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Overview

Whether you’re an accomplished musician or a student, GarageBand is the most rewarding way to  create, perform, and record your own music. In the only Apple-certified guide to GarageBand, composer Mary Plummer starts by teaching you the interface and basic recording techniques and moves on to arranging a song, editing and mixing tracks, adding effects, and distributing your music files. Using practical step-by-step lessons and original music, you’ll learn how to record with any guitar, microphone, or MIDI keyboard; score a QuickTime movie; create an iPhone ringtone; jam with virtual musicians; and much more. A bonus lesson on advanced techniques covers little-known tips and time-savers that help you get the most out of GarageBand in a professional setting.

• Turn your Mac into a full-featured recording studio

• Arrange a song, edit and mix tracks, add effects, and distribute your music

• Use Magic GarageBand Jam to create your own virtual backing band

• Create a podcast complete with narration, music, sound effects, and artwork.

• Build a soundtrack and learn to score a professional trailer

• Create a fun iPhone ringtone from scratch

• Learn piano and guitar through interactive video lessons with legendary recording artists

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This book originally included a companion DVD. For easier downloading, the disc has been segmented into smaller parts. These files consist of a master file and several related parts. The master file has the filename extension ".dmg". The related parts have the extension ".dmgpart".
INSTRUCTIONS: -- You must download all of the files before proceeding --
1. Place all the downloads in the same location. (in a folder or on the Desktop)
2. Open the file with the extension ".dmg". This is the master image. Once launched, it will automatically reconnect all of the segments and mount the whole disc image.
NOTE: You must have Mac OS X to use these files.

  • ATS_GarageBand09_sparseimage.dmg
  • ATS_GarageBand09_sparseimage_002.dmgpart
  • ATS_GarageBand09_sparseimage_003.dmgpart
  • ATS_GarageBand09_sparseimage_004.dmgpart
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