GarageBand For Dummies

Name: GarageBand For Dummies
Brand: Jossey-Bass
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Erschienen am 27. Juli 2023

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Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Not-So-Foolish Assumptions
Conventions Used in This Book
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Starting on a Good Note
Chapter 1 Introducing GarageBand for Macs and iDevices
What Is GarageBand?
What Can You Do with GarageBand?
What Can't You Do with GarageBand?
Checking Your System Requirements
The official requirements for Macs
The official requirements for iDevices
What Else Do You Need to Run GarageBand?
Recording with GarageBand: A Few Teasers
Sneak peek 1: The recording sequence
Sneak peek 2: GarageBand for Mac
Sneak peek 3: GarageBand for iDevices
Chapter 2 Equipping and Setting Up Your Recording Space
Cobbling Together a Studio Without Breaking the Bank
Making the Most of Your Recording Space
Deadening the room
Preventing background noise
Equipping Your Studio: Must-Have Gear versus Good-to-Have Gear
Choosing a Microphone
Dynamic and condenser microphones
Microphone polarity patterns
Microphone preamps
Setting up your microphone
Finding the Right Speakers
Listening with Headphones Without Messing Up the Take
Adding a MIDI Keyboard to Your Setup
Finding a keyboard
Connecting a MIDI keyboard to your computer
Unraveling the Cable and Connector Conundrum
Adding an Audio Interface to Your Setup
Using an audio interface with GarageBand
Shopping for an interface
Perfecting Your Mic Setup
Choosing a mic stand
Recording vocals with pop filters and wind screens
Boosting Your Hard Drive Space
Recording in Tune with a Tuning Device (for Guitarists)
Chapter 3 Introducing Multitrack Recording with GarageBand
Understanding the Role of Stereo in Multitrack Recording
Strolling through the Recording Process, Quickly
Cutting the Tracks ("No Blood on 'em, Mr. Dylan")
Recording tracks on a Mac
Recording tracks on an iDevice
Listening to tracks during recording and playback
Choosing which tracks you hear
Deciding a track's fate: Scrap bin, editing room, or mix?
Changing a track's settings
Changing a track's instrument
Checking levels during recording and playback
Adjusting levels
Polishing tracks
Overdubbing
Sweetening
Mix That Sucka
Overview of mixing
Setting the pan
(Lord and) Mastering
Managing Song Files
Part 2 Making Music on a Mac
Chapter 4 Getting Started
General Pane
Software Instrument Recordings section
Trackpad section: The Enable Force Touch Trackpad check box
Accessibility section: Open Plug-ins in Controls View by Default check box
Reset Warnings button
Audio/MIDI Pane
Devices section
Instruments and Effects section
MIDI section
Metronome Pane
Loops Pane
Keyword Browsing setting
Reset Keyword Layout setting
Loop Browser setting
My Info Pane
Advanced Pane
Audio Recording Resolution setting
Auto Normalize setting
Movie Thumbnail Resolution setting
Chapter 5 Using Loops to Make Music
What Is a Loop, Anyway?
Where to find more loops
Spicing up your songs with loops
Finding the Right Loop with the Loop Browser
Viewing loops in button or column view
Seeing more instruments
Searching for a loop you love
Searching in button view
Searching in column view
Using the search field
Filtering by loop type
Previewing loops
Keeping your favorite loops at the ready
Adding third-party loops to the loop browser
Setting a Loop's Tempo
Adding Loops to Tracks
Dragging and dropping loops
Undoing and redoing a loop
Extending, shortening, and repeating loops
Editing loops: A preview
Reusing an edited loop in a different song
Chapter 6 Recording with MIDI and Software Instruments
What Is MIDI, Anyway?
Controlling Software Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard
Choosing Software Instruments
Recording Tracks with Software Instruments
Altering the Sound of Software Instruments
Delving deeper into Smart controls
Adding and changing plug-in effects
Equalizer
Master echo and reverb
Compressors and other plug-in effects
Compressor
Other plug-ins
Drummer Tracks
Testing Your Changes
Chapter 7 Recording Vocals and Acoustic Instruments with a Mic
Getting Ready to Record
Setting up your mic and recording track
Tweaking the pan to hear vocals better
Positioning the microphone
Setting levels
Adding effects
Checking for unwanted noise
Multitrack Recording
Dave Hamilton on multitrack drum recording
One track at a time
Multiple tracks at once
Recording with a MIDI drum
Recording the Track
Improving the Sound of Recordings
Chapter 8 Recording Electric Guitars and Other Electronic Instruments
Overview from the Top: Direct or Live Recording
Direct Recording with GarageBand's Virtual Amplifiers
Setting up to record
Troubleshooting your setup
Making a too soft instrument louder
Setting levels
Recording the track
Recording Live with an Amplifier and Microphones
Customizing the Sound of Your Guitar Tracks
Changing presets and amp simulators
Editing presets
Making other changes
Part 3 Postproduction: Finishing Songs on a Mac
Chapter 9 Editing and Polishing Tracks
"When Should I Edit Tracks?"
Editing Software Instrument versus Real Instrument Tracks
Fixing Flubs and Faux Pas
Punching in and out to replace part of a track
Just undo it . . . and then redo it
Splitting and joining regions
Silencing mistakes with the track volume control
Rearranging Regions
The arrangement track and markers
Editing Software Instrument Tracks
Changing the tempo of a song
Changing the tempo of song parts
Changing the pitch
Rearranging notes in a region
Sweetening: Add New Material? Or Not?
Percussion
Backing vocals
Greek chorus
Harmony vocals
Special effects
Horns, woodwinds, and strings
Chapter 10 Mixing Tracks into Songs
What Is Mixing?
Creating a Level Playing Field
Roughing it with a rough mix
A fine tune
Level meters: Red = dead
Panning Tracks Left or Right
The Effects of Adding Effects
Equalization or not?
Buying effects
Echo and reverb
Compressor
Chorus
Doubling Tracks
The copy-and-paste method
The re-recording method
Chapter 11 Mastering Mastering
What, Exactly, Is Mastering?
Before You Master
The Master Track Is for Mastering Tracks
Applying presets and effects to the master track
Using presets
Tweaking effects
Tweaking master EQ
Tweaking master echo and master reverb
Tweaking the compressor and other master effects
Setting the master volume
One More Thing Before You Call It "Done"
Part 4 Making Music with Your iDevice
Chapter 12 Getting Started
Global Settings
Allowing GarageBand access
Global GarageBand preferences
Project-Specific GarageBand Settings
Metronome and count-in
Tempo, time, and key
Tempo
Time and key
Other settings
The Control Bar
Sharing Projects with a Mac (and Vice Versa)
Chapter 13 Making Music with Live Loops
Loop Basics
Find more loops
More about loops
Grokking the loop grid
Working with Loops
Adding Apple loops to cells
Finding a loop you love
Listening to loops
Keeping your favorite loops at the ready
Types of loops
Working with Cells
Editing cells
Undoing and redoing a loop
Moving cells
Recording into a cell
Adding remix FX
Recording with the Loop Grid
Chapter 14 Laying Down Software Instrument Tracks
What Is MIDI, Anyway?
Controlling Software Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard
Working with Software Instruments
Creating a new software instrument track
Selecting a different instrument
Recording a software instrument track
Working with Tracks
Displaying track headers
Adding loops
Working with regions
Selecting, cutting, copying, and pasting regions
Splitting and joining regions
Trimming regions
Editing your performance in software instrument regions
Chapter 15 Recording Vocals and Acoustic Instruments with a Mic
Getting Ready to Record
Preparing to record
Positioning the microphone
Setting levels
Adding effects
Tweaking the pan to hear vocals better
Checking for unwanted noise
Multitrack Recording
Dave Hamilton on multitrack drum recording
One track at a time
Multiple tracks at once
Recording with a MIDI drum controller
Recording the Track
Improving the Sound of Recordings
Chapter 16 Recording Guitars and Basses
Overview from the Top: Direct or Live Recording
Direct Recording with GarageBand's Virtual Amplifiers
Setting up to record
Troubleshooting your setup
Making a too soft instrument louder
Setting levels
Recording the track
Recording Live with an Amplifier and Microphones
Customizing the Sound of Your Guitar Tracks
Changing presets and amp simulators
Changing and modifying stomp box effects
Editing presets
Making other changes
Part 5 Postproduction: Finishing Songs on an iDevice
Chapter 17 Editing and Polishing Tracks
"When Should I Edit Tracks?"
Editing Software Instrument versus Real Instrument Tracks
Arranging and Rearranging
Song sections
Fixing Flubs and Faux Pas
Punching in and out to replace part of a track
Just undo it . . . and then redo it
Splitting and joining regions
Silencing mistakes with automation curves
Editing Software Instrument Tracks
Changing the tempo of a song
Changing the pitch
Rearranging notes in a region
Changing a note's velocity
To quantize or not
Sweetening: Add New Material or Not?
Chapter 18 Mixing Tracks into Songs
What Is Mixing?
Creating a Level Playing Field
Roughing it with a rough mix
A fine tune
Level meters: Red = dead
Panning Tracks Left or Right
The Effects of Adding Effects
Equalization or not?
Compressor
Echo and reverb
Chorus
Doubling Tracks
The copy-and-paste method
The re-recording method
Chapter 19 Mastering Mastering
Before You Master
Exporting to a Mac for Mastering
Sharing Songs
Chapter 20 File Compression and Your Music
Understanding Compression
About uncompressed audio files
About compressed audio files
Sharing Your Masterpiece
Sharing your songs from a Mac
Sharing your songs from an iDevice
How Much Compression Can You Stand?
Distributing Your Music
Finding the song file on your Mac
Sending AAC or MP3 files via Mail or Messages
Part 6 The Part of Tens
Chapter 21 Ten Ways to Improve GarageBand's Performance
Starting with the Basics
Checking on FileVault
Paying Attention to CPU and RAM Usage
Checking Out Activity Monitor's CPU and Memory Tabs
Recording: 16 Bits versus 24 Bits
Minimizing the GarageBand Window While Playing or Recording
Getting More RAM
Getting Faster Storage
Turn Off Wi-Fi Before Recording or Performing
Resetting MIDI Drivers
Chapter 22 Ten Ways to Take Your Recordings to the Next Level
Getting a Better Microphone
Making Sure Your Speakers Reproduce Sound Decently
Getting Better Headphones
Fine-Tuning Mic Placement
Improving Room Acoustics
Using Quality Cables
Adding an Audio Interface (and, Optionally, a Mixing Board)
Switch to More Powerful Software
Logic Pro
Pro Tools
Chapter 23 Ten Useful Websites
Learn Songs on Guitar or Bass
Search for free chord charts or tablature
Ultimate-Guitar
GarageBand Karaoke (free MIDI files)
Mix Magazine
MusicRadar
Sweetwater Sound
Musician's Friend
Monoprice
Apple GarageBand Discussion Board
Index
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