GarageBand Getting Started Includes a complete tour of the GarageBand windows, plus step-by-step lessons on working with GarageBand
1 Preface 7 8 9 Contents About GarageBand Getting Started What’s New In GarageBand Before You Begin Chapter 1 10 11 12 14 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 21 GarageBand at a Glance GarageBand Window Timeline Editor For Real Instruments For Software Instruments–Graphic View For Software Instruments–Notation View Loop Browser Button View Column View Track Info Window Real and Software Instrument Tracks Master Track Chapter 2 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 Working With Songs Creating a Song Setting the Tempo S
30 30 31 31 31 32 33 33 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 Chapter 5 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 39 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 Sof
0 51 51 Recording a Software Instrument Recording a Software Instrument With the Cycle Region Changing Software Instrument Settings Chapter 8 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 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 Softwa
70 71 6 Editing Effect Presets Saving Effect Presets Appendix A 72 Keyboard Shortcuts Appendix B 75 75 76 76 Connecting Music Equipment To Your Computer Connecting a Musical Instrument or Microphone Connecting a Music Keyboard to Your Computer Connecting Other Music Equipment Contents
Preface 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.
What’s New In GarageBand • You can import MIDI, Apple Lossless, and Sony ACID files into a GarageBand song. • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
F Regions: When you record a Real Instrument or Software Instrument, or add a loop, you create a region in the timeline. You can cut, copy, and paste regions, loop and resize them, move and transpose them, and make other changes to build the arrangement of the song. G Master track: You can change the sound of the overall song by adding effects or a volume curve to the master track. You can also add a pitch curve to the master track to transpose parts of your song to a different key.
Editor The editor is like a microscope showing a close-up view of part of a track. You can edit Real and Software Instrument regions in a variety of ways in the editor. For Real Instruments When you select a Real Instrument track, the editor shows the waveform of the track or selected region. You can move, crop, join, transpose, and rename regions in the editor. D E F A B C G A B C D E F G 14 H I Region Name field: Type a new name for the selected region in the field.
For Software Instruments–Graphic View When you select a Software Instrument track, the editor shows a graphic display of the track or selected region. You can edit individual notes in Software Instrument regions, fix the timing of notes, and transpose and rename regions. You can also show and edit controller data for pitch bend, a modulation wheel, or a sustain pedal, recorded when you play your music keyboard.
For Software Instruments–Notation View You can also view Software Instrument tracks and regions in notation view. In notation view, notes and other musical events are shown in standard music notation. You can edit notes and edit controller information (including velocity and pedal markings for sustain) in notation view. F H I J A B C D E A B 16 G Region Name field: Type a new name for the selected region in the field.
Loop Browser The loop browser lets you quickly find loops to add to your songs. You can find loops using keywords for instrument, musical genre, or mood. You can also perform text searches, and refine your results in several ways. The loop browser shows the tempo, key, and number of beats for each matching loop. You can preview loops in the loop browser before you add them to a song, and add more loops to GarageBand by dragging them onto the loop browser.
Column View In column view, the loop browser features columns for keyword type, categories, and keywords. Click a keyword type to show categories for that type, click a category to show keywords, then click a keyword to show matching loops in the results list. Clicking multiple keywords expands the results to those loops matching any of the selected keywords. A D 18 B E C F G H A Keyword type column: Click a keyword type to show the categories for that keyword type in the middle column.
Track Info Window The Track Info window shows the current instrument, effects, and input settings for the selected track, or the master effects settings for the master track. You can change these settings in the Track Info window. Real and Software Instrument Tracks Some controls in the Track Info window are different for Real Instrument tracks than for Software Instrument tracks (as noted below).
A Instrument category list: Click an instrument category to see the instruments for that category in the instrument list on the right. B Instrument library pop-up menu: Choose which instruments you want to see in the category and instrument lists from the pop-up menu. C D E F Instrument list: Click an instrument from the list. Instrument icon pop-up menu: Click to choose an instrument icon from the icon menu. Details triangle: Click to show the instrument and effects settings.
Master Track The Track Info window for the master track shows the global song settings and effects settings for the overall song. Global song settings include tempo, time signature, and key. Global effects settings include echo, reverb, equalizer, and compressor settings. A C B D E FE G I H JI The Echo and Reverb sliders for individual tracks control the amount of echo and reverb that are sent to the global echo and reverb effects.
G H Details triangle: Click to show the global effects settings. I J Effect edit buttons: Click to show an effect’s preset window, where you can edit the effect preset. Effect checkboxes, pop-up menus, and slider: Click an effect checkbox to turn the effect on or off. Choose an item from the pop-up menus, or drag the slider, to adjust an effect. The Track Info window includes the following effects for the master track: • Echo pop-up menu: Choose a global echo preset.
2 Working With Songs 2 Songs are the documents that hold your music and all the changes you make. You can create and save songs, save a song as an archive, and export a song to iTunes. Each song has a tempo, a time signature, and a key, which last for the entire length of the song. When you create a song, you set the tempo, time signature, and key in the New Project dialog. You can save a song as an archive, and export a song to an iTunes playlist.
3 Set the song’s tempo, time signature, and key as described in the following sections. Tempo slider Scale pop-up menu Time signature pop-up menu Key pop-up menu Setting the Tempo Each song has a speed, or tempo. The tempo defines the rate at which beats, the basic rhythmic pulse, occur in the song. The tempo is measured in beats per minute, or bpm. You can set the tempo to any speed between 60 and 240 bpm. The default tempo is 120 bpm, which is a common tempo used in popular music.
You can use any of the following time signatures in a GarageBand song: 2/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/ 4, 5/4, 7/4, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, or 12/8. The default is 4/4, the most commonly used time signature. m To set the time signature: In the New Project dialog, choose a time signature from the Time pop-up menu. Note: You can change the time signature later in the Track Info window for the master track.
Saving the Song As you work, it’s important to save your song often so you don’t lose your changes. m To save a song: Choose File > Save (or press Command-S). Saving a Song as an Archive You can also save a song as an archive. When you save a song as an archive, all the audio files, loops, and other media the song uses are saved in the song file. This is especially useful in case you want to copy the song to another computer, or are duplicating a song with your own Real Instrument recordings.
Using Apple Loops 4 4 You can use Apple Loops to add backing and rhythm tracks to your songs. You can also add Apple Loops to your loop library, and create your own Apple Loops. Most popular music today is based on repeating rhythmic patterns (sometimes called “grooves” or “riffs”), especially in the drum and bass parts. To create a song in a groovebased style, an effective way of working is to add loops for the drum parts, then add loops for bass and other rhythm parts.
The loop browser has two views: button view and column view. In button view, you click keyword buttons to show loops that match the keywords. In column view, you choose from different keyword types, categories, and keywords to show matching loops. In the lower-left corner of the loop browser are two view buttons you use to select button or column view. m To choose button view or column view: Click the column button to show column view, or click the grid button to show button view.
Finding Loops in Column View In column view, clicking a keyword type in the left column shows categories for that keyword type in the middle column. Clicking a category shows keywords for that category in the right column. Clicking a keyword shows matching loops in the results list. You can expand your results by clicking multiple keywords.
Once you have added loops or recorded instruments in your song, you can preview a loop together with the song by clicking the Play button before you click the loop. When you preview a loop with a song, GarageBand matches the tempo and key of the loop to the song’s tempo and key, and syncs the loop with the song so it starts playing on the beat. When you preview a loop, you can also control the volume of the loop using the volume slider in the loop browser.
m To display loops from a specific Jam Pack or folder: Choose the Jam Pack or folder with the loops you want to see from the loop library pop-up menu, located to the right of the word “Loops” at the top of the loop browser. Searching by Scale Type Most loops other than drum loops are recorded using a particular musical scale. In most cases, when you arrange several loops so that they play together, you’ll want to use loops with the same scale type.
You can use several methods together to find specific loops. For instance, you can use keywords with the Scale pop-up menu, or with the search field, to find only bass loops using the major scale, or to find only percussion loops with “latin” in the file name. Adding Loops to the Timeline When you find a loop you want to use in your song, you add the loop to the timeline. Drag a loop to an empty part of the timeline to create a new track for the loop.
When you add a loop to a song, a region is created from the loop in the timeline. The edits you make to the region do not change the original loop, so you can always return to the original sound of the loop or use it in another song. Now try adding some of the drum and bass loops you found earlier to the timeline. Creating Your Own Apple Loops You can save Real and Software Instrument regions you record as Apple Loops.
5 Working in the Timeline 5 You build your songs by arranging Real and Software Instrument regions in the timeline. Once you’ve added several loops to the timeline, you can make changes to their regions in the timeline to start building the arrangement of the song. There are several ways you can arrange regions in the timeline.
Selecting Regions In order to make changes to a region, you must first select it in the timeline. To select a region, do one of the following: • Select a single region by clicking it. • Select multiple regions by Shift-clicking. • Drag from a point before the first region to a point after the last one to select the regions in between. Note: To select regions and perform other actions such as looping and resizing, you may need to zoom in on the region so that it is large enough to select.
2 Drag the edge of the region to the point where you want it to stop playing. The region will loop repeatedly to that point. Loop pointer When you loop a region, the notches at the top and bottom of the region show the beginning and end of each repetition. You can drag to the end of a repetition, or have it end in the middle of a repetition. Try looping the drum and bass regions you added to the timeline. Rhythm patterns in most popular music last for some multiple of four measures.
To move a region: • Drag the region left or right to a new point in the timeline. • Drag the region up or down to another track of the same type. Two regions cannot overlap in the same track. If you drag a region over part of another region, the region being covered is shortened to the edge of the overlapping region. If one region completely covers another region, the region being covered is deleted from the track. Try adding a new drum or bass loop to the timeline.
m To set the note value for Fix Timing: Click the Timeline Grid button, then choose a note value from the menu, or choose Automatic. Splitting Regions You can split a region in the timeline. Splitting a region lets you start playing the region from a point other than the beginning, or use parts of a region in different places in the timeline. 1 Select the region you want to split. 2 Move the playhead over the point in the region where you want to split it. 3 Choose Edit > Split.
Renaming Regions You can rename a region in the editor. To rename a region: 1 Click the region in the timeline to select it, then click the Editor button. You can also double-click the region to open the editor. The waveform of the region appears in the editor. Be sure the header over the field says Region before you type the new name. 2 Select the text in the name field, then type the new name in the field.
You can also use the Undo and Redo commands as a quick way of trying out changes to a song. You can make several changes to the song, then step back through the changes using Undo. If you change your mind after undoing a step, you can recover the changes using Redo. You can undo or redo any number of actions, since the last time you saved. At any point, you can save a new version of the song by choosing File > Save As. m m 40 To undo the last change: Choose Edit > Undo.
Working With Real Instruments 6 6 You can play and record guitars, basses, microphones and other musical instruments connected to your computer in Real Instrument tracks. Each recording appears as a region in the track. You can change input settings and add effects to a Real Instrument track in the Track Info window. Adding a Real Instrument Track To record a Real Instrument, you can add a new Real Instrument track or record on an existing Real Instrument track.
To turn monitoring on or off for a Real Instrument track: 1 Select a Real Instrument track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info window. 2 Choose “On” or “Off” from the Monitoring pop-up menu. Turning on monitoring can produce feedback (loud, sharp noise) if the audio input picks up the sound being output through your speakers. This is the reason monitoring is off by default.
4 Click the Record button to start recording. Play button Cycle button Record button 5 Start playing your instrument, or singing into your microphone. As you record, a new region appears in the selected Real Instrument track with the music you record. 6 When you are finished, click the Play button to stop recording. An audio waveform appears in the newly recorded region. After you record, you can listen to your new recorded part to see how you like it.
You may want to have the cycle region start a few extra beats before the point where you want to start recording, to make it easier to start playing on the beat, and end a few beats after you want to stop recording, in case your last note extends past the end of the cycle region. To record using a cycle region: 1 Select the Real Instrument track you want to record in. 2 Click the Record button to start recording. 3 Play your musical instrument, or sing into your microphone.
If you enable more than eight Real Instrument tracks or more than one Software Instrument track, the track farthest from the last track you enable is disabled for recording, so as not to exceed the maximum number of recording tracks. To record on multiple tracks, you need to have an audio interface with at least two input channels for recording. Changing Real Instrument Settings When you create a Real Instrument track, you select an instrument for the track in the New Track dialog.
Changing the Input Channel When you create a Real Instrument track, you set the input channel (for mono input) or pair of channels (for stereo input). You can change these settings in the Track Info window. To change the input channel: 1 Select the track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info window. 2 Choose an input channel, or pair of channels, from the Input pop-up menu.
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 Click the tuner icon (the tuning fork) at the left of the time display, or choose Control > Show Instrument Tuner. Be sure to play only a single note while tuning. The instrument tuner can’t tune to a chord, or if you play different notes rapidly.
Working with Software Instruments 7 7 GarageBand includes an extensive set of Software Instruments, including drums, guitars, pianos, organs, and synthesizers. You can play and record Software Instruments using the onscreen music keyboard in GarageBand, or by connecting a MIDI-compatible music keyboard to your computer. You can add effects to a Software Instrument, and edit Software Instrument regions in the editor.
• The notes W, E, T, Y, U, O, and P in the top row of your computer keyboard play the “black keys” (sharps and flats). To move up or down by octaves, do one of the following: • Press Z to move down by an octave. • Press X to move up by an octave. • Click the small keyboard at the top of the Musical Typing window to move to the octave shown, or drag the blue rectangle. The blue rectangle shows the current range of Musical Typing.
m m m To move the keyboard: Place the pointer anywhere in the space above the keys and drag. To resize the keyboard: Drag the expansion triangle on the lower-right edge of the keyboard window. To change the range of notes you can play: Click the small triangles to the left or right of the keys. Clicking the triangle to the left lowers the keys by an octave, and clicking the triangle on the right raises the keys by an octave.
4 Click the Record button to start recording. Play button Cycle button Record button 5 Start playing your music keyboard, or clicking notes on the onscreen music keyboard. As you record, a new region appears in the selected Software Instrument track. 6 When you are finished, click the Record button again to stop recording. Click the Play button to stop the song playing. After you record, you can listen to your new recorded part to see how you like it.
The output of a Software Instrument is always stereo. Select an instrument category from this list. Select an instrument from this list. Choose a new instrument generator and generator preset from these pop-up menus. Use these controls to add and adjust effects. You can also add and adjust effects for a Software Instrument track. For information about using effects, see “Mixing and Adding Effects” on page 64.
8 Working in the Editor 8 The editor, located below the timeline, is where you edit Real and Software Instrument regions. You can edit each type of region in a variety of ways. In the editor, Real Instrument regions appear as audio waveforms. Software Instrument regions appear as either a graphic note display, or as music notation, depending which view you select.
Moving Real Instrument Regions You can move Real Instrument regions in the editor in order to align them precisely with measures and beats, or with other regions. To move a Real Instrument region in the editor: 1 Move the pointer over the top part of the region, close to the beat ruler. The pointer becomes a move pointer (a vertical line with arrows pointing left and right). 2 Drag the region to its new position.
By default, Enhance Tuning enhances the tuning of notes by moving them to the closest note in the song’s key. You can limit the enhancement to the notes of the chromatic scale instead by deselecting the “Limit to key” checkbox. To enhance the tuning of a Real Instrument track: 1 In the timeline, select the Real Instrument track you want to enhance. 2 Drag the Enhance Tuning slider right to increase the amount of tuning enhancement, or drag it left to decrease the amount of enhancement.
Editing Software Instrument Regions You can edit Software Instrument regions in the editor in several ways. You can: • Edit individual notes (including the note’s pitch, duration, timing) • Edit controller information (including velocity, mod wheel, pitch bend, sustain) Editing Notes in a Software Instrument Region You can edit individual notes of a Software Instrument region.
Editing Controller Information in a Software Instrument Region Most music keyboards designed to be used with computer music programs include “controllers” for pitch bend and modulation. These controllers are often circular “wheels” placed at the left end of the keyboard. Some keyboards also include other controllers, such as a sustain pedal, a foot controller, or an expresssion control. Moving the pitch bend wheel while you play causes the notes you play to bend up or down in pitch, like a guitar.
9 Working In Notation View 9 You can view and edit Software Instrument regions in standard music notation format. In the editor’s notation view, you can edit notes and other musical events, including adding pedal markings. About Notation View In addition to the editor’s graphic “piano roll” view, you can view Software Instrument regions (both those you record and those from loops) in notation view. In notation view, the notes in a region are shown as musical notes.
Each rest shown below is half as long as the rest to its left (from left to right, the rests are half rest, quarter rest, eighth rest, and sixteenth rest). • Staves: The set of five horizontal lines on which the notes appear is called a staff (the plural is staves). The lines of the staff let you see the pitch of the notes from high to low, like a grid. In notation view, GarageBand always shows two staves, similar to piano notation.
• Beat guides: In notation view, the beat ruler not only shows measures and beats, but also includes beat guides. Beat guides help you see the exact position of notes in time. A beat guide appears as a small gray circle or dot above each note; when you move a note, the beat guide moves with it to indicate the note’s position. To view a Software Instrument region in notation view: 1 In the timeline, select a Software Instrument region.
Adding Notes You add a note by choosing the note value for the note, then clicking in the editor. In notation view, a square note value button appears at the upper-right corner of the Advanced area of the editor. The note value button displays a musical note showing the current note value. Clicking the note value button displays a menu from which you can choose a new note value. m m To choose the note value: Click the note value button, then choose the note value you want from the menu that appears.
m To change the pitch of a note: Select the note, then drag up or down. You can also change the pitch of selected notes by pressing the Up or Down Arrow keys. You hear the note’s new pitch as it moves. Changing the Duration of Notes When you select a note, a duration bar for the note appears. You can change the note’s duration (how long the note lasts) using the duration bar. To change the duration of a note: 1 Select the note.
The pedal down symbol appears at the current position of the pointer. 4 Without releasing the the mouse button, drag to the point where you want the pedal up marker. 5 Release the mouse button. The pedal up symbol appears at the current position of the pointer. To add pedal symbols with the pedal up placed automatically: 1 Click the note value button and choose the pedal symbol from the menu.
Mixing and Adding Effects 10 10 GarageBand puts a complete recording studio on your desktop, so you can mix your songs and add professional-sounding effects. What Is Mixing? When you’ve built the arrangement of your song, the next step is to mix the song. Mixing is where you step back and listen to the overall arrangement, and make changes to tracks and to the overall song to balance the different parts, bring the music into focus, and give it the right “sound.
Setting Track Pan Setting different tracks to different positions in the stereo field (panning) helps make it easier to distinguish each track in the mix, and create a sense of three-dimensional space to your song. In commercial music, the most important tracks (typically the lead vocals, drums, and lead or solo instruments) are panned to the center or close to center, while other tracks (the backing instruments and vocals) are panned left and right.
Setting the Output Volume You can set the output volume of a song using the master volume slider, located below the lower-right corner of the timeline. The master volume slider controls the volume of the song when it is exported. You should adjust the output volume to a level high enough to eliminate background noise, but not high enough to cause clipping. The master volume slider is intended to control the output, or export, volume of the song.
The master track appears at the bottom of the timeline. 2 From the pop-up menu on the left side of the row, choose Master Volume. The master volume curve appears in the master track. 3 Click the master volume curve at the point you want the fade out to begin, then click at the point you want the fade out to end. 4 Drag the second control point down to the volume level at which you want the fade out to end. To end with complete silence, drag it all the way down.
Types of Effects GarageBand includes the following types of effects: Equalization (EQ): EQ is a powerful and versatile effect that lets you change the level of selected frequencies. You can use EQ to make both subtle and dramatic changes to your songs. EQ is likely the most commonly used effect in popular music. Dynamics: Dynamics effects, which include compressors and noise gates, let you control the volume of your music over time. Reverb and Echo: Reverb and echo are both time-based effects.
3 Choose the effect you want to add from one of the pop-up menus along the left. Instrument tracks have two effect pop-up menus, and the master track has one. Use these controls to add and adjust effects. Adjusting Effects Each effect has either a slider that you can use to adjust the amount of the effect, or a pop-up menu from which you can choose different effect presets. To adjust a track’s effects: 1 Select the track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info window.
Turning Effects On and Off You can turn individual effects on or off (turning an effect off temporarily is called bypassing the effect). This has several advantages: it lets you hear how each effect changes the sound of your music, and lets you see which effects have the greatest impact on your computer’s performance. When you turn off an effect, the effect’s current settings are retained, so any adjustments you have made are not lost.
Saving Effect Presets You can create your own effect presets and save them to use on another track or in another song. To save an effect preset: 1 Adjust the settings for the preset to get the sound that you want. 2 Choose Make Preset from the pop-up menu, then type a name for the preset in the Save dialog.
A Keyboard Shortcuts Action Appendix A Shortcut Navigation/Moving the playhead Play/Pause Space bar Go to beginning Home or Z Go to end End or Option-Z Move back by one measure Left Arrow Move forward by one measure Right Arrow Move back by the visible width of the timeline Page Up Move forward by the visible width of the timeline Page Down Zoom out Control-Left Arrow Zoom in Control-Right Arrow Tracks Create new track Command-Option-N Duplicate track Command-D Delete selected tr
Action Shortcut Select next lower category or instrument Down Arrow (whenTrack Info window is open and either a category or an instrument is selected) Move from instrument column to category column Left Arrow (when Track Info window is open and an instrument is selected) Move from category column to instrument column Right Arrow (when Track Info window is open and a category is selected) New Track dialog Select next higher category or instrument Up Arrow (when New Track dialog is open and either a
Action Shortcut Notation view Moves selected notes to previous grid position Left arrow Moves selected notes to next grid position Right arrow Moves selected notes back one measure Shift-Left arrow Moves selected notes forward one measure Shift-Right arrow Transposes selected notes up a semitone Up arrow Transposes selected notes down a semitone Down arrow Transposes selected notes up an octave Shift-Up arrow Transposes selected notes down an octave Shift-Down arrow Adjusting master volume
Connecting Music Equipment To Your Computer B Appendix B If you sing or play a musical instrument, you can connect a musical instrument or a microphone to your computer and record your performances in your GarageBand songs. Each recording appears as a region in a track in the timeline. You can add effects to the track, and edit the region in the editor.
Connecting a Music Keyboard to Your Computer If you play a keyboard instrument, you can connect a MIDI-compatible music keyboard to your computer to play and record Software Instruments. To connect a music keyboard to play Software Instruments: • If the keyboard is a USB MIDI keyboard, connect the USB cable to the keyboard and to your computer. • If the keyboard is a standard MIDI keyboard, connect the keyboard to a MIDI interface using standard MIDI cables, and connect the interface to your computer.
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