Exporting Instruments Volume

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Exporting Instruments Volume

Hi there,

I'm new to Garageband and my question is when I'm exporting a song with a piano and violin I want the violin volume to be lower than the pianos. I know you can change that using the sound bar but when I export, it automatically changes both instruments back to the same middle level, even though I want the paino to be the main sound with the violin in the background on low, anyway to make that happen? thanks.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)

Posted on Jun 17, 2018 6:16 AM

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Answer 1

AppleJoe

Community Manager

Jun 19, 2018 11:48 AM in response to Chaga51

Hello Chaga51,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

I understand from your post that when exporting a song with different instruments the volume level stays the same for both even though you set each to a different volume. Check and see if Auto Normalize is enabled in the Garage Band Preferences. If so, disable it and then export your project.

GarageBand for Mac: Advanced preferences

Auto Normalize: Export projects at full loudness checkbox: When selected (default), GarageBand automatically exports projects at the optimum loudness—that is, the highest volume level at which no distortion occurs. This doesn’t affect the volume level when you play the project in GarageBand—only when you export the project.

Best Regards.

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Chaga51 Author

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Jun 28, 2018 11:31 AM in response to AppleJoe

Hi there Joe,

Thanks for responding, I've tried what you suggested but wether auto normalise is enabled or not the software automatically adjusts the piano and violin back to the same sound level (both of the sounds bars in the middle) I'm trying to export it to iTunes song format 256 kBits, any other suggestions?

Thanks.

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Joseph_S.

Community Specialist

Jul 2, 2018 2:02 PM in response to Chaga51

Chaga51,

I have a couple of questions to help clarify what you are attempting to do and better assist you in accomplishing it.

1. Does this happen with other projects with similar volume adjustments to different instruments?
2. When you say export it to iTunes, are you trying to compress the song file?

Take Care.

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Answer 4

Jul 6, 2018 1:07 PM in response to Chaga51

Hi Chaga51,

Check to see if you automation is turned on for those tracks. New tracks have the automation turned on by default. Here is a link that describes how to make automation adjustments.

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