GarageBand Ignite!

Description

This is your perfect introduction to GarageBand, the high-quality digital music application that is going to make you feel like a rock star! Concise walk-throughs, complete explanations, and follow-up exercises lead you step-by-step through the fundamentals of making music. Because GarageBand doesn't ship with a printed manual, you are probably one of the many new owners looking for instruction on how to get up to speed. This book provides just that, quickly and precisely. A detailed table of contents and index allows you to find any function or topic with ease, and furthermore provides a great quick reference for later. Whether the readers are experienced musicians who want to use GarageBand as a sketchpad on the road, or newcomers to making music with computers, this is going to be the book that successfully gets them in sync with all the features and functionalities it has to offer.

Features

 Provides users of GarageBand, a brand new music creation software, with the one-and-only jumpstart companion currently available

 Walks new users through everything from installing the software to recording, looping, editing, and mixing songs

 Contains many large screenshots with numbered callouts explaining exactly what is happening in each illustration

 Covers both the GarageBand application and the GarageBand Jam Pack optional DVD

 Written by a musician, a skilled Mac user, and a seasoned author with over five years of professional audio writing experience

Table of Contents
Introduction
Installation
GarageBand at a Glance
File Basics
Tempo Basics
Arranging Tracks in GarageBand
Working with Apple Loops
Working with Software Instruments
Working with Real Instruments
Working with Effects and Plugins
Completing Your Song
Appendix A: Adding the GarageBand Jam Pack DVD
Appendix B: Online GarageBand resources