Getting Started

Welcome to the official training course for GarageBand ’09, Apple’s dynamic music recording and arranging software. This is a guide to recording and arranging songs, creating podcasts, adding music and sound effects to your movies, mixing music, creating your own instrument recordings, and working with the library of more than 1,000 royalty-free Apple Loops that are included with the software. You’ll also explore new GarageBand ’09 features like the Learn to Play lessons, and you’ll perform with virtual musicians onstage with Magic GarageBand Jam.

Apple Training Series: GarageBand ’09 is based on the premise that a training book should go beyond a basic tour of an application. It provides you with practical techniques that you will use on a daily basis to add professional-quality music and sound effects to your projects.