Garageband Basics

Taken from Parkland High School Music Technology -Allentown, PA
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  1. Transport Controls:
  2. Track Information:
  3. LCD Window:
  4. Track Volume (& VU Meter)/Master Volume:
  5. Media Browser:
  6. Software Instruments:
  7. Setting Up a Guitar (or Bass) Track:
  8. Loop Browser:
  9. Audio Region:
  10. MIDI Regions/Editing MIDI Data:
  11. Zoom Sliders:
  12. Automation/Automation Drop-down Menu:
  13. Track Tools (record, mute, solo, lock):
  14. Resize/Short Cuts:
  15. Master Track/Automation:
  16. Preferences:
  17. “Overdub Recording” in GarageBand:
  18. DSP Plugins (Effects):
  19. LCD’s Chord/Tuner Mode:
  20. Arrangement Track:
  21. Podcast or Video Track:
  22. GarageBand Key Command Short Cuts
  23. Using Garage Band to Transpose a Song Imported from iTunes
  24. A Cool Way to Audition Instruments
  25. Microphone Sound Check
  26. Real Time MIDI Recording
  27. Locking the timeline and editor playheads
  28. Importing a MIDI File