Week 4-Practical Experience with Garage Band (Post #3)

Tried to loop on this one, but just had to record continuously

As mentioned in Post #2, I wanted to learn a bit more about loops in Garage Band.  As I opened it up, I never realized that there is a separate component of Garage Band specifically for loops.  I was a bit upset that as I clicked on loops, most were not available and needed to be downloaded.  I was a bit apprehensive because I did not know that if I would be charged for downloading it.  It is not really what I thought it was, so now I want to go into putting effects into my tracks.  How do others put echos and scary sounds in their music?  Is it like inserting sound in iMovie?  There is a part on the track header that will allow me to add effects.  They have the female voice one, so that will help me sound more natural on my recordings.

Week 4-Practical Experience with Garage Band (Post #2)

Mixing via apple.com

One thing I would like to learn in Garage Band is to mix and loop tracks.  I know it can be done, and if I want to repeat a sound, it would be much easier and more consistent...and professional!  First, about mixing.  From researching online, and playing with Garage Band with tracks I already had, I learned how to look for if a track is clipping, and how to moderate the single and master tracks to prevent clipping.  It is very important to look at the volume monitor, where there are green and red colors.  If it gets to the red color, the track or whole set will clip and the volume and quality will be compromised.  Not everything on the loud setting would suffice for professional work.  As I record now, I will monitor track levels and adjust accordingly.

Week 4-Practical Experience with Garage Band (Post #1)

My first experience with Garage Band

My only experience with Garage Band is with making podcasts.  I was so scared to use this tool initially!  I had to play with it for a second, because unbeknown  to me, the top portion is the part that I needed to work with, especially formatting it in the correct voice.  I didn't know how to cut audio so I would re-record over and over again until I had it perfect in one take.  This was very frustrating, so I started to conduct research.