Vocabulary/Terms - Incidental Music, Loops, Tracks, Synthesizer
Garageband is a music application for Apple computers. Sadly, it will not work on a Windows based PC, but if you are interested in a PC alternative to Garageband, I understand Acoustica Mixcraft is similar.
Why is Garageband so appealing? Because with just a bit of tutoring, you can create and mix your own music that is copyright free, meaning you can use it for background and incidental music (see Term of the Day for def.) for your video projects, or for anything, really, without fear of being sued for copyright infringement. Plus, you have the added satisfaction of having created something yourself.
Beginning Steps for Garageband:
1) Get a pair of headphones or use your own. Plug them into the RC inlet behind the right side of your computer.
2) Open the Garageband application by clicking on the electric guitar icon on your launcher.
3) A New Project window will open. For your first project, choose Songwriting. Give your project a name and save it to the desktop. Notice that you can change the tempo, key and time signature from here, but leave it as it is for the moment.
4) The Project Window will show 5 tracks, with a drum track filled with drum loops. Press the space bar to hear the drums. To change the drums, click on the drum loops and hit the delete key. Then, click the Loops button (looks like an eye), choose Drums, and click on different loops to choose a different drum track. Drag and drop your drum track to the project window.
5. Click on the Piano Track. Press th Command plus "K" key to bring up the keyboard. You can change to Musical Typing by pressing the button on the top left. Click the Track Info button (looks like small "i" inside a circle. You can change the instruments from here.
Play with changing the different instruments and as you listen, think about what sort of genre or scene it would best accompany.
6. Practice recording a track by using the keyboard and pressing the red record button
Garageband is a music application for Apple computers. Sadly, it will not work on a Windows based PC, but if you are interested in a PC alternative to Garageband, I understand Acoustica Mixcraft is similar.
Why is Garageband so appealing? Because with just a bit of tutoring, you can create and mix your own music that is copyright free, meaning you can use it for background and incidental music (see Term of the Day for def.) for your video projects, or for anything, really, without fear of being sued for copyright infringement. Plus, you have the added satisfaction of having created something yourself.
Beginning Steps for Garageband:
1) Get a pair of headphones or use your own. Plug them into the RC inlet behind the right side of your computer.
2) Open the Garageband application by clicking on the electric guitar icon on your launcher.
3) A New Project window will open. For your first project, choose Songwriting. Give your project a name and save it to the desktop. Notice that you can change the tempo, key and time signature from here, but leave it as it is for the moment.
4) The Project Window will show 5 tracks, with a drum track filled with drum loops. Press the space bar to hear the drums. To change the drums, click on the drum loops and hit the delete key. Then, click the Loops button (looks like an eye), choose Drums, and click on different loops to choose a different drum track. Drag and drop your drum track to the project window.
5. Click on the Piano Track. Press th Command plus "K" key to bring up the keyboard. You can change to Musical Typing by pressing the button on the top left. Click the Track Info button (looks like small "i" inside a circle. You can change the instruments from here.
Play with changing the different instruments and as you listen, think about what sort of genre or scene it would best accompany.
6. Practice recording a track by using the keyboard and pressing the red record button
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