GarageBand Help

Answers to Your GarageBand Questions

GarageBand basics

Connect music equipment. Create and save projects. Set project tempo, key, time signature, and length. Play projects, move the playhead, and move around in the timeline.

Working with tracks

Add, select, move, lock, and rename tracks. Change the track instrument, add and adjust track effects, set track input, and monitor input. Edit and save instrument presets. Import audio and MIDI files.

Using Apple Loops

Find and preview Apple Loops using the loop browser. Add loops to a project. Make your own Apple Loops, customize the loop browser, and more.

Working with Real Instruments

Play and record Real Instruments, including guitars and basses. Edit Real Instrument regions. Use the metronome and the instrument tuner.

Working with Software Instruments

Play and record Software Instruments using a music keyboard, the onscreen keyboard, or Musical Typing. Edit Software Instrument regions. View and edit regions as music notation. Use Soundfonts in Software Instrument tracks.

Editing and arranging regions

Edit regions in the timeline and the editor by moving, looping, resizing, and more. Use the grid to align regions with measures and beats.

Mixing and adding effects

Set track volume and pan. Add and adjust effects. Edit and save effect presets. Automate changes using volume, pan, and tempo curves. Edit the master track, and more.

Creating podcasts

Create audio and video podcast episodes. Add artwork, markers, and URLs. Use podcast sounds, and send a podcast episode to iWeb or export it.

Scoring an iMovie or video

Send an iMovie project to GarageBand, view the video as you work, edit the video's audio track, add markers and URLs, send the finished movie to iDVD or export as a QuickTime movie.

Sharing your projects

Send projects to iTunes and other iLife applications. Export a project as a podcast episode or a QuickTime movie.

 

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