Apple Training Series: GarageBand 09

✍ Scribed by Mary Plummer

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: 1 Pap/Dvdr
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The only Apple-certified guide to cover Apple's newly updated (and wildly popular!) music creation and recording software.- Thoroughly updated guide covers all that's new in GarageBand 09, including the new Learn to Play feature, creating iPhone ringtones and more.- DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files for over 12 hours of training to make users GarageBand pros in no time!- Author is a professional musician and composer as well as an Apple Certified Trainer. Whether you're an accomplished musician or a student, Garageband is the most rewarding way to create, record, and mix your own music. In the only Apple-certified guide to GarageBand '09, composer Mary Plummer shows you just how easy it is to turn your Mac into a full-featured recording studio. Plummer offers a complete course in all aspects of GarageBand - starting with the interface and Magic GarageBand, and moving on to recording and arranging a song, editing and mixing tracks, adding effects, and distributing your music files. Using practical step-by-step lessons and original music, you'll learn how to record with an electric guitar, score a QuickTime movie, create an iPhone ringtone, jam with virtual musicians, and much more. The book also includes complete coverage of Garageband 09's new Learn to Play feature, so you can learn piano and guitar through interactive video lessons from such artists as Sting, Norah Jones, Fall Out Boy and more. The Apple Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification program. You can work through this book as a selfpaced course or attend a class at an Apple Authorized Training Center.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 6
Getting Started......Page 12
Lesson 1 Learning to Play Music with GarageBand......Page 18
Opening GarageBand......Page 19
Connecting Musical Instruments to Your Computer......Page 20
Connecting a MIDI Instrument to Your Computer......Page 23
Taking a Guitar or Piano Lesson......Page 24
Exploring the Interface......Page 25
Navigating Between Lesson Sections......Page 30
Customizing the Lesson Workspace......Page 32
Tuning and Recording During a Lesson......Page 34
Changing a Lesson Mix......Page 35
Downloading Additional Learn to Play Lessons......Page 37
Taking an Artist Lesson......Page 39
Lesson Review......Page 40
Lesson 2 Jamming with a Virtual Band......Page 42
Selecting a Music Genre......Page 43
Navigating and Controlling Playback......Page 44
Auditioning Virtual Musicians (Instrument Parts)......Page 46
Mixing Instruments in Magic GarageBand......Page 48
Setting Up Your Instrument......Page 50
Adding an Instrument......Page 53
Recording a Part......Page 54
Opening and Saving the Song in GarageBand......Page 56
Lesson Review......Page 59
Lesson 3 Recording Music in GarageBand......Page 62
Choosing a Project Template......Page 63
Exploring the GarageBand Window......Page 64
Identifying Regions and Tracks......Page 66
Setting Up an Electric Guitar Track......Page 68
Monitoring Your Input......Page 69
Recording in Stereo vs. Mono......Page 71
Tuning a Guitar in the LCD......Page 72
Using a Metronome or Drum Track......Page 74
Previewing and Adding a Drum Loop......Page 76
Recording Single Takes......Page 80
Recording Multiple Takes......Page 82
Selecting a Best Take......Page 84
Using Guitar Amps and Stompboxes......Page 85
Saving Effects Settings......Page 90
Working with an Acoustic Guitar Track......Page 91
Editing Multiple-Take Regions......Page 93
Lesson Review......Page 95
Lesson 4 Scoring a Movie and Arranging Loops......Page 98
Creating a Movie Score Project......Page 99
Previewing a Movie in the Browser......Page 100
Importing a Video File from the Media Browser......Page 101
Watching the Movie in the Timeline......Page 103
Creating a Cycle Region for Scoring......Page 104
Browsing and Adding Loops to the Project......Page 105
Using Alignment Guides and Snapping......Page 108
Trimming a Loop......Page 109
Project Tasks......Page 111
Working with Software Instrument Loops......Page 112
Splitting a Loop Region......Page 113
Changing Track Instruments......Page 115
Duplicating Regions in the Timeline......Page 116
Transposing a Region in the Editor......Page 118
Copying and Pasting in the Timeline......Page 120
Project Tasks......Page 122
Adding Sound Effects from the Loop Browser......Page 123
Playing and Recording Sound Effects......Page 133
Project Tasks......Page 136
Customizing a Sound Effects Track Instrument......Page 137
Saving a Customized Track Instrument......Page 140
Project Tasks......Page 141
Archiving a Project......Page 143
Lesson Review......Page 144
Lesson 5 Creating an iPhone Ringtone......Page 146
Opening a Ringtone Template......Page 147
Playing the Onscreen Music Keyboard......Page 148
Sending a Ringtone to iTunes......Page 152
Editing a Real Instrument Voice Track......Page 153
Editing Regions in the Editor......Page 156
Project Tasks......Page 158
Merging Real Instrument Regions......Page 159
Lesson Review......Page 160
Lesson 6 Mixing Music and Effects......Page 162
Creating a Basic Mix......Page 163
Adjusting the Tempo......Page 164
Using the Arrange Track......Page 165
Adjusting Levels with the Volume Slider......Page 168
Reading the Level Meter......Page 169
Using the Pan Dial......Page 170
Balancing Volume Levels for Individual Tracks......Page 173
Adding Effects to a Track......Page 175
Adding Effects to the Overall Song......Page 179
Preparing the Project......Page 181
Locking Tracks to Improve Processor Speed......Page 182
Showing Volume Curves......Page 184
Adding and Adjusting Control Points......Page 185
Dynamically Panning a Track......Page 188
Project Tasks......Page 190
Working with the Master Track......Page 191
Understanding the Volume Controls......Page 192
Fading Out the Master Track......Page 193
Testing Your Trained Ear......Page 194
Ducking Background Tracks......Page 195
Lesson Review......Page 197
Lesson 7 Creating Podcasts......Page 200
Creating a New Podcast Project......Page 201
Showing and Hiding the Podcast Track, Browser, and Editor......Page 203
Choosing Podcast Recording Equipment......Page 205
Exploring the Vocal Track Presets......Page 207
Adding the Speech Enhancer Effect to Recorded Vocal Tracks......Page 211
Saving a Project with iLife Preview......Page 215
Adding a GarageBand Project from the Media Browser......Page 218
Editing a GarageBand Project Within Another Project......Page 221
Adding Artwork to the Media Browser......Page 224
Adding Episode Artwork to the Project......Page 226
Adding Artwork to the Podcast Track......Page 228
Working with the Artwork Editor......Page 230
Building a Marker Title Sequence......Page 232
Editing Marker Regions......Page 237
Viewing Additional Marker Information......Page 239
Adding a URL to a Marker......Page 240
Project Tasks......Page 243
Using Marker Artwork for Episode Artwork......Page 244
Adding Episode Info to a Podcast......Page 245
Lesson Review......Page 247
Lesson 8 Sharing Your Finished Projects......Page 250
Setting Preferences for iTunes......Page 251
Evaluating a Song’s Output Level......Page 254
Sending a Song to iTunes......Page 255
Exporting a Project as a QuickTime Movie......Page 257
Sharing a Project with iDVD......Page 260
Adding and Editing Markers......Page 261
Sending a Movie to iDVD......Page 266
Sending a Podcast to iWeb......Page 269
Project Tasks......Page 273
Lesson Review......Page 274
Appendix: Bonus Lessons and Materials......Page 276
C......Page 300
E......Page 301
I......Page 302
L......Page 303
M......Page 304
P......Page 305
R......Page 306
S......Page 307
T......Page 308
Z......Page 309