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Choose the input source for your guitar Click Setup in the upper-right corner of the lesson window. Choose one of the following from the My Input Device pop-up menu at the top of the window. If you’re playing an acoustic guitar and using your computer’s built-in microphone, choose Internal Mic.

Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals
and Musical Instruments

You can record your voice or any other sound you can
capture using a microphone. If you play a musical
instrument, you can also record it in a GarageBand
project.

In GarageBand, you record sound from a microphone or from a musical instrument
connected to your computer in a Real Instrument track. Real Instrument tracks have
blue headers, and the regions containing your recordings appear purple. You can
change track settings and add effects to Real Instrument tracks in the Track Info pane.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to:

Select regions in GarageBand on Mac. To perform some edits on regions, you must first select the regions. You can select one or multiple regions, select regions on different tracks, and quickly select muted regions, overlapped regions, or regions meeting other criteria. Selected regions appear brighter in the Tracks area than unselected regions.
In GarageBand for Mac, set the instrument or microphone input source for each track you want to record to. Choose Track Configure Track Header. You can also right-click on any track header or press Option-T. In the Track Header Configuration dialog, select Record Enable.

Â Add a Real Instrument track and change instrument settings
Â Add an Electric Guitar track and choose a guitar amp
Â Record sound in a Real Instrument or Electric Guitar track
Â Record over a specific part of a project using the cycle region
Â Record multiple takes
Â Tune your guitar

Adding a Real Instrument Track

To record sound in a Real Instrument track, you first add the track to your project and
prepare it for recording.

Super mario bros 3 cat. To add a Real Instrument track:

1

Click the Add Track button, or choose Track > New Track.

2

In the New Track dialog, click Real Instrument, then click Create.

A new Real Instrument track appears in the timeline, and the Track Info pane opens to
the right of the timeline. The Track Info pane is where you choose different settings for
the selected track.

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In the Track Info pane, select an instrument type from the list on the left, then select an
instrument from the list on the right.

4

Choose the audio input for your microphone or instrument from the Input Source pop-
up menu.

Â If you’re using your computer’s built-in microphone, choose Built-In Mic.
Â If your microphone or instrument is connected to your computer’s audio input port,

choose Line In.

Â If your microphone or instrument is connected to an audio interface, choose the

correct channel (or stereo pair of channels) from the menu.

Â If the instrument you’re recording has a single input, choose a mono (monophonic)

input. If the instrument has both left and right inputs, choose a stereo input.

5

If you want to hear your microphone or instrument as you play, choose On or On with
Feedback Protection from the Monitor pop-up menu.

Use these controls to set
the input format and input
channel and to turn
monitoring on or off.

Select an instrument

category from this list.

Select an instrument
from this list.

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Turning on monitoring can cause feedback (loud, sharp noise) if the audio input picks
up the output from your speakers. You can choose “On with Feedback Protection” to
have GarageBand automatically turn off monitoring if feedback from the input source
occurs. You can also avoid feedback by listening with headphones rather than speakers.
You can reduce possible feedback by making sure the microphone or instrument is
pointed away from your speakers, and by turning down the master volume.

6

Adjust the recording level for the track so that the level as high as possible without
causing clipping or distortion.

To adjust the recording level, do one of the following:
Â If the instrument or microphone has a volume control, adjust the volume control on

the device.

Â If the instrument or microphone is connected to an audio interface, adjust the

volume control on the audio interface.

Â In the Track Info pane, drag the Recording Level slider left to lower the input volume

for the selected channel, or drag it right to raise the input volume.

Note: You can’t control the volume of some audio interfaces and other devices from
GarageBand. If the Recording Level slider in the Track Info pane is dimmed, you
cannot adjust the input volume in GarageBand.

Â Select the Automatic Level Control checkbox to have GarageBand automatically

lower the input level to avoid clipping, and raise the level to avoid excessive noise
when recording.

Note: If you chose “On with Feedback Protection” from the Monitor pop-up menu,
you cannot select Automatic Level Control.

Adding a Basic Track

You can also add a basic track. A basic track is a stereo Real Instrument track containing
no effects. You can change the input source and effects settings of a basic track after
adding it to the project.

To add a basic track:

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Choose Track > New Basic Track.

The basic track appears in the timeline, and the Track Info pane opens. You can make
the same input settings described in the previous section.

Adding an Electric Guitar Track

If you play an electric guitar, you can add an Electric Guitar track and record your guitar
in the track. You can choose a guitar preset, choose a guitar amp, and add stompbox
guitar effects to customize the sound of each Electric Guitar track.

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To add an Electric Guitar track:

1

Click the Add Track button, or choose Track > New Track.

2

In the New Track dialog, click Electric Guitar, then click Create.

A new Electric Guitar track appears in the timeline, and the Track Info pane opens to
the right of the timeline, showing a guitar amp and stompbox effects for the track.

3

In the Track Info pane, choose a guitar preset from the pop-up menu.

4

To choose a different guitar amp, move the pointer over the amp on the stage, then
click the left or right arrow.

5

To change the input source, click Edit (with the amp selected), then choose a different
input from the Input Source pop-up menu.

6

To hear your guitar as you play, choose On or On with Feedback Protection from the
Monitor pop-up menu.

Getting Ready to Record

After you’ve added a Real Instrument or Electric Guitar track to record in, there are a
few things to check before you start recording:

Click the amp to see the

amp controls below.

Click a stompbox to see

its controls below.

Controls for the

selected item appear

below the stage.

Click to change the input
source or see all available
stompbox effects.

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Â Make sure your microphone, guitar, or other instrument is connected properly and is

working.

Â Make sure the correct