![]() Unfortunately GB does not allow you to export as a. Then highlight that merged track and select “add to loop library” in the edit menu and name the loop something you will remember so you can find the AIF file it creates later. for a song in C major- grab the C1 note and Drag to C4- make sure ALL notes are highlighted so they all move with the root note.) Next Select/Highlight the Bass and drum track together and then use the JOIN command in the edit menu to merge the tracks into one. (This is cool because when you find the ROOT note when you Drag up you will see the Letter of the root note change as you drag and then just let it go when you get it above E3. Change the Bass Key by selecting all notes in that track and dragging them ALL up to the E3 and above Range so BB can see the bass notes. Delete all tracks except bass and drum track. You will see it import all instrument tracks. Download a midi song from a free midi site. ![]() And it was mixed and mastered in Garageband.I have been asked this many times on the board so I thought to publish these steps in its own thread for others. It might be a bit wonky but I recorded an album in a day on a 4-track, and then a UK label heard it and put out a 7” EP of songs from it. Occasionally I’ll re-amp an organ or synth or something but otherwise I just plug in and record with as little fuss as possible I’ve never bothered with any of the drum samples or virtual instruments in Garageband but only because I play drums anyway and I’ve got all the keyboards I need. Had Logic and rarely used it as it was way more feature packed than I need, and found a lot of it got in the way when all I wanted to record some drums and guitars and bass, etc. I’ll admit I’m biased as I’ve used Garageband since 2018 to make records with and put radio shows together with and I’ve earned actual money from it, despite it being supposedly super basic. And you can’t argue at the price, if you ready have a Mac that is. Plus its drum samples library is especially good. Sold it to me, although I have since moved on to Cubase, GB is very easy from the get go. Yes he’d obviously done it before, but nevertheless it was very impressive and did look quite easy. Some guy came on stage with a Stratocaster, plugged into an interface and proceeded to put together the basics of a song from scratch with drums and bass keys in half an hour. Just after GarageBand came out I watched a demonstration in a London Apple Store. Plus an external sound interface will be able to accept full size jacks and probably XLR too so you don't need to faff around with converters I would advise an external USB sound interface of some kind - the built in stuff to most computers is fine for listening to tunes, but not very good for recording with. Would I need anything else to connect - I seem to recall that I just went straight into the sound card before, on a micro jack. I don't think this will happen until the new year, with everything else going on, so sit tight and I'll report back. With that in mind, I may have a go with Reaper, as there is the trial version and see how I get on. I think that is why I was attracted to GB, as all I knew who had tried it, said it was pretty easy to get on with. I had forgotten this but I had Cakewalk YEARS ago, running on Windows 95 or 98 and struggled with that.įrom memory (it was a very long time ago) it certainly was not straightforward and certainly not intuitive.
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