Apple GarageBand '09 - Manual (Page 30)

30 Chapter 3 Tutorial 1: Creating and Playing GarageBand Projects
To create a new music project:
1 Choose File > New.
The New Project dialog appears, with buttons for different project types, including New
Project, Magic GarageBand, and iPhone Ringtone. Click the New Project button.
Project templates appear in the main area of the window. Templates are included for
voice, acoustic instrument, electric guitar, keyboard, songwriting, loops, and podcast
episode.
2 Click the icon for the template you want to use, then click Choose.
3 In the Save As dialog, type a name for the project in the Save As field, then browse to
the location where you want to save the project.
4 Click Save.
After a moment, the GarageBand window opens with the new project. The central area
of the GarageBand window is the timeline, which is divided into horizontal rows called
tracks. You organize your recordings and loops in tracks. The left area shows the track
headers, where you can adjust volume, pan position, and other settings for each track.
Below the timeline is the control bar, with buttons to show different editors and
inspectors, a set of transport controls you use to play your projects, and the LCD, where
you can change project settings and change the units of time in the beat ruler. For
more information about the controls in the GarageBand window, see “GarageBand at a
Glance” on page 9.
You can make music in GarageBand in the following ways:
 By recording sound from a microphone connected to your computer
 By recording sound from an electric guitar connected to your computer
 By connecting a USB (or MIDI) keyboard and playing the Software Instruments built
into GarageBand