Make video of guitar playing through Garageband

Using iLife 09



I want to make a video of playing the guitar but get the guitar sounds through garageband.


I plug my guitar in through M-Audio Fast Track, open garage band and get the sound I want.


I open iMovie and record a video but the sound of the guitar is raw and not showing garageband sounds.



It was suggested on the garageband section to start recording in garageband then open iMovie and record my video, then sync the two.



Is that the best way?


If so, how would you sync them since they start at different times?



Thanks,

Mark

Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, M-Audio Fast Tr

Posted on Mar 9, 2012 6:20 PM

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Mar 9, 2012 7:02 PM in response to sixstring001

I'm not an expert by any means but I've done a number of music videos using the same software/hardware you mentioned. You can get what you want. There's an easier way and a harder way, but either way, you will have tro sync the audio to the video inside iMovie.


The easier way -- record the music the way you want to in Garageband. Mix/export to iTunes. Close Garageband. Open iMovie. Start a new project called "Whatever lYou want." Push the camera button and shoot you playing the way you want (WHILE YOU"RE LISTENING TO THE FINISHED MUSIC TRACK on iTunes). Play well. After you're done shooting the video, open the "I" button in iMovie which is an import window. You can get the finished track in there and drag it into iMovie. Now, sync your track up to your video - LIP SYNCING it's called.


The harder way -- Basically it's the same as the easier way, the difference is you shoot the actual recording of the music instead of playing to the finished music. You will be shooting a very long time to do it without making musical mistakes. Instead of shooting from inside iMovie, use photobooth -- it's the same camera and all. But, in the end, like I said at the beginning -- you have to sync the finished track up to the video inside iMovie. But, the harder way will give you perfect syns where the easier way will be close, but not perfect.

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