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Table of Contents

  • Welcome
    • What is GarageBand?
      • GarageBand at a glance
      • The GarageBand main window
      • Tracks area
      • Library
      • Smart Controls
        • Audio Editor
        • Piano Roll Editor
        • Score Editor
        • Drummer Editor
      • Note Pad
      • Loop Browser
      • Connect a microphone
      • Connect an electric guitar
      • Connect a music keyboard
      • Intro to projects
      • Create, save and delete projects
        • Play a project
        • Move the playhead
        • Control playback with the transport buttons
        • Keep the playhead visible
        • Use the cycle area
        • Scroll and zoom in the Tracks area
      • Control projects remotely using Logic Remote
        • Intro to project properties
        • Set the tempo
        • Set the key and scale
        • Set the time signature
        • Set the project endpoint
      • Set the project playback volume
      • Intro to tracks
        • Create tracks
        • Create a Drummer track
        • Rename tracks
        • Change track icons
        • Change track colours
        • Reorder tracks
        • Delete tracks
        • Intro to track headers
        • Mute tracks
        • Solo tracks
        • Set track volume levels
        • Set track pan positions
        • Enable tracks for recording
        • Turn on input monitoring for audio tracks
        • Lock tracks
        • Intro to patches
        • Choose a patch
        • Search for patches by name
        • Save custom patches
        • Use percussion performance patches
      • Control timing with the groove track
    • Undo and redo edits in GarageBand
    • Get more sounds and loops
    • Get help
    • Intro to Recording
      • Before recording audio
      • Record to an audio track
      • Record multiple audio takes
      • Record to multiple audio tracks
      • Before recording software instruments
      • Play software instruments
      • Record software instruments
      • Record multiple software instrument takes
      • Overdub software instrument takes
      • Record to multiple software instrument tracks
    • Choose and delete takes
    • Use the metronome
    • Use the Tuner
    • Intro to media files
      • Apple Loops in GarageBand
      • Search for Apple Loops
      • Play Apple Loops
      • Set your favourite Apple Loops
      • Add Apple Loops to a project
      • Create custom Apple Loops
      • Add third-party Apple Loops to the Loop Browser
      • Customise the Loop Browser
    • Import audio and MIDI files
      • Add a movie to your project
      • Show the Movie track
      • Create a video soundtrack
      • Add the soundtrack to the movie
    • Overview of Drummer
    • Intro to the Drummer Editor
    • Choose genres and drummers
    • Choose drummer presets
    • Edit drummer regions
    • Follow the rhythm of another track
    • Intro to arranging
    • Position items using the ruler
    • Position items using alignment guides
    • Snap items to the grid
      • What are regions?
      • Select regions
      • Cut, copy and paste regions
      • Move regions
      • Loop regions
      • Resize regions
      • Split regions
      • Join regions
      • Create regions
      • Rename regions
      • Delete regions
    • Intro to the Editor
      • Intro to the Audio Editor
      • Edit audio regions in the Audio Editor
      • Quantise the timing of audio regions
      • Transpose audio regions
      • Correct the pitch of audio regions
      • Edit the note and beat timing
      • Play an audio region in reverse
      • Set and move flex markers
      • Intro to the Piano Roll Editor
      • Add notes in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Edit notes in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Quantize the note timing in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Transpose regions in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Rename MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Use automation in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Intro to the Score Editor
      • View tracks as music notation
      • Add notes to a score
      • Edit notes in the Score Editor
      • Quantize note timing in the Score Editor
      • Rename MIDI regions in the Score Editor
      • Print music notation
    • Mixing in GarageBand
      • Show track automation curves
      • Add and edit automation points
      • Select and move automation
    • Smart Controls overview
    • Smart Control types
    • Use the Transform Pad
    • Use the Arpeggiator
    • Add and edit effect plug-ins
    • Use effects on the master track
    • Use Audio Units plug-ins
    • Use the EQ effect
      • Amps and pedals overview
        • Amp Designer overview
        • Choose an amp model
        • Create a custom amp model
        • Use the amp EQ controls
        • Use the amp controls
        • Use the amp effects
        • Use the amp microphone
        • Bass Amp Designer overview
        • Choose a bass amp model
        • Create a custom bass amp model
        • Use the bass amp controls
        • Use the bass amp effects
        • Choose and place the bass amp microphone
        • Use the direct box
        • Change the Bass Amp Designer signal flow
        • Pedalboard overview
        • View and add pedals
        • Reorder, replace and remove pedals
        • Control pedal routing
    • Compare an edited Smart Control with its saved settings
    • Intro to global changes
    • Work with the master track
      • Add arrangement markers
      • Edit arrangement markers
      • Intro to the Tempo track
      • Add and edit tempo points
      • Move and copy tempo points
      • Intro to the Transposition track
      • Add and edit transposition points
    • Play a lesson
    • Choose the input source for your guitar
    • Customise the lesson window
    • See how well you played a lesson
    • Measure your progress over time
    • Slow down a lesson
    • Change the mix of a lesson
    • View full-page music notation
    • View glossary topics
    • Practise guitar chords
    • Tune your guitar in a lesson
    • Open lessons in the GarageBand window
    • Get additional Learn to Play lessons
    • If your lesson doesn’t finish downloading
    • Intro to Sharing
    • Share songs to the Music app
    • Use iCloud with projects
    • Use AirDrop to share songs
    • Use MailDrop to share songs
    • Share songs to SoundCloud
    • Use iCloud to share a project to for iOS
    • Export songs to disk
    • Burn a song to a CD
      • Intro to preferences
      • Set General preferences
      • Set Audio/MIDI preferences
      • Set Metronome preferences
      • Set Loops preferences
      • Set My Info preferences
      • Set Advanced preferences
      • Intro to Keyboard shortcuts
      • Main window shortcuts
      • Editors shortcuts
      • Global tracks shortcuts
    • Force Touch trackpad gestures
  • Touch Bar shortcuts
  • Glossary

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