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1 Welcome to GarageBand
This document gives you useful information and step-by-
step instructions for creating projects with GarageBand.
The following chapters give you a tour of the GarageBand windows and a series of
lessons to help you create your own music projects. 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 Projects” describes how to create a new project, as well as how to
save, archive, and export your projects.
 “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 project 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 project, and
how to use the effects included with GarageBand.
 “Creating Podcasts in GarageBand” describes how to create audio and video podcast
episodes and send them to iWeb or export them.