GarageBand2: The Missing Manual

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Author: David Pogue

ISBN-10: 0596100353

ISBN-13: 9780596100353

Category: Applications - Mac Users

Whether you're a professional musician or a mere novice, Apple's GarageBand software has everything you need to produce commercial-quality recordings entirely on your own. Just imagine how many thousands of singers and instrumentalists remain undiscovered because they lack the capability to produce viable demos. Well, no more.\ Now there's no need to assemble a backup band or book time at a professional studio—GarageBand has it covered. And GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual gives you the...

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While Pogue welcomes this addition to Apple Computer's iLife creative suite, the New York Times tech columnist faults GarageBand version 2's continued lack of printed instructions. He explains how to use this user-friendly music program's new song-construction tools, e.g., multiple-track recording and the vocal transformer, to create a hit and export it to iTunes. He also offers tips for treating its high memory and power demands, and a crash course in musical concepts. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ch. 1Setting up the Garage11Ch. 2Loops29Ch. 3Regions49Ch. 4Software instruments (MIDI)69Ch. 5Editing software instrument parts89Ch. 6Recording and editing live audio109Ch. 7Effects, guitar amps, and instrument modules125Ch. 8Mixing and publishing145Ch. 9Adding on, moving up171Ch. 10The speed chapter197Ch. 11Troubleshooting209App. AThe GarageBand music crash course221App. BGarageBand, menu by menu229App. CGarageBand 2 keyboard shortcuts241