Apple GarageBand 2.0 - Manual (Page 8)

8 Preface About GarageBand Getting Started
What’s New In GarageBand
• You can import MIDI, Apple Lossless, and Sony ACID files into a GarageBand song.
MIDI files are imported as Software Instrument regions, Apple Lossless files are
imported as Real Instrument regions, and ACID files are imported as Real Instrument
loops.
• You can view Software Instrument regions in notation view in the editor. Notation
view displays notes, chords, and other musical events in standard music notation.
You can also edit notes and controller information, including pedal markings.
• You can record up to eight Real Instruments and one Software Instrument at the
same time with an appropriate audio interface connected to your computer.
• You can save both Real and Software Instrument regions you record as Apple Loops,
and add your own Apple Loops to the loop browser so you can use them in other
songs.
• If you have one or more Jam Packs installed on your computer, you can choose to
show only the loops from a specific Jam Pack, or only those included with
GarageBand, in the loop browser.
• Musical Typing turns your computer keyboard into a music keyboard so that you can
play and record Software Instruments. You can control what octave you play in, and
control velocity and other controller information (including mod wheel, pitch bend,
and sustain) of the notes you play.
• You can add a pan curve to a Real or Software Instrument track, and add control
points to change the track’s pan position over time. Pan curves work in exactly the
same way as volume curves.
• You can transpose (change the pitch of ) a song to a different key, to add interest and
variety to your songs. When you transpose a song using the master pitch curve, Real
and Software Instrument regions (both your recordings and loops) are transposed to
the new key.
• You can enhance the tuning of Real Instrument tracks that have the right rhythmic
feel, but are not perfectly in tune, with the Enhance Tuning slider, located in the Real
Instrument editor.
• You can enhance the timing of Real Instrument tracks containing the right notes, but
which are not perfectly in time, with the Enhance Timing slider, located in the Real
Instrument editor.
• You can check the tuning of any Real Instrument using the built-in instrument tuner.
This is especially useful with guitars, basses, and other instruments that may need
regular retuning.
• GarageBand features new Software Instruments, including two new synthesizers,
Hybrid Basic and Hybrid Morph. You can use these synthesizers, which are based on
waveforms, to create rich, complex sounds.
• GarageBand features new effects, including a gender-shifting voice effect, new guitar
amp simulations, and bass amp simulations.