What You ve Learned

What You've Learned

• You can add a new track for a prerecorded Apple Loop by clicking the loop in the Loop Browser and dragging it to the Timeline below the bottom track.

• To delete a track, select the track header and choose Track > Delete Track or press Cmd-Delete.

• To delete a region within a track, select the region and press Delete.

• The Time Display shows either musical time or actual time. It also shows the current playhead position.

• Mute silences an individual track.

• Solo silences all other tracks.

• To record a Software Instrument, you can create a new Software Instrument track or use an existing Software Instrument track. You also need to make sure the track's Record Enable button is turned on.

• With GarageBand 2, you can record one Software Instrument track and up to eight Real Instrument tracks at the same time.

• The onscreen keyboard that comes with GarageBand is a MIDI interface that can be used to record Software Instruments.

• The onscreen keyboard works with the selected Software Instrument track.

• You can drag the expansion triangle in the lower-right edge of the keyboard window to change the size of the keys and the length of the keyboard.

• To quickly change which range of notes the keys play, you can use the keyboard overview.

• You can change a track icon in the Track Info window.

• You can change the location of saved songs. The default location is the GarageBand folder inside the Music folder on your computer.

• You can change the instrument of any Software Instrument track in the Track Info window.

• There can be only one GarageBand project open at a time.