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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started
- Contents
- Welcome to GarageBand
- GarageBand at a Glance
- Working With Projects
- Using Apple Loops
- Working in the Timeline
- About Regions
- Selecting Regions
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Regions
- Looping Regions
- Resizing Regions
- Moving Regions
- Transposing Regions
- Splitting Regions
- Joining Regions
- Fixing the Timing of Software Instrument Regions
- Setting Real Instrument Regions to Keep Their Original Tempo
- Renaming Regions
- Using the Grid
- Using Undo and Redo
- Working With Real Instruments
- Working With Software Instruments
- Working in the Editor
- Working in Notation View
- Mixing and Adding Effects
- Creating Podcasts in GarageBand
- Creating a Musical Score for an iMovie or Video
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Connecting Music Equipment toYour Computer
Chapter 7 Working With Software Instruments 59
Changing Software Instrument Settings
When you create a Software Instrument track, you select an instrument for the track in
the New Track dialog. You can change the instrument in the Track Info pane.
To change the instrument for a Software Instrument track:
1 Select the track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info pane.
2 Select an instrument category from the list on the left, then select a track instrument
from the list on the right.
The output of a Software Instrument is always stereo.
You can also add and adjust effects for a Software Instrument track. For information
about using effects, see “Mixing and Adding Effects” on page 72.
Select an instrument
category from this list.
Select an instrument
from this list.
Use these controls to add
and adjust effects.
Choose a new instrument
generator and generator
preset from these pop-up
menus.