Real Instrument regions are digital recordings of actual instrument performances.
You can connect real instruments to the computer through the audio-in port or an audio interface like an Mbox or PCR-A30 MIDI Keyboard Controller/USB Audio Interface.
You can record a Real Instrument as a stereo or mono recording. Stereo uses two channels (Channel 1 and Channel 2); mono uses one (either Channel 1 or Channel 2).
GarageBand 2 lets you record up to 8 Real Instrument tracks at a time with the use of an approved audio interface.
CD-quality stereo audio uses around 10 MB of disk space per minute.
You can resize a Real Instrument region by click-dragging the lower-right or lower-left corner of the region. You can loop a region by click-dragging the upper-right corner.
Monitoring input means that you can hear the instrument you're playing before and during recording.
Recording a Real Instrument using a cycle region will only record during the first pass. The second pass of the playhead in the cycle region will play back the newly recorded region.
You can add effects to a track before or after recording by using the Details portion of the Track Info window.
You can hear different effects as you apply them to a track by playing the track in the Timeline and changing the instrument or effects in the Track Info window while the track is playing.
You can save your effects settings and use them again on different tracks or projects.
Grid lines are used to restrict the movement and placement of musical elements in a project in order to keep them in time (musical time). To override the grid restrictions, turn Snap to Grid off by pressing Cmd-G.
The more you zoom in to a track, the more grid lines and detailed control you will have to move and trim regions in the Timeline.
You can use the Time Display for navigation by double-clicking the number you want to change and typing in a new number and pressing Return. The playhead will go to whatever numbers you type into the Time Display.
You can split a selected region at the playhead position by pressing Cmd-T or by choosing Edit > Split.
