Karaoke as backing tracks on Garage band / MacBook Pro

I use karaoke with lyrics as backing tracks to sing / play guitar. Sometimes have to alter the tempo / pitch. Once the tempo is altered and I play it back the lyrics and the audio go out of sync. How do I keep the tempo and lyrics in sync?

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Jan 28, 2023 7:48 PM

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ArmMan1016

Community Specialist

Jan 30, 2023 4:01 PM in response to nobel256

Hello nobel256,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. Try these steps to help with this GarageBand trouble:

Reset GarageBand preferences

Resetting preferences doesn't affect your project files, presets, or patches. However, you do lose any custom preference settings you might have made.

1. Choose GarageBand > Preferences, and note any specific preference settings you've made.

2. Close GarageBand.

3. In the Finder, choose Utilities from the Go menu.

4. Open Terminal.

5. Copy this command, paste it into Terminal, then press Return:

Further steps can be found in the Apple Support article:

If GarageBand isn't working on your Mac - Apple Support

Feel free to reach back out if you have any questions.

We hope this helps you.

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