Friday, September 16, 2011

The best way to make loops using Apple's Garageband

By David Capland


GarageBand is a wonderful tool for musicians, thanks to its strong loop tools. With careful use of these short audio segments it's possible to make full albums from miniscule fundamental components. Or, it is also possible to use 1 or 2 just to spice up a recording. Although GarageBand has a wide assortment of loops, most users are eager to make their own tracks to express their individual creativeness. In a few easy steps, this guide will demonstrate how to create Garageband loops from just about any music file on a P. C..

Find The Audio Source

The primary and most vital step is to sus out what audio clip to use for the loop. It's usually best to look for audio clips that feature single instruments playing easy passages for at least a full bar. While longer clips may seem better up front they have a tendency to make the loop much more difficult to manipulate. Once the sound file has been elected open it up in GarageBand using the File menu.

Make A Selection

Once the tune is selected, play it back and pay attention to the graphical waveform display. This will help to give a picture of the way the song looks on the display. Next, click the start line of the loop to highlight it and drag the mouse cursor to the ending point. After this is done, it is possible to manipulate the sides of the selection to fine tune the start and end times.

Clean it Up

At that point, the loop starts to shape up but is still a bit coarse. The very next step is to focus on the selection again, and then select edit from the menu at the very top of the screen. At this time, whenever the loop repeats there's a rather upsetting and really noticeable ticking sound. In order to dump this, use the magnifying glass icon to zoom in, then highlight a portion as near to the start of the clip as practical. Next, click effect and then fade-in, which will ensure the file starts muted. Repeat this step again, choosing a portion as close to the end of the file as possible this time. Finally, click file and then save as so as to finish the loop.




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