Apple MB942Z User Guide - Page 92

Tutorial 7: Mixing and 9 Adding Effects 9 GarageBand gives you the tools to easily mix your projects and add professional-sounding effects. In this tutorial, you'll learn some basics about mixing and effects. You'll learn how to:  Mix tracks in your project to balance the sound  Set the master volume  Add a fade-out to the end of a project  Add and adjust track effects  Graphically edit the Visual EQ effect  Edit and save effect presets  Automate mixing and other parameters What Is Mixing? When you've built the arrangement of your project, the next step is to mix the project. Mixing is when you step back and listen to the overall sound of the music, and make changes to tracks and the project to balance the different parts, bring the music into focus, and give it the right "sound." Mixing typically consists of the following steps:  Balancing track volume levels  Setting track pan positions  Adding effects to enhance and color the sound  Creating dynamic changes with automation curves 92