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Tutorial 1: Creating and Playing
GarageBand Projects

You can create GarageBand projects for songs, podcasts,
ringtones, and more. You can play projects to hear you
music, and save them in several ways.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to:

Â Create a new project from a template
Â Choose project settings for tempo, key, and time signature
Â Play the project
Â Save the project

Creating a New Project

You start working in GarageBand by creating a project. Projects are where you record,
arrange, and mix your music. When you open the New Project dialog, you can select a
template for the type of project you want to create.

You can choose from several different types of projects, including:

Â Music projects for voice, acoustic instruments, electric guitar, loops, and more
Â Podcast projects for enhanced audio and video podcast episodes
Â Magic GarageBand projects, in which you choose the genre and GarageBand

chooses the instruments and creates an arrangement

Â iPhone ringtone projects that you can send to iTunes and use on your iPhone.

In addition to creating new projects, you can open and download Learn to Play lessons
in the New Project dialog. To learn how to use Learn to Play lessons, see “Tutorial 2:
Learning to Play Guitar and Piano” on page 40.

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To create a new music project:

Choose File > New.

The New Project dialog appears, with buttons for different project types, including New
Project, Magic GarageBand, and iPhone Ringtone. Click the New Project button.

Project templates appear in the main area of the window. Templates are included for
voice, acoustic instrument, electric guitar, keyboard, songwriting, loops, and podcast
episode.

Click the icon for the template you want to use, then click Choose.

In the Save As dialog, type a name for the project in the Save As field, then browse to
the location where you want to save the project.

Click Save.

After a moment, the GarageBand window opens with the new project. The central area
of the GarageBand window is the timeline, which is divided into horizontal rows called
tracks. You organize your recordings and loops in tracks. The left area shows the track
headers, where you can adjust volume, pan position, and other settings for each track.
Below the timeline is the control bar, with buttons to show different editors and
inspectors, a set of transport controls you use to play your projects, and the LCD, where
you can change project settings and change the units of time in the beat ruler. For
more information about the controls in the GarageBand window, see “GarageBand at a
Glance” on page 9.

You can make music in GarageBand in the following ways:

Â By recording sound from a microphone connected to your computer
Â By recording sound from an electric guitar connected to your computer
Â By connecting a USB (or MIDI) keyboard and playing the Software Instruments built

into GarageBand

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Â By adding and arranging Apple Loops in the timeline
Â By creating a Magic GarageBand project
Â By viewing and playing along with a Learn to Play lesson

Playing a Project

After you’ve added some recordings, loops, or audio files to your project, you’ll want to
play the project to hear how it sounds. You play projects using either the Space bar on
your computer keyboard or the transport controls, which are located in the control bar
below the timeline.

Backyard baseball app. To start or stop playback:
Press the Space bar, or press the Play button in the center of the transport controls.

Using the Transport Controls

Using the transport controls, you can control playback and move the playhead to
different parts of the project. They also include controls for recording and for turning
on the cycle region.

The transport controls are similar to the playback controls used on hardware music
players. They include, from left to right:

Â Record: Starts recording on tracks that are enabled for recording
Â Go to beginning: Moves the playhead to the beginning of the project
Â Back (Rewind): Moves the playhead back one measure
Â Play/Pause: Starts the project playing, or stops playback
Â Forward: Moves the playhead forward one measure
Â Cycle: Turns the cycle region on or off

Play button

Cycle button

Record button

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Moving the Playhead

The playhead is a vertical line extending through the timeline that shows the part of
the project currently playing, or the place where playback starts when you click the
Play button. The triangle at the top of the playhead shows its current position in the
beat ruler. The beat ruler marks the units of time in the project, either in beats and
measures (musical time) or minutes and seconds. You can move the playhead to any
point in time, either when the project is stopped or while it is playing.

To move the playhead:

Drag the triangle at the top of the playhead to the place in the beat ruler when you
want playback to start.

Using the LCD

The LCD (liquid crystal display), located in the control bar next to the transport controls,
shows the playhead position as the project plays. You can change the units of time
shown in the LCD, and move the playhead.

Changing the Units of Time

The LCD and the beat ruler can display either beats and measures (musical time) or
minutes and seconds. You can use musical time when you’re arranging a song to align
recordings, loops, and other items in the timeline with the rhythm of the song, and use
minutes and seconds when you’re working with podcast or movie projects.

To show beats and measures in the LCD:

Click the icon on the left side of the LCD and choose Measures.

To show minutes and seconds in the LCD:

Click the icon on the left side of the LCD and choose Time.

When you change the units of time in the LCD, the beat ruler also changes to show the
same units of time.

Changing the Playhead Position in the LCD

You can move the playhead by changing the time shown in the LCD in either Measures
or Time mode.

To change the time in the LCD, do one of the following:
Â Drag one of the numerals up or down.
Â Double-click one of the numbers, type a new number, then press Return.

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Changing the Project Tempo, Key, and Time Signature

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Garageband Sample Projects