This guide to Apple's GarageBand 3 describes how to record, arrange, and mix music. It provides step-by-step instructions and screenshots for how to work with the interface and tracks in a timeline; arrange music with software instruments, real instruments, and Apple loops; mix and add effects; create original podcasts and score movies; and export and share projects. Plummer, a professional musician, composer, and video editor, is an Apple Certified Trainer. A CD-ROM of the lesson files is included. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Whether you're an accomplished musician or a student, Garageband is the most rewarding way to create, perform, and record your own music. In the only Apple-certified guide to Garageband, composer and master trainer Mary Plummer shows you just how easy it is to turn your Mac into a fully featured recording studio. Plummer offers a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of Garageband - from mastering the interface and basic recording techniques to the secrets of arranging a song, editing and mixing tracks, adding effects, and distributing your Garageband compositions. Fully updated for version 3, Mary covers all of Garageband's hot new features including podcast recording and iMovie scoring.
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