Apple GarageBand 2.0 - Manual (Page 44)

44 Chapter 6 Working With Real Instruments
You may want to have the cycle region start a few extra beats before the point where
you want to start recording, to make it easier to start playing on the beat, and end a
few beats after you want to stop recording, in case your last note extends past the end
of the cycle region.
To record using a cycle region:
1 Select the Real Instrument track you want to record in.
2 Click the Record button to start recording.
3 Play your musical instrument, or sing into your microphone. As you record, a new
region appears in the selected Real Instrument track.
Real Instruments only record the first time through the cycle region. When the cycle
region repeats, you hear the newly recorded region.
4 When you are finished, click the Play button to stop the cycle region.
5 If you want to replace the recorded region, click the Record button and play the part
again.
6 When you have finished using the cycle region, click the Cycle button again to turn
it off.
Recording Multiple Real Instrument Tracks
You can record up to eight Real Instruments and one Software Instrument at the same
time. This lets you record a vocals and instruments together, and simultaneously record
a backing track, for example.
When you select a track, recording is enabled for that track (meaning that recording
will start on that track when you click the Record button). You can enable up to seven
additional tracks by clicking the round Record Enable button in each track’s header. The
Record Enable button turns red to show that the track is enabled for recording.
To disable a track for recording, click the Record Enable button in the track’s header
again.
To record multiple Real instruments at the same time:
1 Be sure each Real Instrument track is set to use a different input channel (or pair of
channels) in the Track Info window.
2 Enable the tracks you want to record by clicking their Record Enable buttons.
3 Click the Record button in the transport controls to start recording.
To record a Software Instrument at the same time as one or more Real
Instruments:
1 Enable the Software Instrument track for recording along with the Real Instrument
tracks by selecting the track or clicking its Record Enable button.
2 Click the Record button in the transport controls to start recording.