GarageBand for dummies / by Bob LeVitus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeVitus, Bob, author.

Series:

--For dummies.

For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Data processing.

Music.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.

Sound.

Computer sound processing.

Digital audio editors.

GarageBand (Computer file).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Garage Band for dummies

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023.

Summary:

Put together great-sounding audio tracks on Mac, iPhone, or iPad GarageBand For Dummies gets you started with the popular audio software included with Apple devices. This simple app lets you do everything from building basic beats to creating multi-track recordings. You'll learn how to build a song from the ground up in this beginner-friendly Dummies guide. Follow simple, step-by-step instructions that guide you through building percussion loops, adding melodies, and recording live vocals or other instruments. When your masterpiece is complete, this book shows you how to mix and master your tracks and get them ready to share with the world. You, GarageBand, and GarageBand For Dummies are about to make beautiful music together. Learn the GarageBand interface and set up recording sessions Set up your recording space to get the best quality audio from vocal and instrument sessions Add beats and loops or perform on built-in instruments Blend your tracks into a final mix For easily creating recordings and demos using the free GarageBand app, this is the book you need.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Not-So-Foolish Assumptions

Conventions Used in This Book

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1 Starting on a Good Note

Chapter 1 Introducing GarageBand for Macs and iDevices

What Is GarageBand?

What Can You Do with GarageBand?

What Can't You Do with GarageBand?

Checking Your System Requirements

The official requirements for Macs

The official requirements for iDevices

What Else Do You Need to Run GarageBand?

Recording with GarageBand: A Few Teasers

Sneak peek 1: The recording sequence

Sneak peek 2: GarageBand for Mac

Sneak peek 3: GarageBand for iDevices

Chapter 2 Equipping and Setting Up Your Recording Space

Cobbling Together a Studio Without Breaking the Bank

Making the Most of Your Recording Space

Deadening the room

Preventing background noise

Equipping Your Studio: Must-Have Gear versus Good-to-Have Gear

Choosing a Microphone

Dynamic and condenser microphones

Microphone polarity patterns

Microphone preamps

Setting up your microphone

Finding the Right Speakers

Listening with Headphones Without Messing Up the Take

Adding a MIDI Keyboard to Your Setup

Finding a keyboard

Connecting a MIDI keyboard to your computer

Unraveling the Cable and Connector Conundrum

Adding an Audio Interface to Your Setup

Using an audio interface with GarageBand

Shopping for an interface

Perfecting Your Mic Setup

Choosing a mic stand

Recording vocals with pop filters and wind screens

Boosting Your Hard Drive Space

Recording in Tune with a Tuning Device (for Guitarists)

Chapter 3 Introducing Multitrack Recording with GarageBand

Understanding the Role of Stereo in Multitrack Recording.

Strolling through the Recording Process, Quickly

Cutting the Tracks ("No Blood on 'em, Mr. Dylan")

Recording tracks on a Mac

Recording tracks on an iDevice

Listening to tracks during recording and playback

Choosing which tracks you hear

Deciding a track's fate: Scrap bin, editing room, or mix?

Changing a track's settings

Changing a track's instrument

Checking levels during recording and playback

Adjusting levels

Polishing tracks

Overdubbing

Sweetening

Mix That Sucka

Overview of mixing

Setting the pan

(Lord and) Mastering

Managing Song Files

Part 2 Making Music on a Mac

Chapter 4 Getting Started

General Pane

Software Instrument Recordings section

Trackpad section: The Enable Force Touch Trackpad check box

Accessibility section: Open Plug-ins in Controls View by Default check box

Reset Warnings button

Audio/MIDI Pane

Devices section

Instruments and Effects section

MIDI section

Metronome Pane

Loops Pane

Keyword Browsing setting

Reset Keyword Layout setting

Loop Browser setting

My Info Pane

Advanced Pane

Audio Recording Resolution setting

Auto Normalize setting

Movie Thumbnail Resolution setting

Chapter 5 Using Loops to Make Music

What Is a Loop, Anyway?

Where to find more loops

Spicing up your songs with loops

Finding the Right Loop with the Loop Browser

Viewing loops in button or column view

Seeing more instruments

Searching for a loop you love

Searching in button view

Searching in column view

Using the search field

Filtering by loop type

Previewing loops

Keeping your favorite loops at the ready

Adding third-party loops to the loop browser

Setting a Loop's Tempo

Adding Loops to Tracks

Dragging and dropping loops

Undoing and redoing a loop.

Extending, shortening, and repeating loops

Editing loops: A preview

Reusing an edited loop in a different song

Chapter 6 Recording with MIDI and Software Instruments

What Is MIDI, Anyway?

Controlling Software Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard

Choosing Software Instruments

Recording Tracks with Software Instruments

Altering the Sound of Software Instruments

Delving deeper into Smart controls

Adding and changing plug-in effects

Equalizer

Master echo and reverb

Compressors and other plug-in effects

Compressor

Other plug-ins

Drummer Tracks

Testing Your Changes

Chapter 7 Recording Vocals and Acoustic Instruments with a Mic

Getting Ready to Record

Setting up your mic and recording track

Tweaking the pan to hear vocals better

Positioning the microphone

Setting levels

Adding effects

Checking for unwanted noise

Multitrack Recording

Dave Hamilton on multitrack drum recording

One track at a time

Multiple tracks at once

Recording with a MIDI drum

Recording the Track

Improving the Sound of Recordings

Chapter 8 Recording Electric Guitars and Other Electronic Instruments

Overview from the Top: Direct or Live Recording

Direct Recording with GarageBand's Virtual Amplifiers

Setting up to record

Troubleshooting your setup

Making a too soft instrument louder

Recording the track

Recording Live with an Amplifier and Microphones

Customizing the Sound of Your Guitar Tracks

Changing presets and amp simulators

Editing presets

Making other changes

Part 3 Postproduction: Finishing Songs on a Mac

Chapter 9 Editing and Polishing Tracks

"When Should I Edit Tracks?"

Editing Software Instrument versus Real Instrument Tracks

Fixing Flubs and Faux Pas

Punching in and out to replace part of a track.

Just undo it . . . and then redo it

Splitting and joining regions

Silencing mistakes with the track volume control

Rearranging Regions

The arrangement track and markers

Editing Software Instrument Tracks

Changing the tempo of a song

Changing the tempo of song parts

Changing the pitch

Rearranging notes in a region

Sweetening: Add New Material? Or Not?

Percussion

Backing vocals

Greek chorus

Harmony vocals

Special effects

Horns, woodwinds, and strings

Chapter 10 Mixing Tracks into Songs

What Is Mixing?

Creating a Level Playing Field

Roughing it with a rough mix

A fine tune

Level meters: Red = dead

Panning Tracks Left or Right

The Effects of Adding Effects

Equalization or not?

Buying effects

Echo and reverb

Chorus

Doubling Tracks

The copy-and-paste method

The re-recording method

Chapter 11 Mastering Mastering

What, Exactly, Is Mastering?

Before You Master

The Master Track Is for Mastering Tracks

Applying presets and effects to the master track

Using presets

Tweaking effects

Tweaking master EQ

Tweaking master echo and master reverb

Tweaking the compressor and other master effects

Setting the master volume

One More Thing Before You Call It "Done"

Part 4 Making Music with Your iDevice

Chapter 12 Getting Started

Global Settings

Allowing GarageBand access

Global GarageBand preferences

Project-Specific GarageBand Settings

Metronome and count-in

Tempo, time, and key

Tempo

Time and key

Other settings

The Control Bar

Sharing Projects with a Mac (and Vice Versa)

Chapter 13 Making Music with Live Loops

Loop Basics

Find more loops

More about loops

Grokking the loop grid

Working with Loops

Adding Apple loops to cells

Finding a loop you love

Listening to loops.

Keeping your favorite loops at the ready

Types of loops

Working with Cells

Editing cells

Undoing and redoing a loop

Moving cells

Recording into a cell

Adding remix FX

Recording with the Loop Grid

Chapter 14 Laying Down Software Instrument Tracks

Working with Software Instruments

Creating a new software instrument track

Selecting a different instrument

Recording a software instrument track

Working with Tracks

Displaying track headers

Adding loops

Working with regions

Selecting, cutting, copying, and pasting regions

Trimming regions

Editing your performance in software instrument regions

Chapter 15 Recording Vocals and Acoustic Instruments with a Mic

Preparing to record

Recording with a MIDI drum controller

Chapter 16 Recording Guitars and Basses

Changing and modifying stomp box effects

Part 5 Postproduction: Finishing Songs on an iDevice

Chapter 17 Editing and Polishing Tracks

"When Should I Edit Tracks?".

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781394204021

1394204027

OCLC:

1401019542