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If you want to use a finished iMovie project in Garagband, for example, so that you can write your own score to match your movie, it’s easy to do so. You can send your movie to the Media Browser, which is accessible from many Apple applications, such as iWeb, GarageBand, iDVD, Pages, and Keynote. It’s ... read more
One benefit of iWeb is that it works together with GarageBand11 and enables you to easily create media-rich web pages with just a few clicks. For example, you can add audio recordings – such as an original song or a podcast – to your pages so that you can share your projects with your readers. ... read more
As covered in previous tutorials, GarageBand11 has built-in lessons that can teach you how to play the guitar or piano. If you’ve completed the introductory lessons that come preinstalled on your computer and are ready to further your education, you can do so by downloading additional free basic lessons. You can also purchase artist lessons ... read more
The GarageBand11 timeline shows the part of your project that is currently visible. How much of the project you see depends on your screen size and resolution, as well as how large you make the GarageBand window. By scrolling either horizontally or vertically in the timeline, you can view other parts of the project. You ... read more
GarageBand11 uses a grid system to help you automatically align tracks, measures, and beats. When the Grid is turned on, GarageBand automatically aligns new loops, regions, control points, and the playhead. You can set the Grid to nearly any note value, making it a useful tool with a lot of range. Here are the basics ... read more
When you build a song in GarageBand, the possibilities for mixing are nearly endless. One simple option is to set the volume level of each track independently, which allows you to balance the volume of the instruments in your project. It’s easy to tweak the volume of each track; here’s how.USE THE VOLUME SLIDERIn the ... read more
GarageBand11’s metronome function provides a way to keep track of a specific rhythm during recording or playback. It plays a consistent click track that helps you play to a steady beat. You can easily turn the metronome on or off, and control whether it plays a count-in for you to use during recording. Here’s how.TURN ... read more
The Level Meter is an essential tool for recording in GarageBand11. There’s one for each track, located above the volume slider. As the volume of a track increases, the meter colors move from green, to yellow, to orange, to red. When the meter lights up red, the volume has reched the highest possible level for ... read more
Accessing the Track Effects pane in GarageBand11 puts all sorts of creative tools at your fingertips. This advanced menu gives you the opportunity to implement professional effects and other editing options. Here’s how to access this area for different types of tracks.FOR THE MASTER TRACKTo open Track Effects for the master track, double-click the track’s ... read more
GarageBand11’s Visual EQ (or equalizer) helps simplify your audio editing by letting you use your eyes instead of your ears. You can optimize the sounds of your projects by using this tool to analyze and “see” your track frequencies and adjust the bass, low mid, high mid, and trebel bands of your tracks. This tutorial ... read more
GarageBand11 offers a great little function: you can print out the musical notation for any software instrument loop in sheet music form. With your print-out in hand, you can easily teach others the parts of your songs or perform your music live. Just a few clicks will get your music out of your Mac and ... read more
GarageBand11 is a memory-intensive program; it eats up a lot of your computer’s processing ability because it takes a lot of power to run the program. Sometimes, you might notice that GarageBand locks up or loads very slowly. Occasionally, your computer’s processor may become so taxed that you cannot play an entire project. Don’t fear–here ... read more
Once you’ve taken the time to create a region in GarageBand11, you can easily loop it to fill as much time as you’d like in a song. This prevents you from needing to re-create the same musical sequence multiple times when songwriting. The steps are simple; here’s what you need to know.SELECT A REGIONPlace your ... read more
You can go beyond audio editing in GarageBand11 and actually edit how GarageBand itself works. By using the General Preferences panel, you can adjust a number of settings to customize how GarageBand works for you. If you’ve used previous versions of GarageBand, you should note that Metronome settings are no longer included in the General ... read more
GarageBand11 allows you to connect external instruments, such as an electric guitar, to your computer. Then, you can use these instruments to record songs in GarageBand. There are two options for this type of real-instrument recording, and both are discussed here.CREATE A NEW TRACKTo create a new electric guitar track in GarageBand, choose Track > ... read more
GarageBand11’s Regions are the building blocks of your projects. A Region is created every time you record an instrument or drag a loop to the Timeline. You can avoid duplicating your efforts by duplicating your Regions; you can simply copy and paste Regions that you want to repeat in a project. This quick tip tells ... read more
