GarageBand for Complete Beginners
SAME ICT Conference
Saturday 18th January
UWS - Paisley Campus
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Julie Carrie
East Ayrshire/UWS
[email protected]
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
GarageBand
What is it ?
Where can you find it ?
How can you use it?
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Getting Started
Locating GarageBand on your computer
Create a blank project
Create tracks
Software tracks
Real tracks
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Getting Started - Editors
 For Real Instruments
Recorded sounds look like an audio wave
For Software Instruments
Computer generated sounds which can be
viewed in different ways i.e. graphic & notation
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Getting Started - Loops & Track Information
 What are loops?
 Where do we find them?
 What can they do?
 Obtaining Track Information
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Creating a Song
Important features to consider
 Tempo
 Time Signature
 Key Signature
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Once you become familiar with GarageBand and its
functions you can start to add effects which will
enhance the track.
These functions could include:
 Fade In/Out
 Change of Key Signature
 Change of Tempo
 Copy/Cut/Pasting of tracks
 Splitting / Joining tracks
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Once you have completed a track you can
save it and export the track to iTunes or
save it to disk.
Once you have saved all the tracks you want
you can then create a playlist in iTunes and
burn a CD.
GarageBand for Complete Beginners
Any Questions?