Chapter 4

Getting Started

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Using the General pane

check Working with the Audio/MIDI pane

check Keeping time with the Metronome pane

check Learn about loop options in the Loops pane

check Adding your own info to the My Info pane

check Gaining experience with the Advanced pane

Before you work and play with GarageBand, you should familiarize yourself with its six preferences panes and their settings. These settings are global and generally affect every project you create.

You probably don’t know how you like your preferences, at least not yet. But you will in just a few short pages. This chapter helps you adjust each item in every preferences pane, accompanied by the usual wit and wisdom and whatever else that I think you may find helpful.

Some of you may think that I’m putting the cart before the horse by covering preferences in Chapter 4, because some of the features that these preferences affect ...

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