Friday, August 5, 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 first and most important step is to work out what audio clip to use for the loop. It's generally best to search for audio clips that feature single instruments playing straightforward passages for a minimum of a full bar. Although longer clips might seem better at first, they have an inclination to make the loop much tougher to manipulate. Once the sound file has been selected, open it up in GarageBand using the File menu.

Make A Variety

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 this point, the loop is starting to firm up but is still a bit rough. The next step is to highlight the selection again, and then select edit from the menu at the top of the screen. At this time, whenever the loop repeats there is a rather unpleasant and awfully obvious ticking sound. So as to dispose of this, use the magnifying glass icon to zoom in, then highlight a portion as close to the beginning of the clip as practicable. Next, click on effect and then fade-in, which may make sure the file starts muted. Repeat this step again, picking a portion as near to the end of the file as feasible this time. Ultimately, click on file and then save as in order to complete the loop.




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