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Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals andMusical Instruments

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Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals 5 and Musical Instruments 5 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:  Add a Real Instrument track and change instrument settings  Add an Electric Guitar track and choose a guitar amp  Record sound in a Real Instrument or Electric Guitar track  Record over a specific part of a project using the cycle region  Record multiple takes  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. 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. 49

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