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Tony Bove has played harmonica since he was nine, in various bands you never heard of (such as the Graceful Duck, the Mystic Valley Ramblers, and the Great Next Whatever). But as a founding member of the Flying Other Brothers (www.flyingotherbros.com), Tony has recently performed with Hall-of-Fame rockers and now uses GarageBand to compose songs. Tony has kicked around the computer industry for decades, editing the influential Inside Report on New Media newsletter and writing for weekly and monthly magazines, including Computer Currents, Nextworld, The Chicago Tribune Sunday Technology Section, and NewMedia. He also cofounded and edited Desktop Publishing/Publish magazine. Computer trade shows and conferences were known for their informal music gatherings, and Tony was a founding member of Random Axes and other nerd-musician configurations at these events. When not playing music or doing all those other things, Tony found time to write 20 books on computing, desktop publishing, and multimedia, including The iLife ’04 Book with Andy Ihnatko, iLife All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and iPod and iTunes For Dummies with Cheryl Rhodes, and a series of books about Macromedia Director, Adobe Illustrator, and PageMaker. Tony has also worked as a director of enterprise marketing for a large software company and as a communications director and technical publications manager. (Got work? Look him up at his site, www.rockument.com/bove.html.) Tracing the personal computer revolution back to the Sixties counterculture, Tony went out on a limb and produced a CD-ROM documentary in 1996, Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties (featuring music from the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and the Jefferson Airplane). Tony also developed the Rockument music site (www.rockument.com), with commentary and radio programs focused on rock music history.

Foreword

vii

Preface

Acknowledgments

xiii

About the Author

Contents

xvii

Part 1: Kick Out the Jams

Chapter 1: Songs in the Key of iLife

(14)

What You Have...and What You Need

(5)

The minimalist Mac musician

(1)

Get your MIDI mojo working

(2)

Instruments and microphones

(1)

Welcome to Your New Studio

(3)

Opening a song

(2)

Playing a song

(1)

Starting a New Song Project

(5)

Setting the tempo

(1)

Setting the time signature

(1)

Setting the key

(3)

Chapter 2: Adding Prerecorded Loops

(16)

Types of Loops

(2)

Real Instrument loops

(1)

Software Instrument loops

(1)

Browsing for Loops

(6)

Browse view

(1)

Column view

(1)

Marking favorite loops

(1)

Matching the song's key

(4)

Sorting loops

(1)

Playing Loops

(4)

Modifying Tempo and Key

(2)

Installing More Loops

(1)

Chapter 3: Making Music Tracks

(16)

Adding Tracks and Regions

(6)

Creating and deleting a track

(2)

Recording a region of music

(2)

Changing the beat ruler and timeline

(2)

Working with Regions

(5)

Moving, copying, and, pasting regions

(2)

Looping, shortening, and extending regions

(2)

Splitting and joining regions

(1)

Adding a Song as a Track

(1)

Importing a MIDI Sequence

(3)

Chapter 4: Mixing the Tracks

(8)

Using the Track Mixer

(2)

Adjusting volume

(1)

Setting the pan position

(1)

Using the Master Track

(5)

Setting volume for all the tracks

(1)

Setting standard effects

(3)

Chapter 5: Playing in iTunes

(14)

Getting to Know Your New Jukebox

(3)

Exporting to iTunes

(3)

Setting up the song info

(1)

Mixing down

(2)

Converting the Song Format

(3)

Customizing Your Encoder Settings

(2)

Playing Songs

(2)

Part II: Careful with That Axe, Eugene

(60)

Chapter 6: Using Software Instruments

(18)

Recording with MIDI

(12)

Choosing a Software Instrument

(2)

Switching a track's Software Instrument

(2)

Playing the onscreen keyboard

(1)

Playing the MidiKeys keyboard

(2)

Using a MIDI keyboard or instrument

(4)

Setting Instrument Effects

(3)

Saving Your Software Instrument

(3)

Chapter 7: Using Real Instruments

(20)

The Limitations of Audio Input

(1)

Connecting Instruments and Microphones

(9)

Setting up a mixer or audio interface

(5)

Using a microphone

100

(2)

Choosing a Real Instrument Sound

102

(2)

Changing Real Instrument Effects

104

(4)

Saving Real Instrument Settings

108

(3)

Chapter 8: Recording and Performing

111

(20)

Setting the Tempo and Time Signature

112

(5)

Setting the metronome and Count In

112

(1)

Changing the time signature

112

(4)

Changing the tempo

116

(1)

Recording Techniques

117

(6)

Recording into a cycle region

119

(3)

Recording vocals

122

(1)

Performing with GarageBand Effects

123

(10)

Using the simulated amplifier and effects

124

(4)

Looping live

128

(3)

Part III: In Search of the Lost Chord

131

(54)

Chapter 9 Editing Tracks

133

(12)

Opening the Track Editor

133

(2)

Editing Real Instrument Tracks

135

(4)

Copying and pasting regions

136

(1)

Transposing Real Instrument loops

137

(1)

Shifting regions in time

137

(2)

Editing Software Instrument Tracks

139

(6)

Editing the notes played

139

(1)

Fixing the timing of notes

140

(1)

Transposing to a new key

141

(1)

Editing controller information

142

(3)

Chapter 10: All About Effects

145

(26)

Setting Effects for Tracks

146

(5)

Setting effects for a single track

147

(2)

Setting effects for all tracks

149

(2)

Generating the Sound

151

(4)

Software Instrument Generator

151

(1)

Amplifier Simulation

151

(4)

Standard Effects

155

(4)

Gate and Compress or

156

(1)

Equalizer

157

(1)

Echo and reverb

158

(1)

Special Effects

159

(8)

Built-in effects

159

(4)

Audio Unit effects

163

(4)

Saving and Deleting Effect Presets

167

(4)

Saving effects presets

167

(1)

Deleting effects presets

168

(3)

Chapter 11: Mixing and Shaping the Sound

171

(14)

Listening to Tracks

171

(2)

Muting a track

172

(1)

Soloing a track

172

(1)

Setting the Track Pan Position and Volume

173

(4)

Adjusting pan positions

174

(1)

Adjusting the track volume level

174

(1)

Fine-tuning the track volume curve

175

(2)

Setting the Master Volume

177

(2)

Adjusting the master volume level

177

(1)

Fine-tuning the master volume curve

178

(1)

Creating the Final Mix

179

(8)

Exporting the entire song

180

(1)

Setting and exporting a cycle region

180

(2)

Exporting tracks for use in other programs

182

(1)

Exporting and using a mixdown track

183

(2)

Part IV: Sympathy for the Demo

185

(58)

Chapter 12: Managing Your Music

187

(20)

Browsing Songs in iTunes

188

(3)

Song indicators

189

(1)

Searching for songs

190

(1)

Editing Song Information in iTunes

191

(4)

Organizing Playlists in iTunes

195

(5)

Creating playlists of albums

198

(1)

Creating smart playlists

199

(1)

Copying iTunes Songs and Playlists

200

(3)

Exporting playlists

201

(1)

Backing up your library

202

(1)

Backing Up Song Projects

203

(4)

Chapter 13: Putting Songs on an iPod

207

(18)

Connecting and Setting Up an iPod

209

(3)

Adding Songs from i'Tunes

212

(8)

Updating automatically

212

(4)

Updating by playlist

216

(1)

Updating by sclcctcd songs

217

(1)

Copying songs manually

218

(2)

Using an iPod as a Hard Drive

220

(5)

Chapter 14: Burning CDs and Sharing Music

225

(18)

Choosing Standard Audio or MP3

226

(1)

Setting Up a CD Playlist

227

(2)

Setting Burn Preferences

229

(3)

Setting gaps and sound check

229

(2)

Setting the format and recording speed

231

(1)

Writing a CD

232

(2)

On a LAN You Can Share Forever

234

(3)

Copying Songs to Other Computers

237

(5)

Copying files to other Macs on a LAN

237

(3)

We can share with Windows, we can copy files

240

(2)

FTP for High-Octane File Transfer on the Net

242

(1)

Part IV: When the Music's Over

243

(76)

Chapter 15: Making Slideshows and Videos

245

(40)

A Snapshot of iPhoto

245

(11)

Importing photos

247

(2)

Creating a slideshow

249

(1)

Changing the photo order of your slideshow

250

(1)

Changing the slideshow settings

251

(2)

Adding music

253

(1)

Playing a slideshow

253

(3)

A Peek at iMovie

256

(16)

A quick tour of the iMovie interface

257

(2)

Accessing your iTunes music library

259

(1)

Importing video clips

259

(2)

Arranging video in the timeline

261

(2)

Editing the sound in a clip

263

(3)

Adding a music soundtrack

266

(2)

Synchronizing sound and video

268

(1)

Adding titles and credits

268

(4)

Exporting QuickTime

272

(13)

Exporting slideshows with music

272

(2)

Exporting videos

274

(3)

Publishing QuickTime on the Web

277

(8)

Chapter 16: Putting Music Videos on DVD

285

(18)

Checking Out iDVD

285

(13)

Importing movies and slideshows

288

(6)

Creating menus and buttons

294

(3)

Using music in menus

297

(1)

Putting Song Projects on DVD

298

(1)

Burning DVDs

298

(5)

Chapter 17: Tips and Resources

303

(8)

Performance Tips

303

(3)

GarageBand and iLife Information

306

(1)

GarageBand Communities

307

(1)

Downloadable Loops and Effects

308

(1)

Resources for Musicians

308

(3)

Chapter 18: Twenty GarageBand Questions from Aunt Estelle

311

(8)

How do I export the performances I created in GarageBand so I can use them with other MIDI apps, or other studio hardware?

312

(1)

Can I at least import a MIDI file?

312

(1)

GarageBand keeps stopping in the middle of a recording, telling me it can't continue.

312

(1)

I'm trying to record a Real Instrument, but I can't get any sound.

313

(1)

Nope, that wasn't it.

313

(1)

Still nothin'.

313

(1)

Nope.

313

(1)

I've changed the tempo of the song, and now a lot of my tracks are out of sync with each other.

313

(1)

I'm using GarageBand to convert some of my LPs to digital, but the sound is all muted and junky.

314

(1)

If I've created a song using GarageBand's built-in loops, can I publish and sell it?

314

(1)

I'm trying to line up a clip precisely, but dragging it around with the mouse I'm always just a little bit early or late. Can't I just tell GarageBand that this clip should come in at one minute, thirty-four point seven seconds?

314

(1)

When are you going to learn a proper instrument?

314

(1)

Can I create my own loops?

314

(1)

Is there a way I can turn off my Mac's fan so everything's nice and quiet when I record Real Instrument tracks?

315

(1)

Hey, it says here that GarageBand has more than a thousand built-in loops. But I've never seen more than a handful, and sonic don't do anything when I click 'em!

315

(1)

Wow! Using these loops, I can create music that sounds exactly' like Philip Glass!

316

(1)

You're not embarrassed to be seen playing an instrument that looks like it plays "Pop Goes The Weasel" when you turn a little crank on the side of it? I have an old Flying V I can loan you, you know.

316

(1)

I'm all finished recording and mixing, but now that I've exported the song to iTunes it sounds...unprofessional. Or something.

316

(1)

How do I lock a track so that my collaborator (or even I myself!) can't ruin it by continuing to change things around?

317

(1)

Two words, Andy: "Tiny Tim."

317

(2)

Index