hello it's Patrick here from the GarageBandGuide.com in this video I'm
taking a closer look at one of GarageBand iOS is most underrated
features the beat sequencer
you'll find the beach sequins are tucked away in the drum section of the sonde
browser it's a load up a blank pattern when you first open it up and you have a
few ways that you can get started you can dive right in and start building
your pattern by tapping on these steps each row corresponds to a different part
of your virtual kit and it's really easy to get a good groove going quickly
alternatively if you tap this icon you can select from dozens of pattern
presets you can also save your custom patterns here to allowing you to use
them across multiple projects you can change the sound of the currently
selected kit by tapping the button at the bottom left there are tons of
different kits and styles to choose from here plus you can add new ones by
downloading content from GarageBand iOS and sound library there's a randomizer
button here too and you can access info and settings for your current pattern by
tapping the I icon you can set the length of your pattern to 16 32 48 or 64
steps which gives you the freedom to add lots of variation to your beats
sequencer rhythm track for each 16 steps that you add on to the sequence a little
window will be added to the top of the sequencer so that you can keep track the
amount of steps that you can add on to your pattern will vary depending on what
timing you have selected so if you decide to make a project in 3/4 time the
number of steps you can add here will you can change the length of your
pattern steps here as well as the playback mode an amount of Swing added
you could also adjust the settings of each row or instrument by tapping on its
icon and really I find these settings more useful than the global ones being
able to reverse a single rows playback or set that the ping-pong or something
like that really helps add some dynamics to a pattern
you can also fine-tune the sound of individual steps tapping the velocity
button allows you to adjust the you guessed it velocity of your steps
tapping and holding here expands the step and gives you more Fame control
you can have a nought repeat itself within a single step tap the North
repeat button and then slide up or down on a step to increase or decrease the
number of repeats again holding on a step expands it allowing for more
precise editing the Chan setting allows you to set a step to playback only a set
percentage of the time so if you want a snare hit to only play no and again tap
and slay down on the step to decrease the percentage of times it will play
back in a sequence the loop start n setting allows you to trim the length of
a rules pattern which can result in some interesting and unique rhythms
there you have it that's an overview of the criminally underrated beat sequencer
personally I BLOODY LOVE IT there's a lot of rhythm options built into
GarageBand iOS which one is your favorite which one do you use do you
like the beat sequencer did you use the drummer let me know in the comments
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