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Adding Loops to the Timeline, To change the default behavior for converting Software Instrument loops

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Adding Loops to the Timeline When you find a loop you want to use, you add it to the project by dragging it to the timeline. Drag a loop to an empty part of the timeline to create a new track for the loop. To add a loop to the timeline: m Drag the loop from the loop browser to an empty part of the timeline where there is no track. A new track of the appropriate type is created, and the loop is added to the new track. There are two types of Apple Loops, like the two kinds of tracks: Real Instrument loops and Software Instrument loops. Real Instrument loops are audio recordings, and Software Instrument loops contain information about notes you play, but are "rendered" by your Mac in real time. In the loop browser, Real Instrument loops have a blue icon in the loop browser with an audio waveform and Software Instrument loops have a green icon with a musical note. Note: You can also drag a loop to a track of the same type (Real Instrument or Software Instrument) to add it to the timeline. If you drag a Software Instrument loop to a Software Instrument track, a dialog appears, asking which instrument you want to use. You can also convert a Software Instrument loop to a Real Instrument loop when you drag it to the timeline. Real Instrument loops require less processing power for playback, which can allow you to use more tracks and effects in your project, especially for projects with many loops. To convert a Software Instrument loop to a Real Instrument loop: m Option-drag the loop from the loop browser to the timeline. By default, Option-dragging a Software Instrument loop converts it to a Real Instrument loop. You can change the default behavior so that dragging a Software Instrument loop converts it to a Real Instrument loop, and Option-dragging does not convert it. To change the default behavior for converting Software Instrument loops: 1 Choose GarageBand > Preferences. 2 Click Loops. 3 In the Loops pane, select the "Convert to Real Instrument" checkbox. 78 Chapter 7 Tutorial 5: Adding Apple Loops

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Chapter 7
Tutorial 5:
Adding Apple Loops
Adding Loops to the Timeline
When you find a loop you want to use, you add it to the project by dragging it to the
timeline.
To add a loop to the timeline:
m
Drag the loop from the loop browser to an empty part of the timeline where there is
no track. A new track of the appropriate type is created, and the loop is added to the
new track.
There are two types of Apple Loops, like the two kinds of tracks:
Real Instrument loops
and Software Instrument loops.
Real Instrument loops
are audio recordings, and
Software Instrument loops
contain information about notes you play, but are “rendered”
by your Mac in real time. In the loop browser, Real Instrument loops have a blue icon in
the loop browser with an audio waveform and Software Instrument loops have a green
icon with a musical note.
Note:
You can also drag a loop to a track of the same type (Real Instrument or Software
Instrument) to add it to the timeline. If you drag a Software Instrument loop to a
Software Instrument track, a dialog appears, asking which instrument you want to use.
You can also convert a Software Instrument loop to a Real Instrument loop when you
drag it to the timeline. Real Instrument loops require less processing power for
playback, which can allow you to use more tracks and effects in your project, especially
for projects with many loops.
To convert a Software Instrument loop to a Real Instrument loop:
m
Option-drag the loop from the loop browser to the timeline.
By default, Option-dragging a Software Instrument loop converts it to a Real
Instrument loop. You can change the default behavior so that dragging a Software
Instrument loop converts it to a Real Instrument loop, and Option-dragging does not
convert it.
To change the default behavior for converting Software Instrument loops:
1
Choose GarageBand > Preferences.
2
Click Loops.
3
In the Loops pane, select the “Convert to Real Instrument” checkbox.
Drag a loop to an empty
part of the timeline to create
a new track for the loop.