hello it's Patrick here from the GarageBandguide.com GarageBand from mac
amp designer is bloody fantastic not only as stuffed full of dozens of
faithful recreations of some of the best known cabs heads and microphones and the
business the version found in GarageBand has most of the same editing features
found Annie Logic Pro version in this video I'll show you how it works
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you want to jump right in and test out some of these amped sounds right away
Garage Band has a project templates called ant collection this template
opens a new GarageBand project with a selection of different amps for you to
play around with just plug your guitar in via what's ever interface method you
prefer and you can start jamming immediately
to add a new guitar audio track to a new or existing GarageBand project click on
the new tracks button and select the guitar specific audio track option in
typical GarageBand fashion there are tons of presets available in the library
pane for you to get to grips with they're helpfully split into different
categories and range from clean and simple
you
- slightly crunchy
to face meltingly filthy
if you're looking for a rough tone to jam with or a starting tone to build on
and edit these presets are a brilliant place to start
to access the amp designer itself you'll need to open your guitar tracks smart
controls with your guitar track selected click on the dial icon and the top left
or use the keyboard shortcut B then click on the amp designer button in the
top right of this smart controls window the amp model here will vary depending
on what preset if any you currently have selected I'll just stick with this one
for now up in the top left of the window you'll
find even more amp designer specific presets if you want to jump into those
as well if we take a closer look at the
interface the gain knob here surprise surprise
controls the amount of gain applied to your signal it's important to note that
adjusting the gain here will also move the gain control and your guitar tracks
smart controls window and vice-versa now this is the same for many of the knobs
here so just be aware of that going in the bass mid and treble controls are the
same standard EQ controls you'll find on most real-world amplifiers you can
change the characteristics of these EQ controls by selecting from the list that
appears when you click on EQ above the knobs here
next there's a reverb on/off toggle switch and a level dial which again
corresponds to the same control in the smart controls window you can also
choose from different reverb characteristics here as well
next there are some effect controls now these will vary depending on which amp
you have selected on this one as a choice between a tremolo and a vibrato
effect there are depth and rate controls here as well as the option to sync the
effect rate to the tempo of the actual GarageBand project itself which is super
helpful
on the ends here is a master volume control it's worth noting that the
master control here doesn't actually affect the volume of your track within
GarageBand itself so you can simulate really pushing the amp to its limits
without deafening anyone or drowning out the other tracks in your project the
output slider at the bottom right of the window takes the overall output level of
the amp designer up or down so along the bottom here is where you can really
fine-tune and design your amp sound the model menu allows you to choose from
over 20 matched amp and cabinet setups that unofficially recreate the signature
stones of Fender Marshall orange Mesa Boogie and more there's something here
for pretty much everyone and what's more you can mix and match from the dozens of
amp heads and cabinets on offer here with the amp and cabinet menus want to
match a Fender head with orange speakers or a Mesa Boogie cab with a Marshall
head go for it there's huge scope for experimentation
and it's dead easy to create a unique and great sounding setup
you
you can further customize your sounds by selecting what type of microphone you'd
like GarageBand to simulate from a spot on recreation of the good old sm57 to
the Roger r121 ribbon microphone you can even fine tune the possession of the
microphone in relation to your chosen cabinet speakers
there you have it that's everything you need to get to grips with garage bands
excellent amp designer if you're just getting started with garage band or just
want a refresh on the basics you can download my quick start guides
absolutely free I'll put a link to that in the description below how do you
think garage bands built-in amp designer compares to other premium amp Sims like
bias amp or clever greens stark can Garage Band hang with the big boys leave
a comment and let me know I've been patrick from the garagebandguide.com
and I'll see you next time bye for now