Mastering in Garageband is an important task that comes at the end of creating a new song. One of my favorite techniques for getting good mastering results in Garageband is to use a multi function plugin called OZONE. I use this plug in on the master track to output my song to iTunes or to a hi resolution AIFF file. Another good technique is to output your song to an AIFF stereo file, and then create a new garageband file, and import this AIFF file. Then apply OZONE to the stereo master file and output again to your final mastered file for CD production or input into iTunes!
Give it a try... and keep making music... it's good for the soul!
Svend
tags: mastering, garageband
Apr 1, 2011
Mar 27, 2011
Using iPad Garageband Drum Editor in Mac Garageband
I LOVE the new iPad Garageband Drum Editor!! It makes it easy to create cool, unique, evolving drum beats. The Mac version of Garageband does not currently have this cool drum editor. What I do is record cool loops in iPad Garageband Drum Editor and then export to itunes, where I can then import into Mac Garageband! Make sure your loops are on a nice 8 bar or 16 bar measure boundary. And also make note of the tempo, so you can import into a new Mac Garageband file at that tempo. You can then turn into a apple loop, where tempo can change as you change song tempo!
Enjoy iPad Garageband Drum Editor!
Mar 18, 2011
Garageband Music Since 2004!
I just looked at all my Garageband Music files and there are over 1010 pieces of music I have created since February 11 of 2004!!! Garageband is in my opinion the best music creation tool ever created for a computer... regardless of price!
Hope all you GB users are creating great music!
Svend
ps. I bought the new iPad Garageband. It is awesome!!!!!!! The drum machine is the coolest thing I have ever seen for putting some drum beats together!!!!! iPad Garageband is so worth $5!!! I hope they bring that drum editor to MAC Garageband!
NEW iPad Garageband
I bought the new iPad Garageband. It is awesome!!!!!!! The drum machine is the coolest thing I have ever seen for putting some drum beats together!!!!! iPad Garageband is so worth $5!!! I hope they bring that drum editor to MAC Garageband!
Hope all you GB users are creating great music!
Garageband Previews
Greetings Garageband Lovers!
I have hundreds, maybe thousands of songs I have written in Garageband. Opening them up in GB can take quite a while for each song, and sometimes I just want a quick listen, so that method can be a pain in the a-ss...lol. The cool thing to do in this case is to go into GB preferences, and make GB create a PREVIEW of the file! Then you can be in the mac finder and just click once on a file and hit the SPACE BAR and the mac will play the song!! Quick, instant, easy!!!
Hope all you GB users are creating great music!
Svend
ps. I bought the new iPad Garageband. It is awesome!!!!!!! The drum machine is the coolest thing I have ever seen for putting some drum beats together!!!!! iPad Garageband is so worth $5!!! I hope they bring that drum editor to MAC Garageband!
Jan 3, 2011
Using GB 4.0 vs. 5.0
Happy New Years!
Just wanted to know how many people out there have the newest GB installed and GB 4.0
I personally like the older version better, and on my system is much faster!
What are your thoughts!
Svend
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Jun 11, 2009
Garageband Hints and Tips - Splitting Tracks
Here is a great trick... you can split tracks while the song is playing! Just hit "apple" "T" while song is playing and garageband will split a track up for you!
Give it a try!! and leave a comment to let me know what you think!
Feb 20, 2009
Garageband Hints and Tips: Using Garageband tools to learn new chords :)
Garageband Hints and Tips: Using Garageband tools to learn new chords :)
I am self taught in music and song writing... and just know enough theory to be dangerous!
One feature I like is Garagebands ability to show you what chord you are playing on the piano keyboard. I then use this to string some chords together, and actually know what I am playing... or, if I read a good article in say keyboard magazine and they do a profile on a song, and give the chord sequence, I can easily figure it out!
Give it a try!! and leave a comment to let me know what you think!
Keep making great music, and think outside the box!
Svend
Jan 29, 2009
Garageband Hints And Tips: FREE Garageband Loops!!
Who doesn't love free Garageband Loops!!!
Here is a great summary list of loops (note: not all links work, but 90% do!)
Give it a try!! and leave a comment to let me know what you think!
Keep making great music, and think outside the box!
Svend
Jan 28, 2009
Garageband Hints and Tips: There is more than Four Four Time!
Greetings Garageband lovers.
Todays Garageband Hints and Tips has to do with the meter of your music and how it relates to Garageband.
I normally write my music in 4/4 time, but every once in a while, I remember there are other time signatures in music besides 4/4! and so I change it to 3/4 time or 6/8 time.
But here is the cool part! When you change time signature/time meter in Garageband, Garageband automatically shows you a different set of loops in the loop browser that are made for the time signature you are in! This means you will discover some new loops you never had in 4/4 time :) and this can often inspire a new song out of you :)
Give it a try!! and leave a comment to let me know what you think!
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