Getting more out of GarageBand

So you've clicked that gorgeous-looking Sunburst Gibson icon, slapped on a few Apple loops and marvelled at your musical abilities. But now you want to move on, produce something truly unique or at least a little different...

Well, the good news is that GarageBand's simple interface hides a lot of interesting functionality that you may have either not noticed or not understood enough to get the most out of it.

The articles on this website are designed to introduce and guide you through GarageBand features that can expand your music-making skills. You don't have to read them in order, so dive in, muck around, make music, and most of all, enjoy.

Latest articles

Track pan and volume automation 22 February 2006

An experiment in movie soundtracking 17 February 2006

GarageBand 3 — an update for musicians? 1 February 2006

Making a template 2 December 2005

Editing real instrument recordings (part 2 — using an external editor) 13 November 2005

Editing real instrument recordings (part 1) 30 October 2005

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