Garageband Tutorial
Garageband Tutorial
Garageband Tutorial
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Introduction
WHAT IS GARAGEBAND?
Garageband is a software program for the Apple Macintosh for recording, composing, and sharing digital music. It is included with the iLife software package pre-loaded on all Macintoshes. Many educators use the podcasting studio which has been included in Garageband since 2006. It allows you to record voiceover narration, add radio-style sound effects, add chapter markers, and display artwork and images within iTunes or on a mobile device such as an iPod. You can upload a podcast to iTunes in one step.
Flex Time Groove matching Guitar amps and effects How did I Play? New basic lessons
Working with tracks How to create and share a podcast Topics that may be covered in future tutorials
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Garageband will only run on Mac OS 10.5.6 or higher. Go to www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html to read about apples published system requirements for installing iLife 09 and 11.
NOTE: THE PRIMARY SOURCES FOR THIS TUTORIAL ARE GARAGEBAND 09 AND 11 POWER, BY TODD M. HOWARD (COURSE TECHNOLOGY). WHEN SOMETHING DIFFERS BETWEEN EDITIONS I WILL INDICATE IT BY THE USE OF GREEN TEXT. EXAMPLE: Edition 11. Page 1, Last Updated Thursday, April 28, 2011
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Voice - Create a voice project if you want to do some singing. Loops - If you create a Loops project you can drag and drop loops into the main window and create tracks on the fly. Keyboard Collection - If you select Keyboard Collection from the New Project window Garageband creates a project for you that has seven Software Instrument tracks set up. Acoustic Instrument - If you have a microphone plugged into you computer and would like to record a violin solo, select this type of new project and press Record. Songwriting - Selecting Songwriting creates a Garageband project with tracks for Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Muted Bass, and Drums. Podcast - Select Podcast to create a podcast episode. The fifth section of this tutorial covers podcasting. Movie - If you select Movie from the New Project window Garageband creates a project that is ready for scoring a video.
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The podcast production window includes the Podcast Track, which allows you to set chapter markers and view podcast artwork. The Track Editor displays more detailed information about the Podcast Track, such as marker times, thumbnails of your artwork, or images, methods for assigning hyperlinks to your markers. Podcasts are covered in much greater depth later in this tutorial.
Learn to Play
Learn to Play is a new way to learn to play the piano or the guitar inside Garageband. At this time Garageband has nine interactive video lessons for the piano and nine for the guitar.
Magic Garageband
Magic Garageband has been compared to a video game. It is a fun tool that helps you create a sound, a song, a band, and a bed of tracks to use in creating a new song. You begin by choosing from a list of nine different music styles.
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You can also adjust the velocity level of the notes your play on your MIDI keyboard by dragging the volume sliders to the left for more, or to the right for less.
Preferences: Audio/Midi
This tab is important because the settings you select here will determine how you get sound in and out of Garageband. On my MacBook the audio output, System Setting, means that I do not have external speakers plugged into my machine. Sound is being outputted through my computers built-in speakers. I have my Blue Snowball microphone plugged into the computer for recording. If I were recording from the computers built-in microphone the audio input device would change to Built-In Input. When I plug my headphones into the computer I change the Audio Output to Built-In Output on the drop-down menu. When I plug my midi controller/keyboard into the computer Audio Input changes to BuiltIn Input and MIDI Status changes to 1 MIDI Input(s) detected. Page 4, Last Updated Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Audio Preferences
Garageband 11 Menu
Garageband 09 Menu
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Garageband 09 Window Menu Page 7, Last Updated Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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Garageband 11 Complete
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The application interfaces for versions 11 and 09 are similar, with a couple of minor differences, as shown in the table below: Garageband 11 Garageband 09
Time View
Time View
Measures View
Measures View
Tuner View
Tuner View
Chord View
Chord View
Garageband 11 Complete
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The application interfaces for versions 11 and 09 are similar, with a couple of minor differences, as shown in the table below: Garageband 11 Garageband 09
Time View
Time View
Measures View
Measures View
Tuner View
Tuner View
Chord View
Chord View
Garageband 11 Timeline
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The Metronome is new to Version 11. The metronome is both a real-world musical device and a timekeeping function within Garageband. You set the tempo at which you wish to play, and it produces a steady clicking sound, helping you keep time with the music. You can set the tempo when you first create a project, or you can adjust it any time a project file is open. You can toggle the Metronome function on and off by opening the Control menu and checking or unchecking it.
Project View
Project View
The Timeline
The Timeline is the main workspace in Garageband. It is the main area in which you compose your arrangement. This is the area in which you will compose your arrangement. Think of it as the big-picture view. In Garageband 09 it is called the Arrange window, but the elements are much the same as those in the Timeline for version 11. Garageband 11 The Metronome
The Metronome
Metronome on Control Menu
Garageband 11 Editor
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The Media Browser Page 13, Last Updated Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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Create
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Rename Track
Duplicate a Track
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Deleting a Track
To delete a track select it and select Delete from the Track menu, or press Command + Delete. If you accidentally delete a track you want to keep, press Command + Z.
Scroll Bars
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Playhead
Audio Regions
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Trimming Audio
Select the audio region you wish to trim by clicking it. The wave form should display in the pane at the bottom of the screen. Drag the zoom slider on the left side at the bottom of the audio region to the right to zoom in to make the wave form appear larger. Drag the cursor from the right side of the wave form to the left until you have selected the portion you wish to trim. Click the left mouse button to delete the portion of the wave you have selected.
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Creating a Podcast
To create a podcast, open Garageband and select New Project to open the Project Chooser. Select the Podcast icon and click the Choose button to create the new podcast project. The image at the top of the page shows the Garageband Podcast Project workspace. By default Garageband creates three tracks for you: a Male Voiceover track, a Female Voiceover track, and a Jingles track.
Creating an Episode
A podcast project has six unique aspects: 1. The 2. The 3. The 4. The Podcast Track or Movie Track ability to add markers Ducking feature (explained below) ability to embed metadata into the podcast file. 5. The ability to export a podcast directly from Garageband to iWeb (Apples webpage design software. 6. The ability to generate any of the accepted podcasts for distribution. Some of them are: MP3, MP4A or AAC, and M4V (QuickTime MP4 Video).
New Podcast
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Episode Artwork
in a Garageband podcast album art is referred to as episode artwork. You can drag an image from your computers desktop or the Media Browser that people who are listening to the MP3 version of your podcast can view. If they are using a Mac they can see the image by switching to Coverflow view in iTunes. Episode artwork will be displayed in a blank section in your still images in the Podcast Track in Garageband.
Episode Artwork
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Ducking Buttons
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iWeb settings
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Audio Settings
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Burn Song to CD
To burn a song to a CD, Choose Burn song to CD from the Share menu, insert a blank CD in the CD burner drive of you Mac, Click Burn, and in a few minutes you will have an audio CD of your song.
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Future Tutorials
Topics for future tutorials might include, but are not necessarily limited to: Recording and Editing Real Instruments and Electric Guitar Tracks Recording with Software Instruments Working with Apple Loops Magic Garageband Creating Arrangements Mixing and Automation Learning to Play the Piano and Guitar with Garageband Garageband Jam Packs
Appendices
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Appendices
Glossary of Digital Audio Terms Garageband Keyboard Shortcuts Digital Audio Resources