User manual APPLE GARAGEBAND 2 GETTING STARTED

[. . . ] GarageBand Getting Started Includes a complete tour of the GarageBand windows, plus step-by-step lessons on working with GarageBand 1 Contents Preface 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 About GarageBand Getting Started What's New In GarageBand Before You Begin GarageBand at a Glance GarageBand Window Timeline Editor For Real Instruments For Software Instruments­Graphic View For Software Instruments­Notation View Loop Browser Button View Column View Track Info Window Real and Software Instrument Tracks Master Track Working With Songs Creating a Song Setting the Tempo Setting the Time Signature Setting the Key Setting the Scale Opening an Existing Song Saving the Song Saving a Song as an Archive Exporting a Song to an iTunes Playlist Using Apple Loops Finding Loops With the Loop Browser Finding Loops in Button View Finding Loops in Column View Previewing Loops in the Loop Browser Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 4 3 30 30 31 31 31 32 33 33 Chapter 5 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 39 41 41 41 42 42 43 44 45 45 46 46 46 47 48 48 49 50 50 Refining Your Searches Displaying Loops From a Jam Pack or Folder Searching by Scale Type Limiting Searches to Nearby Keys Searching for Specific Text Adding Loops to the Timeline Creating Your Own Apple Loops Adding Loops to the Loop Library Working in the Timeline About Regions Selecting Regions Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Regions Looping Regions Resizing Regions Moving Regions Transposing Regions Fixing the Timing of Software Instrument Regions Splitting Regions Joining Regions Renaming Regions Using the Timeline Grid Using Undo and Redo Working With Real Instruments Adding a Real Instrument Track Monitoring Real Instrument Input Getting Ready to Record Recording a Real Instrument Recording a Real Instrument With the Cycle Region Recording Multiple Real Instrument Tracks Changing Real Instrument Settings Changing the Instrument Changing the Input Channel Adjusting Input Volume Using the Instrument Tuner Adding an Audio File from the Finder Working with Software Instruments Using Musical Typing Using the Onscreen Music Keyboard Adding a Software Instrument Track Getting Ready to Record Chapter 6 Chapter 7 4 Contents 50 51 51 Chapter 8 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 58 58 60 61 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 64 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 70 70 Recording a Software Instrument Recording a Software Instrument With the Cycle Region Changing Software Instrument Settings Working in the Editor Selecting Regions Editing Real Instrument Regions Moving Real Instrument Regions Cropping Part of a Real Instrument Region Joining Real Instrument Regions Enhancing the Tuning of Real Instrument Tracks Enhancing the Timing of Real Instrument Tracks Editing Software Instrument Regions Editing Notes in a Software Instrument Region Editing Controller Information in a Software Instrument Region Working In Notation View About Notation View Editing Notes In Notation View Adding Notes Selecting Notes Moving Notes Copying Notes Changing the Pitch of Notes Changing the Duration of Notes Deleting Notes Changing Note Velocity Adding Pedal Down and Pedal Up Symbols Mixing and Adding Effects What Is Mixing?Setting Track Volume Levels Setting Track Pan Using Volume and Pan Curves Setting the Output Volume Adding Fade Ins and Fade Outs Transposing the Song to a Different Key Using Effects Types of Effects Adding Effects Adjusting Effects Turning Effects On and Off Choosing Effect Presets Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Contents 5 70 71 Appendix A Appendix B 72 75 75 76 76 Editing Effect Presets Saving Effect Presets Keyboard Shortcuts Connecting Music Equipment To Your Computer Connecting a Musical Instrument or Microphone Connecting a Music Keyboard to Your Computer Connecting Other Music Equipment 6 Contents About GarageBand Getting Started Welcome to GarageBand Getting Started. This document gives you useful information and step-by-step instructions for creating songs with GarageBand. The following chapters give you a tour of the GarageBand windows and a series of lessons to help you create your own songs. 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 Songs" describes how to create a new song, as well as how to save, archive, and export your songs. · "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 song 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. [. . . ] After undoing it, if you decide you like the song better with the change, you can redo the last command. Chapter 5 Working in the Timeline 39 You can also use the Undo and Redo commands as a quick way of trying out changes to a song. You can make several changes to the song, then step back through the changes using Undo. If you change your mind after undoing a step, you can recover the changes using Redo. You can undo or redo any number of actions, since the last time you saved. At any point, you can save a new version of the song by choosing File > Save As. m To undo the last change: Choose Edit > Undo. To redo the last change: Choose Edit > Redo. m 40 Chapter 5 Working in the Timeline 6 Working With Real Instruments 6 You can play and record guitars, basses, microphones and other musical instruments connected to your computer in Real Instrument tracks. Each recording appears as a region in the track. You can change input settings and add effects to a Real Instrument track in the Track Info window. Adding a Real Instrument Track To record a Real Instrument, you can add a new Real Instrument track or record on an existing Real Instrument track. To add a Real Instrument track: 1 Click the Add Track button, or choose Track > New Track. 2 In the New Track dialog, click the Real Instrument tab. 3 Select an instrument category from the Category list, then select an instrument from the Instrument list. 4 Select the input format by clicking either the Mono or Stereo format button, then choose the input channel from the Input pop-up menu. If the instrument you are recording has a single input, choose the Mono format. If the instrument has left and right inputs, choose the Stereo format. A basic track is a stereo Real Instrument track containing no effects. You can change the input format and effects settings of a basic track after adding it to the song. m To add a basic track: Choose Track > New Basic Track. Monitoring Real Instrument Input Hearing your instrument while you play and record is called monitoring. When you create a Real Instrument track, you can turn on monitoring for the track in the New Track dialog. You can turn monitoring on or off in the Track Info window. 41 To turn monitoring on or off for a Real Instrument track: 1 Select a Real Instrument track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info window. 2 Choose "On" or "Off" from the Monitoring pop-up menu. Turning on monitoring can produce feedback (loud, sharp noise) if the audio input picks up the sound being output through your speakers. This is the reason monitoring is off by default. You may want to turn off monitoring for a Real Instrument track when you are not singing into the microphone or playing the instrument connected to the track. [. . . ] 2 Choose Make Preset from the pop-up menu, then type a name for the preset in the Save dialog. Chapter 10 Mixing and Adding Effects 71 A Keyboard Shortcuts A Shortcut Space bar Home or Z End or Option-Z Left Arrow Right Arrow Page Up Page Down Control-Left Arrow Control-Right Arrow Action Navigation/Moving the playhead Play/Pause Go to beginning Go to end Move back by one measure Move forward by one measure Move back by the visible width of the timeline Move forward by the visible width of the timeline Zoom out Zoom in Tracks Create new track Duplicate track Delete selected track Select next higher track Select next lower track Mute/Unmute selected track Solo/Unsolo selected track Show/Hide track volume curve Show/Hide master track Track Info window Show/Hide Track Info Select next higher category or instrument Command-Option-N Command-D Command-Delete Up Arrow Down Arrow M S A Command-B Command-I Up Arrow (when Track Info window is open and either a category or an instrument is selected) Appendix 72 Action Select next lower category or instrument Shortcut Down Arrow (whenTrack Info window is open and either a category or an instrument is selected) Left Arrow (when Track Info window is open and an instrument is selected) Right Arrow (when Track Info window is open and a category is selected) Move from instrument column to category column Move from category column to instrument column New Track dialog Select next higher category or instrument Up Arrow (when New Track dialog is open and either a category or an instrument is selected) Down Arrow (when New Track dialog is open and either a category or an instrument is selected) Left Arrow (when New Track dialog is open and an instrument is selected) Right Arrow (when New Track dialog is open and a category is selected) Tab Select next lower category or instrument Move from instrument column to category column Move from category column to instrument column Toggle between Real/Software Instrument options Editing and arranging Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Delete Select all Split region Join selected regions Snap to grid Recording Record Start/Stop Turn cycle region on/off Turn metronome on/off Command-Z Command-Shift-Z Command-X Command-C Command-V Delete Command-A Command-T Command-J Command-G R C Command-U 73 Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts Action Notation view Moves selected notes to previous grid position Moves selected notes to next grid position Moves selected notes back one measure Moves selected notes forward one measure Transposes selected notes up a semitone Transposes selected notes down a semitone Transposes selected notes up an octave Transposes selected notes down an octave Adjusting master volume Raise master volume Lower master volume Showing windows and editors Show track mixer Show Track Info window Show editor Show loop browser Show onscreen keyboard Show Musical Typing window File menu functions New Open Close Save Save As Application menu functions Show/Hide GarageBand Preferences Hide GarageBand Hide other applications Quit GarageBand Help menu functions GarageBand Help Shortcut Left arrow Right arrow Shift-Left arrow Shift-Right arrow Up arrow Down arrow Shift-Up arrow Shift-Down arrow Command-Up Arrow Command-Down Arrow Command-Y Command-I Command-E Command-L Command-K Command-Shift-K Command-N Command-O Command-W Command-S Command-Shift-S Command-comma (, ) Command-H Command-Option-H Command-Q Command-question mark (?) Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts 74 B Connecting Music Equipment To Your Computer B If you sing or play a musical instrument, you can connect a musical instrument or a microphone to your computer and record your performances in your GarageBand songs. Each recording appears as a region in a track in the timeline. You can add effects to the track, and edit the region in the editor. Connecting a Musical Instrument or Microphone You can connect an electric musical instrument or microphone to your computer and record it in a Real Instrument track. You can connect a microphone to your computer using the computer's audio in port, if your computer has one. You can also connect an audio interface to your computer, then connect instruments and microphones to the audio interface for recording. [. . . ]