GarageBand Help

• GarageBand basics
  • What is GarageBand?
  • GarageBand at a glance
    • The GarageBand window
    • Tracks area
    • Library
    • Smart Controls
    • Editors
      • Audio Editor
      • Piano Roll Editor
      • Score Editor
      • Drummer Editor
    • Note Pad
    • Loop Browser
    • Media Browser
  • Connect devices
    • Connect a microphone
    • Connect an electric guitar
    • Connect a music keyboard
  • Work with projects
    • Overview
    • Create, save, and delete projects
    • Play and navigate projects
      • Play a project
      • Move the playhead
      • Control playback with the transport buttons
      • Keep the playhead visible
      • Use the cycle area
      • Scroll and zoom in the Tracks area
    • Set project properties
      • Project properties overview
      • Set the tempo
      • Set the key and scale
      • Set the time signature
      • Set the project end point
    • Set the project playback volume
  • Work with tracks
    • Overview
    • Track basics
      • Create tracks
      • Create a Drummer track
      • Rename tracks
      • Change track icons
      • Reorder tracks
      • Delete tracks
    • Use the track header controls
      • Track header overview
      • Mute tracks
      • Solo tracks
      • Set track volume levels
      • Set track pan positions
      • Enable tracks for recording
      • Turn on input monitoring for audio tracks
      • Lock tracks
    • Change the sound of a track using patches
      • Patches overview
      • Choose a patch
      • Search for patches by name
      • Save custom patches
    • Control timing with the groove track
  • Undo and redo edits in GarageBand
  • Download additional sounds and loops
  • How to get help
• Record your voice or a musical instrument
  • Overview
  • Record audio
    • Before recording audio
    • Record sound from a microphone or an electric instrument
    • Record multiple audio takes
    • Record to multiple audio tracks
  • Record software instruments
    • Before recording software instruments
    • Play software instruments
    • Record software instruments
    • Record additional software instrument takes
    • Overdub software instrument recordings
    • Record to multiple software instrument tracks
  • Choose and delete takes
  • Use the metronome
  • Use the Tuner
• Use prerecorded media
  • Overview
  • Use Apple Loops in your projects
    • What are Apple Loops?
    • Search for Apple Loops
    • Play Apple Loops
    • Access your favorite Apple Loops
    • Add Apple Loops to your projects
    • Create your own Apple Loops
    • Add third-party Apple Loops
    • Customize the Loop Browser
  • Use the Media Browser
  • Import audio and MIDI files
• Create a song arrangement
  • Overview
  • Position items using the ruler
  • Position items using alignment guides
  • Snap items to the grid
  • Arrange regions in the Tracks area
    • What are regions?
    • Select regions
    • Cut, copy, and paste regions
    • Move regions
    • Loop regions
    • Resize regions
    • Split regions
    • Join regions
    • Create regions in the Tracks area
    • Rename regions in the Tracks area
    • Delete regions
• Edit regions
  • Overview
  • Edit audio regions in the Audio Editor
    • Overview
    • Edit audio regions
    • Quantize the timing of audio regions
    • Transpose audio regions
    • Correct the pitch of regions on an audio track
    • Edit the timing of notes and beats
    • Delete, reset, and move flex markers
  • Edit MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor
    • Overview
    • Add notes
    • Edit notes
    • Quantize the timing of notes
    • Transpose regions
    • Rename MIDI regions
    • Edit controller information
  • View and edit music notation in the Score Editor
    • Score Editor overview
    • View music notation
    • Add notes to the score
    • Edit notes in the Score Editor
    • Quantize the timing of notes
    • Rename MIDI regions in the Score Editor
    • Print music notation
  • Edit Drummer regions in the Drummer Editor
    • Drummer Editor overview
    • Choose genres and drummers
    • Choose drummer presets
    • Edit a drummer’s performance
    • Follow the rhythm of another track
• Mix and automate
  • What is mixing?
  • Automate mix and effect settings
    • Show track automation curves
    • Add and adjust automation points
    • Select, copy, move, and delete automation
• Use Smart Controls
  • Overview
  • Use the Transform Pad
  • Add and edit effect plug-ins
  • Use Audio Units plug-ins with GarageBand
  • Use the EQ effect
  • Use amps and pedals
    • Amps and pedals overview
    • Amp Designer
      • Overview
      • Choose an amp model
      • Create a custom amp model
      • Use the amp EQ controls
      • Use the amp controls
      • Use the amp effects
      • Use the microphone
    • Bass Amp Designer
      • Bass Amp Designer overview
      • Choose a bass amp model
      • Create a custom bass amp model
      • Use the bass amp controls
      • Use the bass amp effects
      • Choose and place the microphone
      • Use the direct box
      • Bass Amp Designer signal flow
    • Pedalboard
      • Overview
      • View and add pedals
      • Reorder, replace, and remove pedals
      • Control pedal routing
  • Use the Arpeggiator
  • Compare an edited Smart Control with its saved settings
• Make changes to the overall project
  • Overview
  • Work with the master track
  • Build a project with arrangement markers
    • Add arrangement markers
    • Edit arrangement markers
  • Create tempo changes with the Tempo track
    • Tempo track overview
    • Add and edit tempo points
    • Move and copy tempo points
  • Create key changes with the Transposition track
    • Transposition track overview
    • Add and edit transposition points
  • Use a movie in a GarageBand project
    • Add a movie
    • Show the Movie track
    • Create a soundtrack
    • Add the soundtrack to the movie
• Learn to play guitar or piano
  • Play a lesson
  • Choose the input source for your guitar
  • Customize the lesson window
  • See how well you played a lesson
  • Measure your progress over time
  • Slow down a lesson
  • Change the mix of a lesson
  • View full-page notation
  • View glossary topics
  • Practice guitar chords
  • Tune your guitar in a lesson
  • Open lessons in the GarageBand window
  • Get additional Learn to Play lessons
  • If your lesson doesn’t finish downloading
• Share projects
  • Overview
  • Share songs to iTunes
  • Share songs as ringtones
  • Save and open projects via iCloud
  • Share audio files to the Media Browser
  • Share songs using AirDrop
  • Share songs using MailDrop
  • Share songs to SoundCloud
  • Export songs to disk
  • Burn songs to CD
• Preferences and keyboard shortcuts
  • GarageBand preferences
    • Overview
    • General preferences
    • Audio/MIDI preferences
    • Loops preferences
    • My Info preferences
    • Advanced preferences
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Force Touch trackpad gestures
• Glossary