Hey guys,
I well understand that your thoughts are "hey another Bozo who wants us to do the work while he will not even read the outside of the box"! Well, the Bozo part is right but my not reading is not. A couple things please!
1. I live out in the country and have a very slow internet making view a video long, tedious and very difficult to follow. If I could download them maybe that would work but they are not downloadable, at least the ones I've seen.
2. So much of the information I've seen leaves more question than gives you answers. The following is copy of the "
GarageBand_09_Getting_Started" pdf that I downloaded from the GarageBand Help menu. This is to be a "How To" pdf right? So after it tells me to make a document, name it and save it. Look what it says next towards the bottom where it says "Playing a Project" it says
"After you’ve added some recordings, loops, or audio files to your project, you’ll want to
play the project to hear how it sounds. You play projects using either the Space bar on
your computer keyboard or the transport controls, which are located in the control bar
below the timeline."
What in the heck is recordings, loops, or audio files to your project... What?????
It is NOT a matter of not reading, its a matter of poor information of what I'm reading. Why go 1, 2, 3, 4 and then not tell you what to do after that. Very confusing and very frustrating but I do thank you guys for being willing to provide information. You're the best...
Harry
GarageBand_09_Getting_Started
1 Choose File > New.
The New Project dialog appears, with buttons for different project types, including New
Project, Magic GarageBand, and iPhone Ringtone. Click the New Project button.
Project templates appear in the main area of the window. Templates are included for
voice, acoustic instrument, electric guitar, keyboard, songwriting, loops, and podcast
episode.
2 Click the icon for the template you want to use, then click Choose.
3 In the Save As dialog, type a name for the project in the Save As field, then browse to
the location where you want to save the project.
4 Click Save.
After a moment, the GarageBand window opens with the new project. The central area
of the GarageBand window is the timeline, which is divided into horizontal rows called
tracks. You organize your recordings and loops in tracks. The left area shows the track
headers, where you can adjust volume, pan position, and other settings for each track.
Below the timeline is the control bar, with buttons to show different editors and
inspectors, a set of transport controls you use to play your projects, and the LCD, where
you can change project settings and change the units of time in the beat ruler. For
more information about the controls in the GarageBand window, see “GarageBand at a
Glance” on page 9.
You can make music in GarageBand in the following ways:
• By recording sound from a microphone connected to your computer
• By recording sound from an electric guitar connected to your computer
• By connecting a USB (or MIDI) keyboard and playing the Software Instruments built into GarageBand
• By adding and arranging Apple Loops in the timeline
• By creating a Magic GarageBand project
• By viewing and playing along with a Learn to Play lesson
Playing a Project
After you’ve added some recordings, loops, or audio files to your project, you’ll want to
play the project to hear how it sounds. You play projects using either the Space bar on
your computer keyboard or the transport controls, which are located in the control bar
below the timeline.
To start or stop playback:
Press the Space bar, or press the Play button in the center of the transport controls.
Using the Transport Controls
Using the transport controls, you can control playback and move the playhead to
different parts of the project. They also include controls for recording and for turning
on the cycle region.
