Apple GarageBand '09 User Manual
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Chapter 2
GarageBand at a Glance
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A
Browse button: Click to view the instrument list, icon menu, and input controls for the track.
B
Instrument library pop-up menu: Choose which instruments you want to see in the category
and instrument lists from the pop-up menu.
C
Instrument category list: Click an instrument category to see the instruments for that category
in the instrument list on the right.
D
Instrument
list:
Select an instrument from the list.
E
Instrument icon pop-up menu: Click to choose a new instrument icon from the icon menu that
appears. Icons make it easy to distinguish tracks that use similar instruments.
F
Input Source pop-up menu (Real Instrument tracks only): Choose the input source for Real
Instrument recording.
Monitor pop-up menu (Real Instrument tracks only): Turn on monitoring to hear your
instrument as you play, or turn it off to avoid feedback.
Recording Level slider and checkbox (Real Instrument tracks only): Drag to set the input
volume for the track. Select the Automatic Level Control checkbox to have GarageBand lower
the recording level to prevent clipping.
G
Edit button: Click to view the effects menus and controls for the track.
H
Effects slots: Each track includes a compressor and four additional effects slots.
Click an empty effects slot and choose an effect from the pop-up menu.
Click an effect’s LED to turn the effect on or off.
Click an effect name and choose a new effect from the effect pop-up menu.
Click a preset and choose a new preset from the preset pop-up menu.
Drag an effect up or down by the textured area on its left edge to reorder effects.
Sound Generator pop-up menu (Software Instruments only): Choose a new generator to change
the sound of the Software Instrument.
I
Sends sliders: Each track includes Echo and Reverb sliders that control the amount of the track’s
output that is sent to the master Echo and Reverb effects.
J
Save Instrument and Delete Instrument buttons: Click the Save Instrument button to save an
instrument. Click the Delete Instrument button to delete a saved instrument.