Weblog of Wesley Fryer

You
are recording at pro-quality in
Garageband
- has music notation: great if
you read music or want to learn
- displays
in real time as you record softare
instruments
- drag and drop editing of
notes with instant audio feedback
-

Also now has multi-track
recording
- in Garageband1: you could just
record 1 track at a time
- now you can
record 8 simultaneous tracks now
- need an
IO device / mixing board that supports multiple
inputs

enhance timing and
tuning of audio recordings
- instantly
sound like a pro: can turn on enhanced tuning, will look for notes out of key
and will pull them up or down as needed
-
also have vocal transformer to change your foice, can create multiple part
harmonies, great for having fun or adding backup
singers

Recordings act like
loops
- recorded audio is as flexible as
software instruments and loops
- change the
tempo and key…

More ways to get
your music into the program
- have musical
typing to perform and record notes with any mac
keyboard!

$25 for iLife05 for
Education

Also have 4 garageband jam
packs
- instruments, loops, effects, remix
tools, rhythm section, symphony orchestry (2 DVDs
full)
- $59 for each jam
pack

go to
www.apple.com/eduction/garageband or
/music
- will take you to about 40 lessons
about how to use garageband in the
classroom

Next step up from
Garageband is Logic Express 7

Use
Garageband preferences to change audio output to plantronics
headset

demo of enhance
tuning
- use the enhance tuning slider to
limit a person’s voice into a key
- can use
enhance timing to change drumtrack and basetrack so they are right on the
beat

by default garageband thinks you
have a keyboard plugged into it

it
automatically changes the temp ot
match

Teacher in California came up
with idea of having kids edit a song, add to it,, and then pass it
along