Apple Training Series GarageBand 3 By Mary Plummer Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: April 25, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42165-5 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42165-4 Pages: 432 Table of Contents | Index Whether you're an accomplished musician or a student, Garageband is the most rewarding way to create, perform, and record your own music In the only Apple-certified guide to Garageband, composer and master trainer Mary Plummer shows you just how easy it is to turn your Mac into a fully featured recording studio Plummer offers a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of Garageband - from mastering the interface and basic recording techniques to the secrets of arranging a song, editing and mixing tracks, adding effects, and distributing your Garageband compositions Fully updated for version 3, Mary covers all of Garageband's hot new features including podcast recording and iMovie scoring Apple Training Series GarageBand 3 By Mary Plummer Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: April 25, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42165-5 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42165-4 Pages: 432 Table of Contents | Index Copyright Acknowledgments Getting Started Chapter 1 Working with the Interface Exploring the GarageBand Window Playing a Song in the Timeline Exploring the Timeline Exploring Tracks and Regions Zooming In to and Out of the Timeline Exploring the Editor Using the Editor for Software Instruments Using the Editor for Real Instruments Renaming Tracks and Regions in the Editor Exploring the Loop Browser Using the Loop Browser in Podcast Sounds View Auditioning Loops with a Song Adding Movies to the Media Browser and Timeline Saving and Closing Your Project Lesson Review Chapter 2 Working with Tracks in the Timeline Understanding Tracks Preparing the Project Showing and Hiding the Track Info Pane Selecting Prerecorded Loops and Sound Effects Selecting and Moving All Regions in the Timeline Adding a Track Extending a Loop Region Recording a Basic Software Instrument Saving Your Song Creating a Cycle Region Deleting a Region from the Timeline Changing a Track Name and Icon Saving Your Finished Project Lesson Review Chapter 3 Editing and Recording Software Instruments Preparing the Project Monitoring the Processor with the Playhead Working with a Software Instrument Recording in the Timeline Changing a Track's Instrument Changing Project Tempo Starting a New Song Previewing Drum Loops Recording a Simple Drum Part Multipass Recording Lesson Review Chapter 4 Arranging a Song with Software Instruments Previewing the Finished Song Preparing the Project Understanding Melody and Rhythm Building Rhythm Tracks Building the Melody Tracks Recording a New Software Instrument Part Working with Advanced Music Arrangement Techniques Finishing the Project Lesson Review Chapter 5 Working with Apple Loops Preparing the Project Listening to the Finished Song Customizing the Loop Browser Building a Song with Apple Loops Working with Real Instrument Loops Lesson Review Chapter 6 Working with Real Instruments Connecting Musical Instruments to Your Computer Preparing the Project Adding a Real Instrument Track Recording and Saving a Real Instrument Part Adding Preset and Custom Effects Repairing Recording Problems Multitrack Recording Reusing Your Real Instrument Recordings Lesson Review Chapter 7 Mixing and Effects Understanding Basic Mixing Working with the Track Mixer Creating a Rough Mix Fixing the Timing and Velocity of a Software Region Adding Effects to a Track Manually Adjusting the EQ for a Track Working with Volume and Pan Curves Working with the Master Track Comparing Loops from the Major and Minor Scale Types Ducking Background Tracks Lesson Review Chapter 8 Creating Podcasts Creating a New Podcast Project Importing a GarageBand Project Working with Artwork and Markers Adding Loops and Sound Effects Adding Episode Info to a Podcast Lesson Review Chapter 9 Scoring an iMovie or Video Creating a New Movie Score Project Working with Video Files in the Media Browser Preparing the Project for Scoring Building a Soundtrack in the Timeline Working with Sound Effects Lesson Review Chapter 10 Sharing Your Finished Projects Exporting Projects to iTunes Exporting a Project as a QuickTime Movie Sending a Movie to iDVD Sharing a Podcast Lesson Review Appendix A Logic for GarageBand Users Appendix B Exploring Jam Packs Index Copyright Apple Training Series: GarageBand 3 Mary Plummer Copyright © 2006 by Mary Plummer Published by Peachpit Press For information on Peachpit Press books, contact: Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 524-2178 or (800) 283-9444 Fax: (510) 524-2221 http://www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to errata@peachpit.com Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Apple Series Editor: Serena Herr Managing Editor: Nancy Peterson Development Editor: Justine Withers Production Editor: Laurie Stewart, Happenstance TypeO-Rama Technical Reviewer: Victor Gavenda Copy Editor: Darren Meiss Compositor: Chris Gillespie, Happenstance Type-O-Rama Indexer: Joy Dean Lee Media Production: Eric Geoffroy Cover Art Direction: Charlene Charles-Will Cover Illustration: Kent Oberhue Cover Production: Happenstance Type-O-Rama Notice of Rights All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact permissions@peachpit.com All of the original music for this book was composed, arranged, and performed by Mary Plummer "Alaska Sunrise" and "A Perfect Day," were written, performed, and published by Mary Plummer prior to this publication The versions of these songs appearing in this book were re-recorded using the GarageBand interface All rights reserved The music by Speakeasy appearing in Lessons 6, 8, and 10"Take a Bow," "You," "Love Lovely," and "Take to the Streets"were written and performed by James Kaufholz, Amy Harwood, and Kyle Chason © 2005; all rights reserved The footage and music supplied with this book can only be used in association with the lessons included Any other use, including but not limited to duplicating, distributing, or incorporating footage or music into another project, requires explicit permission from the copyright holders listed above Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an "As Is" basis, without warranty While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the authors nor Peachpit Press shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it Trademarks Throughout this book trademarked names are used Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name, we state we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America Dedication Dedicated to the universal language of music, and GarageBand for bringing the world a little closer one song at a time Acknowledgments First and foremost, deepest thanks to my husband and partner, Klark Perez, for your incredible devotion in carrying the weight for both of us and our company InVision Digital and Media Arts while I was writing Thanks to Patty Montesion for a career I adore as an Apple Certified Trainer, and the extraordinary opportunity to write this book Your positive attitude, energy, and enthusiasm for the program that you built from the ground up are one of a kind Thank you Xander Soren for first introducing me to GarageBand and keeping me up to speed as it evolves Also thanks to Apple's GarageBand team for making music production, video scoring, and podcasting fun, easy, and accessible to everyone Special thanks to Justine Withers for your invaluable input, patience, and leadership in keeping this book on track and on schedule Thanks also to Victor Gavenda for your music recording experience More thanks to Serena Herr, Nancy Peterson, Laurie Stewart, Eric Geoffroy, Darren Meiss, and the rest of the amazing Peachpit Press team for making this book a reality Thanks to our friends at Universal Studios Florida for the opportunity to have a production company and training center on the lot Thank you SpeakeasyJimmy Kaufholz, Amy Harwood, and Kyle Chasonfor lending your original music and interviews Extra special thanks to my family for their unconditional love throughout my freelance career Thanks "Meem," Lee, Dad, Ginny, Chris, Sessely, Jorin, Landon, Kim, Guy, Emily, Chris, Jackson, Gabe, Peg, Jim, Warren, Loretta, Chase, Bill, Paula, Sergio, Virginia, Kent, Klark, Katie, and my dog Niki Finally, my mother Jane Ann, her mother Betty K., and her mother Kathryn for the musical gift and heirloomyour piano instrument setup long takes monitoring input planning before recording reusing recordings short takes stereo versus mono saving versus Software Instruments, processor intensive versus Software Timeline 2nd Track Info pane tuning viewing vocal tracks Vocals Vocals; Female Basic 2nd Vocals; Helium Breath 2nd Vocals; Mouse Voice Recent Places pane Record button 2nd 3rd Record Enable button 2nd recording recording problems Fix Timing feature Instrument Tuner punching in over mistakes regions, joining noncontiguous recording/recordings [See also multipass recording.] acoustic instruments archiving in Musical Typing mode with MIDI interfaces practicing before recording keyboard shortcut memory required, audio versus video pauses planning before recording reusing recordings rough drafts stereo versus mono Undo Recording with external keyboards instrument setup podcast tracks stereo Reduce Noise slider Reference Guide Region Pitch slider/field regions [See also cycle regions.] Apple Loops basics between tracks color-coded by type 2nd Real Instruments Software Instruments deleting extending joining joining noncontiguous monitoring memory with playhead moving naming/renaming opening, editor overdubs rerecording parts selecting splitting 2nd versus resizing timing 2nd transposing trimming resources 2nd Return key (playhead movements) Reverb effect Rewind button 2nd Index [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] sampled sounds, versus synthesized sounds screen resolution scroll bars, Timeline Share menu Export as QuickTime Movie Send Movie to iDVD Send Podcast to iWeb Send Song to iTunes Software Instruments Apple Loops changing instruments converted from Real Instruments converting to Real Instruments 2nd cycle regions Drum Kits, Jazz Kit editing Fix Timing feature Guitars Acoustic Noodling Nylon Shimmer Southern Rock Steel String Acoustic 2nd Jam Pack Series memory usage Pianos and Keyboards, Grand Piano recording with Musical Typing with onscreen keyboard 2nd regions color-coded joining splitting trimming selecting system requirements Track Info pane wind chime sounds Solo button 2nd songs 2nd [See also notes/note events, displaying.] adding stingers backing up building melody tracks building rhythm tracks arranging loops auditioning drum loops drum tracks duplicating regions building with Apple adding notes Loops melody playing completed tracks splitting regions creating new hiding file extensions versus deleting file extensions key 2nd melody doubling monitoring memory output levels playheads moving to beginning 2nd 3rd position showing in time display 2nd stopping playback playing finished project previewing rhythm saving 2nd tempo 2nd 3rd time display 2nd time Sound Effects adding to tracks Master tracks presets, Jam Pack Series selecting Sound Preferences pane spacebar, starting/stopping playback Speakeasy Start/Stop Playback button 2nd stereo versus mono recording Stingers podcast sounds synthesizers recording Software Instruments 2nd versus sampled sounds system requirements basic Software Instruments System Sound preferences Index [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] time display absolute time changing tempo musical time 2nd Timeline Add Track button Beat Ruler 2nd Grid button Pan curves Playhead Lock button scroll bars Volume curves timing adjustments notes regions tracks Track Info pane availability changing instruments closing opening showing/hiding Track Icon menu Track menu Delete Track Duplicate Track Hide Podcast Track 2nd New Track Show Info (or Track), Hide Info Show Master Track Show Podcast Track Show Video Track Track Mixer adjusting sound effects basic mixing principles disclosure triangle Level meters 2nd 3rd locking/unlocking tracks Pan wheel 2nd 3rd 4th 5th resetting tools Volume slider 2nd 3rd tracks [See also loops.] Add Track button Beat Ruler 2nd deleting, with Undo command doubling 2nd duplicating 2nd fattening 2nd Grid button level meters limitations locking/unlocking 2nd saving memory 2nd moving regions between tracks muting 2nd naming/renaming 2nd offsetting Pan wheel scroll bars selecting showing/hiding, mixer soloing track headers renaming tracks Volume slider 2nd 3rd Transport controls 2nd Index [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] Undo command USB MIDI interfaces 2nd connecting to computers 2nd Index [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] versus Software Video Preview pane 2nd audio tracks sound effects adding aligning to video video tracks adding podcasts selecting showing Viewing Instrument menu vocal tracks presets Real Instruments recording Voice Type menu 2nd Volume control, Track Info pane Volume curves 2nd control points Master tracks ducking 2nd Timeline Volume slider Preview Volume slider Track Mixer tracks Index [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] warning lights (red) warnings [See alerts/warning messages.] Window menu Keyboard Musical Typing with Track Mixer timing adjustments adjusting sound effects basic mixing principles Level meters 2nd 3rd locking/unlocking tracks Pan wheel 2nd 3rd 4th resetting tools showing/hiding mixer Volume slider Volume curves control points ducking backgrounds Index [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] Z key (playhead movements) 2nd Zoom slider .. .Apple Training Series GarageBand 3 By Mary Plummer Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: April 25, 2006 Print ISBN- 10: 0 -32 1-42165-5 Print ISBN- 13: 978-0 -32 1-42165-4 Pages: 432 Table of Contents... Appendix A Logic for GarageBand Users Appendix B Exploring Jam Packs Index Copyright Apple Training Series: GarageBand 3 Mary Plummer Copyright © 2006 by Mary Plummer Published by Peachpit Press... instructions in the exercises to open the project files for that lesson About the Apple Training Series GarageBand is part of the official training series for Apple iLife applications developed by experts in the field and certified by Apple Computer The lessons are designed to let you learn at