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The experts like Bob LeVitus, Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes present articles on GarageBand, iTunes, iPod, and iLife
Get ready to rock with Bob LeVitus and Apple's digital music recording studio -- Find out how to record, edit, mix, and master like a pro! Are you the next big thing in music Ð but the world just doesn't know it yet? Here's the guide that will help you create great-sounding recordings with GarageBand. Packed with useful information on setting up a digital studio, laying down tracks, working with loops, playing with MIDI and software instruments, and mixing tracks, the only thing this book doesn't provide you with is . . . a recording contract!
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Adapted From: GarageBand For Dummies -- The track is the basic building block of a song; each song is made up of one or more tracks. In GarageBand, you can record only one track at a time so that you can adjust and mix separate elements. For example, when you begin laying tracks, you can record everyone in your band playing a song together or record yourself playing the piano and singing at the same time. If you do, however, you can't adjust only the drums or only the vocals later in the mixing stage. If you want to adjust, say, the guitar or the vocals separately from the rest of the song, you have to record each part individually Ñ on a separate track ... Read More
Adapted From: GarageBand For Dummies -- GarageBand exports exactly one file format Ñ the Audio Interchange File Format (with extensions of aif, aiff, AIF, or AIFF). Fortunately, AIF files are the gold standard of audio files, the highest-of-high-quality uncompressed audio that you can save on a disc. AIF files sound great, but a cost is incurred: The files are huge Ñ too big to send via e-mail or download or to stream ... Read More
Adapted From: GarageBand For Dummies -- GarageBand lets you disguise and fix mistakes in tracks in a number of different ways. The next time you lay down a track that's not quite perfect, don't delete the track until you've tried some of or all the following techniques ... Read More
By Tony Bove, Cheryl Rhodes -- Adapted from iPod & iTunes For Dummies
The iPod, Apple's breakthrough MP3 music player, boasts a contact list, calendar, alarm clock, notes reader, and a handful of games
In its first year, iTunes has sold more than 70 million songs; since hitting the market in November 2001, the iPod has sold more than 3 million units. This updated edition covers cool new third-party accessories, new iTunes features, iPod functions, troubleshooting, and more
Covers naming an iPod, setting preferences, connecting and sharing an iPod, organizing a digital jukebox, playing music, copying files, burning an audio CD, searching for and downloading songs from the music store, and much more
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Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes present these free chapters from the iLife '04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies book.
Updated to cover the latest iLife features and enhancements, including the new GarageBand application -- Seven minibooks on iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, iPod, and iLife Extras get readers quickly up to speed with all of Apple's digital media applications -- Covers the key features of each application, including ripping songs and working with a playlist (iTunes), editing and saving digital photo files (iPhoto), assembling picture and video clips into a home movie (iMovie), creating DVD slide shows and movies (iDVD), and setting up and recording in a digital music studio (GarageBand), plus bonus coverage of Apple's market-leading iPod
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