Be sure to play only a single note at a time while tuning. The instrument tuner can’t
tune to a chord, or if you play different notes rapidly