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 full-featured recording studio. Plummer offers a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of GarageBand 2 - 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.
Through practical, step-by-step lessons using great-sounding recordings, you'll learn how to turn your Mac into more than 50 instruments; record with any MIDI keyboard, guitar, or microphone; master track editing; use hundreds of pre-recorded loops to add virtual musicians; and much more.
Lesson 1 Working with the interface 1
Lesson 2 Working with tracks in the timeline 47
Lesson 3 Working with software instruments 89
Lesson 4 Working with real instruments 147
Lesson 5 Working with Apple loops 211
Lesson 6 Arranging music with GarageBand 243
Lesson 7 Mixing and effects 283
Lesson 8 Sharing your finished songs 337
Lesson 9 Advanced GarageBand tips and techniques 367
Appendix Logic for GarageBand users
Author Descriptions
Mary Plummer is a professional musician, composer, and video editor who has edited and scored music videos, documentaries, and independent feature films. An Apple Certified Trainer, she is the co-owner of In Vision Digital and Media Arts Inc;, an Apple Authorized Training Center located at Universal Studios in Orlando, florida. Mary’s Original music has been used in film and video projects from coast to coast. Mary’s other books include Apple Pro Training Series : Soundtrack and Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Motion.