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INTRODUCING iLIFE ‘09
Getting Started with iLife ‘09
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Echo
Reverb
Distortion
Effects
FineTune
FineTune
FineTune
FineTune
Taking Lessons
You can take lessons in GarageBand to learn how to
play piano or guitar. GarageBand comes with two
beginner lessons installed. You can download more
lessons online for free or buy lessons that feature
major recording artists teaching famous songs. The
lesson workspace includes instructional video, music
notation, and instrument graphics to help you
understand concepts and learn the instrument.
Sharing Music
You can save GarageBand music to an MP3 or other
file type that you and others can then play. You can
burn your songs to a CD-ROM for use in any CD
player, upload your songs to iTunes, or make
ringtones for an iPhone. You can use your
GarageBand work in iMovie projects, in iPhoto
slideshows, and on podcast pages in iWeb.
Fine-Tuning the Sound
Once you have your song arranged, you can make
changes to get just the sound you want. You can raise
all the notes in part or all of a song by changing the
pitch. In the Track Info pane, you can add echo,
reverb, distortion, and other effects to make your
instrument sound like it is being played in a large
symphony hall or out of an old guitar amp. With
software instrument music, you can adjust any note in
a tune up or down, change when it is played, and
change the duration.
Editing Music
You assemble and edit your GarageBand project on a
timeline, where you place loops or recorded segments
in the order in which they should play in a song. You
can also arrange music to play simultaneously in
different tracks, which exist vertically as different levels
in the timeline. Usually you place each instrument in
your song in a different track. You can control the
volume of each track to emphasize or de-emphasize
an instrument in your song.