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Adding a new track

You can add new tracks to a project. When you add a track, you choose whether to make it a Real Instrument or Software Instrument track.

New track button

To add a new track:

  1. Click the Add Track button, or choose Track > New Track.
  2. In the New Track dialog, select the type of track you want by clicking the Real Instrument or Software Instrument button, then click Create.
  3. The new track appears in the timeline, and the Track Info pane opens.

  4. In the Track Info pane, select an instrument category from the list on the left, then select the instrument you want to use from the list on the right.
  5. If the track is a Real Instrument track, select the input format by clicking either the Mono or Stereo format button, then choose the input channel from the Input pop-up menu.
  6. If your instrument is connected to your computer with a single (mono) cable, select Mono format. If your instrument is connected with a pair of stereo cables, select Stereo format.

  7. If you want, turn on monitoring for a Real Instrument track by choosing On from the Monitor pop-up menu. Monitoring lets you hear the track’s instrument as you play and record.

New track sheet

You can quickly add a basic Real Instrument track. To learn how, see Related Topics below.

The number of new Real and Software Instrument tracks you can add to a project is determined by the Maximum Number of Tracks settings in the Advanced pane of GarageBand Preferences.

Related Topics

Adding a basic Real Instrument track

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