GarageBand Essential Training

Course details

GarageBand is one of the most accessible, affordable, and easy-to-learn recording software options around. It comes free on every new Mac, and its simple interface means you spend less time learning the software and more time making music. This course gives you a head start. Instructor Garrick Chow shows how to create your first project using the prerecorded loops, virtual drummer, and software instruments built into GarageBand. These features allow you to create an entire song without knowing how to play a single instrument. But if you want to record a live performance, GarageBand has you covered. Garrick also shows how to record real instruments in GarageBand, and how to use the Amp Designer to craft your own unique guitar sounds. Then learn how to arrange, edit, and mix your projects using the Arrangement track and the built-in effects. Last but not least, Garrick shows how to export your song from GarageBand and share it with the world.

Learning objectives
Creating a new project
Adding tracks
Working with loops
Recording software instrument tracks
Getting real sounds into your Mac
Recording and compositing multiple tracks
Arranging, editing, and mixing your project
Sharing your music with others

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Capture your musical visions with GarageBand

1. Getting Started

02 - Understand the GarageBand layout
03 - Create a new project
04 - Add tracks
05 - Understand region types
06 - Work with the Tempo track

2. Working with Loops and Drummer

07 - Browse the loop library
08 - Understand the difference between Software and Real Instrument loops
09 - Add loops to your project and customize them
10 - Change loop settings
11 - Transpose loops
12 - Import audio tracks
13 - Use Drummer to create custom drumbeats

3. Working with Software Instruments

14 - Understand MIDI and Musical Typing
15 - Connect a keyboard controller
16 - Record a software instrument track
17 - Cycle recording
18 - Split a drum track into multiple tracks
19 - Edit software tracks
20 - Create a click track
21 - Working with synth sounds

4. Working with Real Instruments

22 - Get real sounds into your Mac
23 - Set input levels
24 - Record a Real Instrument track
25 - Record and composite multiple takes
26 - Enable simultaneous multitrack recording
27 - Customize the guitar sound
28 - Customize the bass sound
29 - Fix timing issues with Flex Time and groove matching

5. Arranging, Editing, and Mixing Your Project

30 - Get organized
31 - Use the Arrangement track
32 - Equalizing tracks
33 - Use plugins
34 - Automate volume and panning
35 - Lock tracks to improve system performance
36 - Mixing
37 - Use the master track

6. Exporting, Sharing, and Archiving Your Project

38 - Use the Share menu
39 - Save your project to iCloud to access from other Macs
40 - Archive your project

Conculsion

41 - Next steps