Apple GarageBand '09 - Manual (Page 104)

104 Chapter 10 Tutorial 8: Creating Podcasts
You can add and adjust effects for the narration track, including the Speech Enhancer
effect, which is especially useful for recording narration and dialogue using the built-in
microphone on your computer. For more information about recording in a Real
Instrument track, see “Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals and Musical Instruments” on
page 49.
Adding Podcast Sounds
GarageBand includes a variety of loops for you to use in your podcasts, including the
following:
 Jingles are complete background music tracks that use can use behind the narration
or dialogue, between spoken segments, or as an intro or outro. Some jingles are
available in long, medium, and short versions.
 Stingers are brief sounds that can be used as transitions or audio “punctuation”
between speakers or between sections of a podcast.
 Sound effects include the sounds of people, animals, and machines, as well as room
ambience and other environmental sounds.
You can search for podcast sounds in the loop browser, preview them, and add them
to your podcast project.
To search for podcast sounds in the loop browser:
1 Click the Loop Browser button to open the loop browser.
2 Click the podcast sounds button (with the radiating sound wave) in the upper-left
corner of the loop browser to switch to podcast sounds view.
3 Click a category in the left column, then click a subcategory in the right column to
show matching loops in the results list. The columns in the results list show the loop
name and the length for each loop.
4 Click a loop to preview it in the loop browser.
5 To end a search, either click the selected keyword again to deselect it, or click the Reset
button to deselect all selected keywords.
For more information about searching for loops, see “Tutorial 5: Adding Apple Loops”
on page 71.