Learning Music with GarageBand on the iPad
The Essential Classroom Guide to Music Production, Performance, and Education with iOS Devices
By Floyd Richmond
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This essential guide to GarageBand on iPad and iOS devices is your foundation for learning music production in the classroom. Written by Dr. Floyd Richmond, noted iPad music expert and the president of TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators), Learning Music with GarageBand on the iPad provides instant insight and wisdom through Dr. Richmond's many years of experience. With this book, students will be able to create music on a higher level than ever before regardless of the depth of their previous musical training. Includes over 40 GarageBand song files.
Recording
* Record digital audio
* Record MIDI and virtual instruments
* Record wherever your iOS device goes
Performing with Smart Instruments
* Perform in numerous styles for each instrument (keys, guitar, bass, percussion)
* Perform with authentic musical gestures (keyboard arpeggiator, string articulations)
* Perform chords of your choosing
Teaching and Learning
* Create iPad ensembles
* Perform solos with included accompaniments
* Create loop-based compositions
Recording
* Record digital audio
* Record MIDI and virtual instruments
* Record wherever your iOS device goes
Performing with Smart Instruments
* Perform in numerous styles for each instrument (keys, guitar, bass, percussion)
* Perform with authentic musical gestures (keyboard arpeggiator, string articulations)
* Perform chords of your choosing
Teaching and Learning
* Create iPad ensembles
* Perform solos with included accompaniments
* Create loop-based compositions
Contents
| Title | |
| Introduction: GarageBand for iOS Devices | |
| Why iOS? | |
| GarageBand for iOS and Mac | |
| Who Uses GarageBand for iOS? | |
| What Does GarageBand Do? | |
| What's So Great About GarageBand? | |
| System Specs | |
| Installing GarageBand | |
| Resources Accompanying This Book | |
| Chapter 1: Quickstart 1-Playing a Demo Song, Recording a Vocal Background Track, and Replacing the Lead Vocals | |
| The GarageBand Song List | |
| GarageBand Track View | |
| Duplicating a Song | |
| Chapter 2: Quickstart 2-Creating a Song Using Only Loops | |
| A Few Additional Notes | |
| Editing Sections | |
| Working with GarageBand Loops | |
| Chapter 3: Quickstart 3-Playing and Recording GarageBand's Instruments | |
| Chapter 4: Using the GarageBand Sampler | |
| Using the Sampler | |
| Playing an Existing Sample | |
| Recording a New Sample | |
| Chapter 5: Other GarageBand Operations | |
| The Settings Menu | |
| Copy and Paste | |
| Edit Track Properties | |
| Automatic Fade-Outs | |
| Chapter 6: Editing MIDI | |
| Splitting a Digital Audio or MIDI Track | |
| Joining a MIDI Track | |
| Looping a Digital Audio or MIDI Track | |
| Specific MIDI Editing Techniques | |
| Editing Multiple Notes | |
| Quantizing Notes | |
| Chapter 7: GarageBand Guitar Effects | |
| Playing Live Guitar Using GarageBand Effects | |
| Applying GarageBand Effects to Recorded Guitar Tracks | |
| GarageBand Effects Boxes | |
| Chapter 8: Transferring Files to and from Your Mac and iOS Device | |
| Transferring Files from iOS to Mac | |
| Transferring Files from Mac to iOS | |
| iCloud | |
| AirDrop | |
| Other File-Sharing Options | |
| Summary | |
| Chapter 9: iPad Performing Ensembles | |
| Using GarageBand's Jam Sessions Feature | |
| Advanced Arrangements | |
| Loading a Song into an iPad | |
| Amplification for GarageBand Ensembles | |
| Mixing Board and Amplification | |
| Dedicated Devices for Rehearsing or Performing | |
| Songs for Performance | |
| Performance and Activity Suggestions | |
| Music by the Decades | |
| 1940s | |
| 1950s | |
| 1960s | |
| 1970s | |
| 1980s | |
| 1990s | |
| 2000s | |
| Cultures | |
| Events | |
| Just for Fun | |
| Chapter 10: External Devices | |
| MIDI Devices | |
| Audio Interfaces | |
| Chapter 11: iPad Jam Sessions | |
| Starting a Jam Session | |
| Joining a Jam Session | |
| Jam Session Tips | |
| Sharing a Jam Session | |
| Chapter 12: Things Teachers and Group Leaders Need to Know | |
| Projecting the iOS Device Screen | |
| About Sound | |
| Projecting with Apple TV | |
| More About Sound | |
| Other Methods for Projecting Wirelessly from Your iOS Device | |
| Viewing Your Mac Screen on Your iOS Device | |
| Controlling Your Mac Using Your iOS Device | |
| Syncing an iOS Device and a Computer | |
| Facilitating Effective Use of GarageBand for iOS | |
| Installing Apps on iOS Devices | |
| Capturing Screens in iOS | |
| Printing from an iOS Device | |
| Creating PDF files from an iOS Device | |
| Chapter 13: Additional GarageBand Activities for the Classroom | |
| Apple Tutorials | |
| Chapter 14: Inter-Application Communications | |
| Inter-Application Instruments | |
| Inter-Application Effects | |
| Chapter 15: Audiobus | |
| Why Audiobus? | |
| Using Audiobus | |
| Chapter 16: Automations | |
| Dynamic "Automations" in GarageBand for iOS | |
| Automations During and After Recording MIDI | |
| Chapter 17: Other Things You Can Do with Your iPad | |
| Utilities | |
| Notation | |
| Production | |
| Virtual and Electronic Instruments | |
| Instructional Software | |
| Multimedia | |
| Built-In Software | |
| Apple Software | |
| Chapter 18: Unofficial File Transfer Options | |
| Sending a GarageBand for Mac File to GarageBand for iOS | |
| Chapter 19: Accounts You May Need | |
| Appendix A: Features of GarageBand for Mac and GarageBand for iOS | |
| Appendix B: Apple Help for GarageBand and Other iPad Apps |
Additional Information
| Author: | Floyd Richmond |
| Format: | Book |
| Page Count: | 136 |
| Item Number: | 00-44081 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-4706-1968-7 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-1968-8 |
| UPC: | 038081495675 |
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