Apple MB942Z User Guide - Page 38
Recording My Instrument
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2 Choose the input for the instrument you want to play from the My Instrument pop-up menu. Â If you're playing a USB or MIDI music keyboard, choose Keyboard. Â If you're playing a guitar connected to your computer's audio input port, choose Guitar. Â If you're using your computer's built-in microphone, choose Internal Mic. Â If you're using a microphone connected to an audio interface, choose External Mic. Â If you're playing a guitar connected to an audio interface, choose External Guitar. 3 If you're using a microphone and are using your computer speakers to hear your instrument, choose Monitor Off from the My Instrument pop-up menu. 4 Click the instrument you want to use from below the stage. 5 If you want to use an instrument not shown, click Customize. When the Customize window appears, choose the type of instrument you want to use from the pop-up menu at the top of the window, then select the instrument you want to use from the list in the window. After you choose the input and instrument for My Instrument, you can play your instrument in the project. Recording My Instrument You can record the instrument selected as My Instrument along with the Magic GarageBand project. When you open the project in GarageBand, your recording will appear in a new track in the timeline. To record My Instrument: 1 Make sure your instrument is working properly and is connected to your computer. 2 Click the Record button (the red circle) in the control bar. After a one-measure count-in, recording starts. A narrow track appears below the sections, showing the waveform of the new recording. 3 When you're finished recording, click the Play button. 38 Chapter 3 Tutorial 1: Creating and Playing GarageBand Projects