Showing posts with label GarageBand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GarageBand. Show all posts
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PE-3: GarageBand: Thats a Wrap...


Another cool element in GarageBand is Magic GarageBand mode. It’s a way to jump start your writing and recording process. You can choose different genres, audition and assign band members, and play along with professional recorded audio loops. There are 9 different genres to choose from and you can preview them as well; some genres include Blues, Reggae, and Latin. Magic Garage Band does not write music for you but it can help you when you are new to song writing or music in general like myself.
Besides trimming, looping, and arranging music on the timeline, you can also record real instruments as well as mix and automate your music. Garage Band is not only for making music but you can also take music lessons plus create ringtones and podcasts. This is a great tool to add to my digital palette. I have completed my song with the guidance of Todd Howard through Lynda.com. In the beginning I was somewhat intimidated but as I progressed through the lessons I felt more comfortable with Garage Band. I do realize that I am still in the beginner stage of becoming the famous music producer of my dreams. I look forward to learning more about this program. This is a good start and it was a good experience. I really had fun learning Garage Band. I even added vocals to my song.  I present to you my first song, Ecstasy.



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PE-2: GarageBand: The Journey


Being that the only knowledge I have of music is listening to songs on my IPOD, I think I bit off more than I can chew with this program.  I was a bit lost while listening to Todd Howard  present the ins and outs of Garage Band and discuss C minor and tempos. However, as I continued to learn about tempos, creating tracks and keys, I became more excited.
When I looked at the interface I was bit confused. I asked myself, "where is the tool bar?", but the cool thing about Garage Band is that its' main cursor has many of its' tools built in. When you want to trim or loop a region in your time line, Garage Band makes it easy by offering a contact sensitive cursor instead of traditional toolbar.
So now that I know how to manipulate my loops I can move on to arranging them into the timeline to build my first song. I can also bring in loops from Itunes, my desktop, or use Garage Bands library. One can also organize loops into categories, which I recommend. One can get overwhelmed due to all the choices Garage Band offers. Distractions can happen and the goal to making a good song is gone, which kind of happened to me. I guess I got too excited but I'm focused again.  I placed my loops on my tracks and changed tempos, panned volumes, and trimmed here and there.What I came up with was not that bad. Take a listen of my beginning stage of my song from what I have learned so far. I think it's a good start and am pretty excited about it.

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PE-1: GarageBand: The Beginning


So as I continue on my path of the digital world in search of colors for my digital palette, I have come across a program called GarageBand. GarageBand is a software application by Apple that allows you to make music or podcast. I have always had an interest in music production and here is my chance. I will be training myself on this application through Lynda.com and see if I can make my dreams come true of becoming a famous music producer, well maybe not a famous music producer, but the beginning stages of one. Stay tuned as I will blog about my experience with GarageBand and hopefully present to you my first musical production.