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Using ReWire applications with GarageBand

You can use GarageBand with music software applications that support Propellerhead Software’s ReWire functionality. GarageBand’s ReWire support lets you synchronize the two applications so that they play at the same time, and use the sounds and features from both applications to create a single project.

When you use GarageBand with a ReWire application, the ReWire application syncs to the tempo of the GarageBand project, and to GarageBand’s transport controls and playhead position. GarageBand acts as the “host,” and the ReWire application acts as the “client.”

The audio from the ReWire application is mixed into the GarageBand project when you play the project or export it to iTunes. The output volume level of the ReWire application determines its volume in the GarageBand project.

To use a ReWire application with GarageBand:

  1. Open the project in GarageBand.
  2. Open the ReWire application. Be sure you open the ReWire application after opening the project in GarageBand.
  3. Use the GarageBand transport controls to play the project, move the playhead, or record. The ReWire application syncs with the GarageBand transport controls.
  4. Set the output level in the ReWire application to control its volume in the GarageBand project.
  5. When you export the project to iTunes, the output from the ReWire application is mixed with the GarageBand project.
  6. When you are finished, quit the ReWire application before you quit GarageBand.

For more information about a specific ReWire application, refer to the documentation that came with the application.

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