
Editing Real Instrument regions
You can edit regions in the editor. The editor is like a microscope showing a close-up view of part of a track in the timeline. When you view a track or a region in the editor, the information you see depends on the type of track or region selected.
For Real Instrument tracks, the editor shows a waveform of the regions in the track. You can rename Real Instrument regions, and transpose regions created from Real Instrument loops (blue) or from Real Instrument recordings (purple), but not from imported audio files (orange). You can also set whether Real Instrument recordings and loops follow the project tempo.
The editor also has its own beat ruler and playhead, and has several controls, including a horizontal zoom slider, a region name field, and a Transpose slider.
The editor has its own grid, which you can set independently of the main timeline. Click the Grid button (with the ruler icon) in the upper-right corner of the editor to set the grid value.
You can also resize the editor to give yourself more room to work. To resize the editor, drag the area of the GarageBand window above the editor, either to the left of the Record button or to the right of the time display.
To show the editor:
Click the Editor button (the button with the scissors icon), or double-click the region you want to edit.
To learn more about notes and pitch, see the Glossary.
