From finding your way around this sound browser to using touch instruments
and recording audio - in this GarageBand Tutorial for Beginners video i'm sharing
five tips to help you get started with GarageBand on iPad and iPhone
The first time you open GarageBand for iOS or start a new project you'll be taken to the sound
browser. This is where you can choose a touch instrument to play, add more sounds or record
an external instrument through your iDevice's built-in microphone or via an audio interface.
You can also switch between the tracks and live loops view here. I'm going to focus
on the track side of things in this video but i'll cover live loops in depth in an upcoming video.
Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss that. Swipe left or right to view the
different instruments available then tap on the one you want to play the options
in the lower parts of these cards take you directly to chord strips notes view or scales
on touch instruments, gives you different rhythm input options on drum and drummer cards,
allows you to jump straight into certain presets on amp and audio recorder cards and allows
you to select from different third-party instrument options on the external card.
It's worth noting that you can't access the tracks view at all until you've added at least one track
each touch instrument has a play area and a controls area the play area is where you
can play melodies chords and sounds by touching the touch instrument keys
strings or other playable elements you can change the sound of the instrument
by using the knobs buttons and other controls in the controls area here's a closer look at
garageband's guitar touch instrument using the touch guitar you can play notes chords
and strumming patterns
you can choose from acoustic or electric guitar sounds and add stompbox effects
to customize its sounds further tap the guitar icon and select the sound that you want to play
tap the chord slash note switch to change to the chords view you can
strum a chord by swiping across the strings in one of the strips
you can tap on the top of the chord strip to play a full chord
and you can mute the strings by touching and holding the fretboard
to the left or right of the chord strips as you play
there's also an auto play function you use this by turning the autoplay knob to one of
four positions and then tapping a chord strip this will play a pattern with the notes of that chord
the auto play pattern will change slightly depending on whether you tap with one two or
three fingers meaning there are up to 12 different auto play variations for each touch instrument
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when you record a touch instrument it appears as a region in the instruments track
in the tracks view when you're ready tap record in the control bar
recording will start at the current position of the playhead
now you can tap anywhere along the ruler at the top there to reposition the playhead
or hit this button to send the playhead back to the start of the section the ruler shows
the area being recorded in red any notes you play as well as any changes to sliders
knobs or other controls are recorded as well when you're done recording tap the
track button in the control bar your recording will then appear in the tracks view as a region
current ipad and iphone models have excellent built in microphones meaning
you can get a great quality recording without any extra gear from the sound browser you can
get back to this anytime by tapping this icon swipe to and tap on audio recorder
as the on-screen prompt says capturing your recording is as easy as pointing your ipad
towards the sound you want to capture and hitting record
obviously knowing where the built-in microphone is on your ipad or iphone will be helpful
to find where the mic is located on your model just go to apple.com look up your ipad model and
select tech specs at the top then just scroll down till you find the buttons and connectors section
the input meter on the right of the screen will tell you if you're too quiet or too
loud you're aiming for maybe just over halfway for an optimum recording level
and when you're ready to go just hit record
once you're finished recording you can add some of these fun effects in the fun tab or you can tap on
studio then the menu in the middle and then vocals for some more sensible and more usable presets
garageband includes a massive selection of apple loops which are pre-recorded audio files that
you can use to easily add drum beats bass lines rhythm parts and other sounds to your project
you can quickly find loops in the loop browser and preview them to find the ones that you want to use
in your song all of the loops that you'll find in garageband are available on a royalty-free basis
so you can use them in any of your projects commercial or otherwise without having to
worry about any copyright issues kind of there's a whole big controversy at the minute
about people using apple loops in their commercial releases check the link in the dinky for more info
on that to access loops tap the loop browser button in the control bar bear in mind know
that the loop browser button is only available in tracks view here you can search by instrument
genre or description and the results list shows loops that match your search criteria
drag a loop from the results list to an empty part of the tracked view screen
and then align the left edge of the loop with the bar or part where you want it to start playing
all right i've put this playlist together especially
for garageband beginners so if you want to learn more click here to learn more