Garageband 10--how to delete drummer track...

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Garageband 10--how to delete drummer track...

...without deleting a region. I have a new MacBook Pro (mid-2015) and the new GB. I was working out a song on a piano track and was having trouble hearing the metronome when adding a rhythm track, so I added a drummer track before defining regions on the arrangement track. When I later defined appropriate regions on the arrangement track I deleted the drummer but it took the original piano track along with it, apparently as a region.

So the question is: how do you delete a drummer track without deleting anything else?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 3, 2015 4:56 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 3, 2015 11:34 PM in response to Songsmith1

I'm not sure I quite understand your description:

When you talk about a Drummer Track, do you mean that special Track that is created when you choose the Drum Kit in the New Track Dialog, or do you mean a Software Instrument Track that has a drum sound loaded and you record MIDI Regions on it?

You cannot delete a Track without deleting a Region. The Track is the "container" and the Region is the "content". If you throw away the container, the content will be gone too (unless you save the content first to a different container)

GarageBand only deletes what is selected.

If a a Region is selected and you hit delete, then you delete that single Region.
If multiple Regions are selected, then all those Regions will be deleted.
If no Region is selected, then the selected Track is deleted. If there are Regions on that Track, then you will get a Dialog Window pops up first, asking you if you want to delete the Regions with the Track.

Hope that helps

Edgar Rothermich - LogicProGEM.com

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Songsmith1 Author

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Aug 4, 2015 6:15 AM in response to EdgarRothermich

Hi Edgar -

I don't understand your answer. When I select a "track" I mean the long rectangle with the volume slider and the L-R dial. It was when selecting this "drummer track" that I found I could not delete it without deleting the piano track.

Sorry, but I guess I don't understand the difference between region and track. When did both my piano track and the drummer track get into the same region?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

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Songsmith1 Author

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Aug 7, 2015 11:22 AM in response to Songsmith1

Is this a bug, then? Apple defines a region as the bubble shaped objects in a track. So why when I try to delete a drummer track (audio, generated by GB) does the program tell me other regions will be deleted, manifestly, the piano track in the vignette above.

Any help much appreciated! And yes, I am a relative newbie.

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Answer 4

Aug 7, 2015 1:32 PM in response to Songsmith1

Songsmith1 wrote:

Apple defines a region as the bubble shaped objects in a track

Where did you find that definition.

Tracks

When you create a new Track using the "New Track Dialog", you have the option to choose from three types of Tracks: Software Instrument Track, Audio Track, Drummer Track

Tracks vs Regions

Here is a screenshot that shows the three types of Tracks with their own types of Regions placed on the Tracks (the Track Lane to be specific)

BTW: When you select, all the Regions on the Track (to the right) are automatically selected.

Hope that helps

Edgar Rothermich - LogicProGEM.com

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http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/

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