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The GarageBand Book
Listen -- GarageBand's playing your song
Do you want to bring out your recording artist within? Or do you just believe that life needs a soundtrack? Either way, GarageBand will turn your Mac into a recording studio, and when Tony and the Mac Man strt jammin' in these pages, you'll discover all the amazing things you can do with it. Learn to use loops, make tracks, play real or software instruments, mix and shape the sound, distribute your creations--and free the music you have inside.
* Offers insight from stars like Pete Sears, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith
* Covers MIDI keyboards, recording, mixing, using real instruments, managing music, and more
* Lavishly illustrated and loaded with anecdotes, tips, and ideas
"I've discovered a way you CAN live out your fantasies...
Everybody dreams of rock-and-roll glory. But what has held us back for lo these many years? A profound lack of God-given talent. GarageBand is the great leveler, and it's for everybody. Even if you wouldn't know what to do with a Rickenbacker 425 solidbody if Eric Clapton came to your house and personally beat you to death with one, GarageBand still welcomes you into the Family of Jam. You might not be as talented as the Music Gods...but at leat with GarageBand, you can have as much fun making music as they do."
--Andy Ihnatko
Do you want to bring out your recording artist within? Or do you just believe that life needs a soundtrack? Either way, GarageBand will turn your Mac into a recording studio, and when Tony and the Mac Man strt jammin' in these pages, you'll discover all the amazing things you can do with it. Learn to use loops, make tracks, play real or software instruments, mix and shape the sound, distribute your creations--and free the music you have inside.
* Offers insight from stars like Pete Sears, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith
* Covers MIDI keyboards, recording, mixing, using real instruments, managing music, and more
* Lavishly illustrated and loaded with anecdotes, tips, and ideas
"I've discovered a way you CAN live out your fantasies...
Everybody dreams of rock-and-roll glory. But what has held us back for lo these many years? A profound lack of God-given talent. GarageBand is the great leveler, and it's for everybody. Even if you wouldn't know what to do with a Rickenbacker 425 solidbody if Eric Clapton came to your house and personally beat you to death with one, GarageBand still welcomes you into the Family of Jam. You might not be as talented as the Music Gods...but at leat with GarageBand, you can have as much fun making music as they do."
--Andy Ihnatko
352 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2004
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December 1, 2007
I picked this up at the library looking for information on podcasting... unfortunately, most software guides are outdated the moment they're put in print, and this was no exception.
Podcasting wasn't even covered,but I thought there might be some basics that I could make use of. But the information on GarageBand basics was TOO basic -- and so outdated that it didn't even apply to my 2006 MacBook.
I found the sidebars to be distracting and uninteresting (what was with all the ukelele information). There's got to be a better guide out there. I'll let you know when I find it.
Podcasting wasn't even covered,but I thought there might be some basics that I could make use of. But the information on GarageBand basics was TOO basic -- and so outdated that it didn't even apply to my 2006 MacBook.
I found the sidebars to be distracting and uninteresting (what was with all the ukelele information). There's got to be a better guide out there. I'll let you know when I find it.
April 16, 2012
Published in 2005, it has some shortcomings. But all in all, for a newbie like me, it is a good basic orderly reference or starting point. Like one other reviewer, I too wondered why all the references to the ukulele.
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