Thursday, September 15, 2011

The simplest way to make loops using Apple's Garageband

By David Capland


GarageBand can be a glorious tool for musicians, thanks to its powerful loop tools. With careful use of these short audio segments it's actually possible to make whole albums from tiny building blocks. Alternatively, it's also feasible to use one or two simply to boost a recording. Though GarageBand comes with a wide selection of loops, most users are keen to make their own tracks to express their individual creativity. In 1 or 2 simple steps, this guide will demonstrate the easy way to create Garageband loops from nearly any music file on a computer.

Find The Audio Source

The 1st and most crucial step is to figure out what audio clip to use for the loop. It's sometimes best to have a look for audio clips that feature single instruments playing simple passages of at least a full bar. Though longer clips might sound better initially, they tend to make the loop much harder to manipulate. Once the sound file has been chosen, open it up in GarageBand using the File menu.

Make A Variety

Once the track is selected, play it back and pay careful attention to the graphical waveform display. This is going to help to give an understanding of the way in which the song looks on the display. Next, click the kick off point of the loop to select it and drag the mouse cursor to the ending point. After this is done, it is actually possible to manipulate the perimeters of the selection to tune up 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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