Zooming In to and Out of the Timeline

Now that you have identified the different regions and tracks, let's zoom in for a closer look.

You can zoom in to and out of the Timeline using the Zoom slider, located in the lower-left corner of the window, or by using a keyboard shortcut.

GarageBand zooms in to your current playhead position in the Timeline. For this exercise, let's start by zooming in to the beginning of the song.

1.	Press the Z key to move the playhead to the beginning of the Timeline (if it is not there already).
2.	Press and hold the Ctrl key, located on the far left and far right of the spacebar. Note The shorthand for the Control key is Ctrl. In this book, if you read instructions that ask you to press Ctrl-right arrow, that indicates that you need to press the Control and right arrow keys together.
3.	While you hold down the Ctrl key, press the right arrow key several times to zoom in to the Timeline. As you zoom in, the tracks in the Timeline get longer, and you can see more detail within a track. Notice that you can see the waveform (recorded audio that is graphically displayed) in the Wind Chime track. Wind Chime region before zooming in to the Timeline Wind Chime region after zooming in to the Timeline
4.	Press Ctrl-right arrow several more times to zoom further in to the Timeline.
5.	Press Ctrl-left arrow several times to zoom out of the Timeline until you can see the entire song again.
6.	Click the Beat Ruler around the 20th measure to move the playhead. You may need to zoom in to or out of the Timeline to clearly see the 20th measure in the Beat Ruler. Now let's zoom in to the 20th measure of the song using the Zoom slider. The Zoom slider works the same as pressing the Ctrl key and tapping the left and right arrows.
7.	Locate the Zoom slider in the lower-left corner of the window.
8.	Click and drag the blue arrow on the slider toward the left to zoom out of the Timeline.
9.	Click and drag the blue arrow on the slider toward the right to zoom in to the Timeline at the playhead position.
10.	Click and drag the blue arrow to the middle position on the slider.