Course For GarageBand '09 101 Tutorials1.4 - App Store

4-hours of GarageBand '09 tutorial-videos. Download the HD version of this tutorial from: www.macProVideo.com.

For this GarageBand Core training, we retained the instructional services of one of the best musicians in the world - J.F. Brissette (formerly the Musical Director of Cirque Du Soliel's "O" in Las Vegas).

In this 4-hour tutorial you'll learn how to record, edit, and mix real music in GarageBand. Created from a playing musician's point of view, you'll start with an exploration of how GarageBand's interface works, then move directly on to recording your first musical takes. From selecting and trouble-shooting your audio interface, to setting up a metronome and working with tempo, you'll learn all the tricks you need to know to lay down great sounding audio.

If you don't have a full band at your disposal, don't worry! The tutorial next moves on to explore audio loops. You'll learn now to select and audition loops, how to add loops to your song, how to edit and effect loops, and more.

In the second half of the tutorial you'll explore techniques for arranging your song. This section is followed by a detailed exploration of mixing techniques that will show you how to get the best sound possible out of your arrangement.

Once the song is finished, it's time to share it with the world. The tutorial ends by showing you how to create a final song file. You'll even learn how to turn your arrangement into a custom ring tone, or add it to iTunes so you can listen to it any time you want!

Table of Contents:

01. Welcome

02. Looking at the Timeline

03. The Playhead

04. Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

05. The Master Track

06. Track Headers

07. The LCD

08. A Look at the Inspector

09. The Browse Tab

10. The Edit Tab

11. The Master Track s FX

12. Playing with Track FX

13. Customizing Settings

14. Saving a Custom Instrument

15. MIDI & Audio Configuration

16. Creating a New Song

17. Tempo & Key Signature Trick

18. Various Tracks Explained

19. Recording Software Instruments

20. Metronome Settings

21. The Onscreen Keyboard

22. Musical Typing

23. Some Keyboard Shortcuts

24. Recording Real Instruments

25. Using Cycle Recording

26. Multi-Take Regions

27. Setting Up Multi-Track Recording

28. Multi-Track Recording

29. Importing an Audio File

30. Importing a MIDI File

31. Loop Browsing Intro

32. Examining the Loop Browser

33. Loop Key Oddity

34. Limiting Loop Search

35. The Column View

36. The Podcast View

37. The Favorites Category

38. Blue and Green

39. Editing Green Apple Loops

40. Saving our Edits

41. Matching the Bass and Guitar

42. Fine-Tuning Our Edit

43. Joining Regions Before Saving

44. Working with the Drums Loop

45. Overdubbing New Sounds

46. Copying Data Between Regions

47. Kick and Snare Edit

48. Working with Velocities

49. Saving the Finished Drums Loop

50. Preparing to Edit Blue Loops

51. Copying and Pasting Regions

52. Keyboard Shortcuts for LCD

53. Editing the Guitar Solo Loop

54. Three New Parts are Born

55. Edits Explained

56. Transposing Audio

57. "On the Run" Explained

58. The Arrangement Track

59. Creating an Arrange Region

60. Moving and Copying Arrange Regions

61. Deleting Arrange Regions

62. Arrange Region Tips

63. Replacing Regions

64. Finalizing the Arrangement

65. Intro to Mixing

66. Preparing the Rhythm Section

67. Automation Track Intro

68. Creating Control Points

69. Copying Control Points

70. Automation Track vs Volume Slider

71. Panning Automation

72. More Panning Automation

73. FX Automation

74. On the Fly Mixing

75. Going for a 2nd Pass

76. Save Your Mixes!

77. Sharing Your Song

78. Creating a Ringtone

79. Sending Song to iTunes

80. Moving Tracks to a Different Project

81. Preparing and Exporting

82. Checking our Exported Track

83. Bringing Our New Tracks In

84. About that Drum Loop

85. Preparing for Mixing

86. Conclusion

Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.