Apple GarageBand 2.0 User Manual

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Chapter 1

GarageBand at a Glance

A

Instrument category list: Click an instrument category to see the instruments for that category in
the instrument list on the right.

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 list: Click an instrument from the list.

D

Instrument icon pop-up menu: Click to choose an instrument icon from the icon menu.

E

Details triangle: Click to show the instrument and effects settings.

F

Effect checkboxes, sliders, and pop-up menus: Click an effect checkbox to turn the effect on or off.
Drag the sliders to adjust the level of the effects, or choose an item from the pop-up menus.
The Track Info window includes the following effects for Real and Software Instruments:

Noise gate slider (Real Instrument tracks only): Drag the slider to adjust the amount of gating.

Generator and generator preset pop-up menus (Software Instrument tracks only): Choose an
instrument generator, and generator preset, from the menus.

Compression slider: Drag the slider to adjust the amount of compression.

Equalizer pop-up menu: Choose an EQ setting from the pop-up menu.

Effect and effect setting pop-up menus: Click a checkbox to turn additional effects on or off.
Choose an effect from a pop-up menu on the left, then choose an effect preset from the pop-
up menu on the right.

Echo slider: Drag the slider to adjust the amount of echo.

Reverb slider: Drag the slider to adjust the amount of reverb.

G

Input channel pop-up menu and buttons (Real Instrument tracks only): Choose the input channel
or channels for the instrument from the Input pop-up menu. Drag the Volume slider to set the
input volume for the selected channel. Choose whether monitoring is on or off from the Monitor
pop-up.

H

Effect edit buttons: Click to show an effect’s preset window, where you can edit the effect preset.

I

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.

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