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GarageBand User Guide
Welcome
GarageBand basics
What is GarageBand?
GarageBand at a glance
GarageBand at a glance
The GarageBand main window
Tracks area
Library
Smart Controls
Editors
Audio Editor
Piano Roll Editor
Score Editor
Drummer Editor
Note Pad
Loop Browser
Connect devices
Connect a microphone
Connect an electric guitar
Connect a music keyboard
Work with projects
Intro to projects
Create, save and delete projects
Play and navigate projects
Play a project
Move the playhead
Control playback with the transport buttons
Keep the playhead visible
Use the cycle area
Scroll and zoom in the Tracks area
Control projects remotely using Logic Remote
Set project properties
Intro to project properties
Set the tempo
Set the key and scale
Set the time signature
Set the project endpoint
Set the project playback volume
Work with tracks
Intro to tracks
Track basics
Create tracks
Create a Drummer track
Rename tracks
Change track icons
Change track colours
Reorder tracks
Delete tracks
Use the track header controls
Intro to track headers
Mute tracks
Solo tracks
Set track volume levels
Set track pan positions
Enable tracks for recording
Turn on input monitoring for audio tracks
Lock tracks
Change the sound of a track using patches
Intro to patches
Choose a patch
View patches for a particular sound pack
Search for patches by name
Save custom patches
Use percussion performance patches
Control timing with the groove track
Undo and redo edits in GarageBand
Get more sounds and loops
Get help
Record your voice or a musical instrument
Intro to Recording
Record audio
Before recording audio
Record to an audio track
Record multiple audio takes
Record to multiple audio tracks
Record software instruments
Before recording software instruments
Play software instruments
Record software instruments
Record multiple software instrument takes
Overdub software instrument takes
Record to multiple software instrument tracks
Choose and delete takes
Use the metronome
Use the Tuner
Use loops, manage and import media
Intro to media files
Use Apple Loops in your projects
Apple Loops in GarageBand
Search for Apple Loops
Play Apple Loops
Set your favourite Apple Loops
Add Apple Loops to a project
Create custom Apple Loops
Add third-party Apple Loops to the Loop Browser
Customise the Loop Browser
Import audio and MIDI files
Use a movie in a GarageBand project
Add a movie to your project
Show the Movie track
Create a video soundtrack
Add the soundtrack to the movie
Add drummers to your project
Overview of Drummer
Intro to the Drummer Editor
Choose genres and drummers
Choose drummer presets
Edit drummer regions
Follow the rhythm of another track
Create a song arrangement
Intro to arranging
Position items using the ruler
Position items using alignment guides
Snap items to the grid
Arrange regions in the Tracks area
What are regions?
Select regions
Cut, copy and paste regions
Move regions
Loop regions
Resize regions
Split regions
Join regions
Create regions
Rename regions
Delete regions
Edit regions
Intro to the Editor
Edit audio regions in the Audio Editor
Intro to the Audio Editor
Edit audio regions in the Audio Editor
Quantise the timing of audio regions
Transpose audio regions
Correct the pitch of audio regions
Edit the note and beat timing
Play an audio region in reverse
Set and move flex markers
Edit MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor
Intro to the Piano Roll Editor
Add notes in the Piano Roll Editor
Edit notes in the Piano Roll Editor
Quantise note timing in the Piano Roll Editor
Transpose regions in the Piano Roll Editor
Rename MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor
Use automation in the Piano Roll Editor
Edit music notation in the Score Editor
Intro to the Score Editor
Add notes to a score
Edit notes in the Score Editor
Quantize note timing in the Score Editor
Rename MIDI regions in the Score Editor
Print music notation
Mix and automate
Mixing in GarageBand
Automate mix and effect settings
Show track automation curves
Add and edit automation points
Select and move automation
Use Smart Controls
Smart Controls overview
Smart Control types
Use the Transform Pad
Use the Arpeggiator
Add and edit effect plug-ins
Use effects on the master track
Use Audio Units plug-ins
Use the EQ effect
Use amps and pedals
Amps and pedals overview
Amp Designer
Amp Designer overview
Choose an amp model
Create a custom amp model
Use the amp EQ controls
Use the amp controls
Use the amp effects
Use the amp microphone
Bass Amp Designer
Bass Amp Designer overview
Choose a bass amp model
Create a custom bass amp model
Use the bass amp controls
Use the bass amp effects
Choose and place the bass amp microphone
Use the direct box
Change the Bass Amp Designer signal flow
Pedalboard
Pedalboard overview
View and add pedals
Reorder, replace and remove pedals
Control pedal routing
Compare an edited Smart Control with its saved settings
Make changes to the overall project
Intro to global changes
Work with the master track
Build a project with arrangement markers
Add arrangement markers
Edit arrangement markers
Create tempo changes with the Tempo track
Intro to the Tempo track
Add and edit tempo points
Move and copy tempo points
Create key changes with the Transposition track
Intro to the Transposition track
Add and edit transposition points
Learn to play guitar or piano
Play a lesson
Choose the input source for your guitar
Customise the lesson window
See how well you played a lesson
Measure your progress over time
Slow down a lesson
Change the mix of a lesson
View full-page music notation
View glossary topics
Practise guitar chords
Tune your guitar in a lesson
Open lessons in the GarageBand window
Get additional Learn to Play lessons
If your lesson doesn’t finish downloading
Share projects
Intro to Sharing
Share songs to the Music app
Use AirDrop to share songs
Use Mail to share songs
Share a project to GarageBand for iOS
Export songs to disk or iCloud
Burn a song to a CD
Compress a GarageBand project
GarageBand settings and keyboard shortcuts
GarageBand settings
Intro to settings
Set General settings
Change Audio/MIDI settings
Change Metronome settings
Change Loops settings
Change My Info settings
Change Advanced settings
Keyboard shortcuts
Intro to keyboard shortcuts
Main window shortcuts
Editors shortcuts
Global tracks shortcuts
Force Touch trackpad gestures
Touch Bar shortcuts
Glossary
Copyright
You can export a project to your computer or a connected storage device as a stereo audio file. If you’ve set up iCloud, you can share songs across all your devices.
Exported audio files can be used with other music applications and devices, posted on the internet (on a web page, or in the Music app, for example), added to a playlist, or uploaded to a mobile device such as an iPhone or iPad.
Tip: You can reduce the processing load in a GarageBand project by exporting selected regions, instruments and effects as a separate audio file, then re-importing that file into your project to replace those items.
Export a song to disk or iCloud
In GarageBand on Mac, choose Share > Export Song to Disk.
To rename the exported file, select the name in the Save As field, then enter a new name.
Choose a location to save the exported file from the Where pop-up menu, or click the down arrow to choose other locations, including your iCloud Drive.
Select the format for the exported file (AAC, MP3, AIFF or WAVE).
Choose the quality setting for the exported file from the Quality pop-up menu.
To export only the part of the project covered by the cycle area, or only the part of the project defined by selected regions, select the “Export cycle area or length of selected regions (if Cycle is turned off)” tickbox.
Click Export.
The entire project, from the beginning to the end of the last region, is exported as an audio file. Any silence at the beginning or end of the project is trimmed.
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