Thursday, December 9, 2010

the 2 questions for garage band

what is the mixer used for ?
track pan, track volume,and ducking

what are the five things in the track header?
recording,muting , solo or , lock and unlock,and show track volume and pan curve

the vacabulary for garage band

playhead: Show the point in the project that is currently playing or where the playback starts when you click the Play button.



timeline: Contains the tracks, record Real and Software Instruments, add loops, and arrange regions.  Includes the beat rule to align times with beats and measure.




track header: Includes the instrument icon and name.  Contains the Record Enable, Mute, Sole, and Lock Track buttons as well as the triangle to show the track's automation curves 






regions: Provides a closer view or part of the timeline or allows more of the timeline to be viewed at once


beat ruler:Allows control points to be added to create changes over time for volume, panning and other parameters


editor button :Open the editor


level meters:Displays 4 modes:  Time, Measures, Chord, and Project; displays beats and measures.  Click to move the playhead to any point in the timeline       


playhead lock button :Allows you to see different parts of the project in the timeline and the editor by unlocking the playheads in the timeline and the editor


arrange track:Allows sound to be organized, recorded, and shaped.  Loops can be added and music working with in regions along the timeline


master track:Create changes to the overall project volume, add a fade in or fade out, change the tempo, or transpose parts of the project to a different key





tracks:Regions can be added to define different sections of a project such as intro, verse, and chorus which can then be copied and moved to rearrange the project




transport controls:Created in the timeline when recording or adding a loop and can then be copied, pasted, looped, resized, moved and transposed


track info: Opens Track Info pane


grid button:Determine if clipping is occurring in the project 


LCD: Contains Record, Play, Go to Beginning, Rewind, Fast Forward, and Cycle buttons


media browser:Opens Media Browser


automation curve:Contains the pan dial, volume slider, and level meter of the track 


scroll bars: Drag to move to a different part of a project not currently visible




zoom slider : Select a not value for the timeline or choose automatic to have the value change when zooming in and out


master volume slide: Drag to adjust the project's master volume level




track mixer : Allows control points to be added to create changes over time for volume, panning and other parameters



add track button: Click to add tracks below existing tracks in timeline



loop browser button: Open the loop browser

Monday, December 6, 2010

my song

the biggest challenge would be to make sure that the lyrics i choose go perfectly with the song so it doesnt look so off and making sure that who ever sings can hit the right notes so that the words go with my song.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

use of garage

right now i plan to use garage band to put a song and a beat together i can make beats to my own song or something or i could but a hole new beat to a song already!





shout out to dj YaYa (:
&& to my number one fan justin (: