Chapter 7. Mixing and Effects

Lesson Files

 

Lessons > Lesson_07 > 7-1 Highway Bound unmxd; 7–2 Highway Bound mixed

Time

 

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Goals

 

Understand basic mixing

  

Work with the Track Mixer

  

Set volume levels and pan controls for each track

  

Join two separate regions

  

Fix the timing of a Software Instrument region

  

Add effects to a track

  

Show a track’s Volume curve

  

Add control points to the Volume curve

  

Show the Master track

  

Add control points and effects to the Master track

  

Adjust the master output volume levels to avoid clipping

With GarageBand, you have the ability to record and create professional-quality music. However, to make your finished songs actually sound professional, you need to understand ...

Get Apple Training Series: GarageBand 2 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.