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9 Tutorial 7: Mixing
and Adding Effects
GarageBand puts a complete recording studio on your
desktop so you can mix your projects and add
professional-sounding effects.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn some basics about mixing and effects. You’ll learn how to:
 Set track volume levels and pan position
 Set the master volume
 Add a fade-out at the end of a project
 Add and adjust track effects
 Graphically edit the Visual EQ effect
 Edit and save effect presets
 Add dynamic changes using automation curves
What Is Mixing?
When you’ve built the arrangement of your project, the next step is to mix the project.
Mixing is when you step back and listen to the overall sound of the music, and make
changes to tracks and the project to balance the different parts, bring the music into
focus, and give it the right “sound.”
Mixing typically consists of the following steps:
 Balancing volume levels
 Setting pan positions
 Adding effects to enhance and color the sound
 Creating dynamic changes with automation curves