GarageBand User Guide

GarageBand User Guide

• Welcome
• GarageBand basics
  • What is GarageBand?
  • GarageBand at a glance
    • GarageBand at a glance
    • The GarageBand main window
    • Tracks area
    • Library
    • Smart Controls
    • Editors
      • Audio Editor
      • Piano Roll Editor
      • Score Editor
      • Drummer Editor
    • Note Pad
    • Loop Browser
  • Connect devices
    • Connect a microphone
    • Connect an electric guitar
    • Connect a music keyboard
  • Work with projects
    • Intro to projects
    • Create, save, and delete projects
    • Play and navigate 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
    • Set project properties
      • Intro to project properties
      • Set the tempo
      • Set the key and scale
      • Set the time signature
      • Set the project end point
    • Set the project playback volume
  • Work with tracks
    • Intro to tracks
    • Track basics
      • Create tracks
      • Create a Drummer track
      • Rename tracks
      • Change track icons
      • Change track colors
      • Reorder tracks
      • Delete tracks
    • Use the track header controls
      • 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
    • Change the sound of a track using patches
      • Intro to patches
      • Choose a patch
      • View patches for a particular sound pack
      • 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
• Record your voice or a musical instrument
  • Intro to Recording
  • Record audio
    • Before recording audio
    • Record to an audio track
    • Record multiple audio takes
    • Record to multiple audio tracks
  • Record software instruments
    • 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
• Use loops, manage and import media
  • Intro to media files
  • Use Apple Loops in your projects
    • Apple Loops in GarageBand
    • Search for Apple Loops
    • Play Apple Loops
    • Set your favorite Apple Loops
    • Add Apple Loops to a project
    • Create custom Apple Loops
    • Add third-party Apple Loops to the Loop Browser
    • Customize the Loop Browser
  • Import audio and MIDI files
  • Use a movie in a GarageBand project
    • Add a movie to your project
    • Show the Movie track
    • Create a movie soundtrack
    • Add the soundtrack to the movie
• Add drummers to your project
  • Overview of Drummer
  • Intro to the Drummer Editor
  • Choose genres and drummers
  • Choose drummer presets
  • Edit drummer regions
  • Follow the rhythm of another track
• Create a song arrangement
  • Intro to arranging
  • Position items using the ruler
  • Position items using alignment guides
  • Snap items to the grid
  • Arrange regions in the Tracks area
    • 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
• Edit regions
  • Intro to the Editor
  • Edit audio regions in the Audio Editor
    • Intro to the Audio Editor
    • Edit audio regions in the Audio Editor
    • Quantize 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
  • Edit MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor
    • Intro to the Piano Roll Editor
    • Add notes in the Piano Roll Editor
    • Edit notes in the Piano Roll Editor
    • Quantize 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
  • Edit music notation in the Score Editor
    • Intro to the Score Editor
    • 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
• Mix and automate
  • Mixing in GarageBand
  • Automate mix and effect settings
    • Show track automation curves
    • Add and edit automation points
    • Select and move automation
• Use Smart Controls
  • 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
  • Use amps and pedals
    • Amps and pedals overview
    • Amp Designer
      • 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
      • 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
      • Pedalboard overview
      • View and add pedals
      • Reorder, replace, and remove pedals
      • Control pedal routing
  • Compare an edited Smart Control with its saved settings
• Make changes to the overall project
  • Intro to global changes
  • Work with the master track
  • Build a project with arrangement markers
    • Add arrangement markers
    • Edit arrangement markers
  • Create tempo changes with the Tempo track
    • Intro to the Tempo track
    • Add and edit tempo points
    • Move and copy tempo points
  • Create key changes with the Transposition track
    • Intro to the Transposition track
    • Add and edit transposition points
• Learn to play guitar or piano
  • Play a lesson
  • Choose the input source for your guitar
  • Customize 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
  • Practice 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
• Share projects
  • Intro to Sharing
  • Share songs to the Music app
  • Use AirDrop to share songs
  • Use Mail to share songs
  • Share a project to GarageBand for iOS
  • Export songs to disk or iCloud
  • Burn a song to a CD
  • Compress a GarageBand project
• GarageBand settings and keyboard shortcuts
  • GarageBand settings
    • Intro to settings
    • Set General settings
    • Change Audio/MIDI settings
    • Change Metronome settings
    • Change Loops settings
    • Change My Info settings
    • Change Advanced settings
  • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Intro to keyboard shortcuts
    • Main window shortcuts
    • Editors shortcuts
    • Global tracks shortcuts
  • Force Touch trackpad gestures
• Touch Bar shortcuts
• Glossary
• Copyright