GarageBand for iOS Explained

If you're new to music production and want to start recording your own songs with GarageBand on your iPad or iPhone, you're in the right place! In this GarageBand for iOS video course, production wiz and GarageBand guru Eli Krantzberg teaches you everything you need to produce your first track with GarageBand, from initial setup through recording audio and MIDI instruments, adding effects, etc., all the way through mixing the song and sharing it with your audience. Even if you've never recorded before, by the end of the course, you'll be ready to start laying down tracks and have a blast doing it. These videos are designed for new GarageBand iOS users.

Videos

• Introduction & Setup (04:19) - Learn about the basic gestures used on GarageBand on the iPad and about some of the optional hardware you might want to use to enhance the quality of your GarageBand experience. Also hear a short excerpt of the musical example that will be built up from scratch throughout this series.

• Opening GarageBand for the First Time (04:20) - Learn how to choose between a Live Loops- or Tracks-based project, how to navigate the Touch Instruments, access the Sound Browser to load additional content, and understand the basic transport and time ruler functions.

• Touch Keyboard Instrument Basics (07:58) - Discover how to change keyboard sounds, transpose the play range, sustain notes, adjust the tapping/velocity sensitivity, change the keyboard layout and size, use the glissando and scroll functions, use pitch bend and the modulation wheel, adjust the sound in the controls area, and capture, quantize, and loop your first recording.

• Touch Keyboards: Other Features (11:15) - Explore Alchemy?s transform and X/Y pads, gyro control, organ draw bars and Leslie rotation speed, how the scale button is used to conform all notes to specific scales, how to use the arpeggiator, note label, chord strip functions, and more.

• Working with the Sampler (06:26) - See how you can sample (record) a sound using a microphone (or add an audio file) and then play it back like a melody on the Sampler keyboard.

• Working with the Drums (07:47) - Follow along as both acoustic and electronic kits are used to record a simple beat.

• Smart Drums (02:23) - See how to quickly generate interesting drum grooves by dragging kit pieces into a grid where rhythms are auto-created based on positioning. Individual parts can be made quieter or louder, simpler or more complex. Movement within the grid is easily captured while recording.

• Working with the Beat Sequencer (08:31) - Learn how to create repeating drum patterns with the Beat Sequencer by tapping squares or steps in a grid. Each grid row controls a different drum sound (kit piece), and each column represents a beat in the pattern.

• Song Management (03:24) - See how to save, duplicate, rename, move, and create GarageBand songs and how to organize them in custom folders in the Song Browser.

• Song Sections (09:39) - Discover how to extend your song arrangement, including duplicating sections, creating new ones, copying and pasting parts between them, and more.

• Using the Audio Recorder (05:54) - Follow along as live audio is recorded through a microphone attached to the audio interface connected to the iPad.

• Recording Electric Guitar (06:26) - See how an electric guitar is connected to a GarageBand Amp track, and multiple parts are recorded onto multiple tracks, each using different amplifier sound settings.

• Fixing a Mistake (02:28) - Watch as a region in the guitar part is split and cut to remove a mistake. The section is then re-recorded, and the new region start and end points are trimmed to fit the arrangement.

• Recording Multiple Takes (03:40) - See how to record multiple takes in successive passes over the same area and then choose the best take later.

• Tweaking the Sound of a Track (05:17) - Learn how to use stomp boxes, along with the Plug-Ins & EQ options in the Track Controls area of the interface.

• Smart Instruments (05:40) - Explore the various playing gestures and auto-generated rhythms available with the smart instruments and watch as a rough string part is recorded.

• Editing Notes in a Region (06:01) - See how to create and edit notes once within an existing region after they are recorded onto an instrument track.

• Drummer & Downloading Additional Content (06:47) - Discover the generative Drummer instrument and see how to download additional content for GarageBand onto your iPad.

• Song Settings & Apple Loops (11:43) - Learn how to set the metronome, tempo, and key signature of your songs and how to use Apple Loops that can either conform to the song key or be modified to fit the chords of your song.

• Automation (04:47) - See how this feature lets you automate volume changes over time using control points to create automation curves where you want them.

• Getting Started with Live Loops (04:22) - Learn the basics of how Live Loops is used to trigger musical phrases non-linearly in a grid of cells.

• Working in the Live Loops Grid (07:47) - Discover how to populate the Live Loops grid with content from your tracks view. Also see how to edit cells, record new content to cells, organize scenes, and more.

• Recording a Live Loops Performance (02:36) - Watch as a real-time performance in the Live Loops grid is recorded to the Tracks View.

• Remix FX (04:09) - Explore the fun and stimulating DJ-style Remix effects available in either the Tracks area or Live Loops grid.

• Sharing (07:21) - Explore the various ways of sharing your music and GarageBand projects across devices and listen to a final playthrough of the song built up throughout this series.