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