The MacAddict Guide to Making Music with GarageBand

MacAddict Guide to Making Music with Making Music with GarageBand™......Page 2
Copyright © 2004 by Que Publishing......Page 3
AT A GLANCE......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
About the Authors......Page 13
We Want to Hear from You!......Page 15
WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK......Page 16
BEYOND THE BOOK......Page 17
WHAT IS GARAGEBAND?......Page 18
INSTALLING GARAGEBAND......Page 20
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GARAGEBAND ON YOUR MAC
install software......Page 22
STARTING A NEW SONG......Page 26
USING THE LOOP BROWSER......Page 28
ADDING AND MODIFYING APPLE LOOPS......Page 33
ADJUSTING TRACK VOLUME......Page 35
WORKING WITH TRACKS AND REGIONS......Page 37
CREATING A DANCE SONG......Page 40
PLAYING GARAGEBAND’S SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS......Page 46
RECORDING A SOFTWARE INSTRUMENT TRACK......Page 50
EDITING A SOFTWARE INSTRUMENT TRACK......Page 56
EDITING SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS......Page 60
CREATING A JAZZ TUNE......Page 61
GETTING YOUR GUITAR TO PLAY WELL WITH GARAGEBAND......Page 64
CHOOSING AN AMPLIFIER......Page 67
RECORDING YOUR PERFORMANCE......Page 70
EDITING YOUR PERFORMANCE......Page 71
OVERDUBBING YOUR GUITAR......Page 72
RECORDING A ROCK SONG......Page 77
USING MICROPHONES AND HEADPHONES......Page 86
SETTING GARAGEBAND’S INPUT LEVELS......Page 88
SETTING UP YOUR VOCAL STYLE......Page 89
RECORDING YOUR PERFORMANCE......Page 91
RECORDING A BLUES TUNE......Page 93
EDITING AND ARRANGING REGIONS......Page 100
OPTIMIZING TRACK EFFECTS......Page 105
CHOOSING MASTER TRACK EFFECTS......Page 108
MIXING A ROCK SONG......Page 110
EXPORTING TO ITUNES......Page 118
BURNING TO CD......Page 120
MAKING AN MP3 FILE......Page 121
SHARING YOUR MUSIC ON THE INTERNET......Page 124
USING YOUR SONG WITH OTHER SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS......Page 127
USING GENERATORS......Page 132
USING BUILT-IN EFFECTS......Page 147
CREATING AND SAVING SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS......Page 159
CREATING AND SAVING REAL INSTRUMENTS......Page 161
RECORDING YOUR OWN AUDIO LOOPS......Page 164
CREATING APPLE LOOPS......Page 169
IMPORTING YOUR APPLE LOOPS INTO GARAGEBAND......Page 173
USING THIRD-PARTY APPLE LOOPS......Page 175
USING AUDIO UNIT INSTRUMENTS AND EFFECTS......Page 176
GARAGEBAND TIPS AND TRICKS......Page 181
RECORDING TRICKS AND TECHNIQUES......Page 188
FINAL THOUGHTS......Page 195
GLOSSARY......Page 198
APPENDIX A EXPANDING GARAGEBAND......Page 204
MONITORING......Page 206
HOOKING UP A MIDI KEYBOARD......Page 208
HOOKING UP A GUITAR DIRECTLY TO YOUR MAC......Page 212
HOOKING UP A MICROPHONE DIRECTLY TO YOUR MAC......Page 215
USING AN AUDIO INTERFACE......Page 218
THE ULTIMATE GARAGEBAND STUDIO......Page 220
MENU SHORTCUTS......Page 222
GENERAL GARAGEBAND WINDOW SHORTCUTS......Page 223
TRACK INFORMATION WINDOW SHORTCUTS......Page 224
MALLETS......Page 226
SYNTH PADS......Page 227
BUILT-IN EFFECTS......Page 228
INCLUDED AUDIO UNIT EFFECTS......Page 230
CHROMATIC PERCUSSION......Page 232
PIPE......Page 233
SOUND EFFECTS......Page 234
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART FOR THE DLSMUSICDEVICE AND GARAGEBAND......Page 236
APPENDIX H GENERAL MIDI DRUM KEY MAP......Page 238
GARAGEBAND AND MAC AUDIO SITES......Page 240
SOURCES FOR LOOPS......Page 241
GEAR RETAILERS......Page 242
REFERENCES......Page 243
INDEX......Page 244