Apple GarageBand '09 - Manual (Page 89)

Chapter 8 Tutorial 6: Arranging and Editing Your Music 89
Enhancing the Timing of a Real Instrument Track
You can enhance the timing of the regions in a Real Instrument track. This is especially
useful with regions that contain the right notes but that are not perfectly in time with
the project’s rhythm.
When you enhance timing, all regions in the selected track (both your own recordings
and loops) are enhanced. You can enhance the timing of regions with drums, single-
note instruments, and chordal instruments.
To enhance the timing of a Real Instrument track:
1 In the timeline, double-click the track with the regions you want to enhance to open it
in the editor.
2 In the editor, drag the Enhance Timing slider to the right to increase the effect of
timing enhancement, or drag it left to decrease the effect of enhancement.
3 From the pop-up menu above the Enhance Timing slider, choose the note value to use
as the basis for timing enhancement.
Enhanced timing can cause a delay under certain conditions. For example, moving the
slider while the project is playing can result in a slight delay as playback “catches up” to
the new setting. Also, if enhanced timing is active on a track when you’re recording,
there may be a short delay between when you play and when you hear the sound.
Move the slider to the left to deactivate enhanced timing while recording, and then set
the level of enhanced timing when you finish recording.
The Enhance Timing slider may not work equally well with all musical material,
especially when set to higher values. Listen carefully to the results of using the slider
and set it to the value that sounds best.
If you want timing enhancement to be less than full strength, drag the Enhance Timing
slider to the left to set the amount of enhancement. If you don’t like the results after
you enhance the timing, drag the Enhance Timing slider to “off” to return the selected
items to their original timing.
Enhancing the Timing of a Software Instrument Track
You can enhance the timing of items in a Software Instrument track. You can enhance
the timing of all regions in the track, individual selected regions, or individual notes
in a region.
By setting the “Auto Align to” slider and choosing an Enhanced Timing note value
before recording regions or notes, you can have GarageBand enhance the timing of the
region be enhanced for you as you record.