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Power Tools for GarageBand

Apple’s GarageBand is the hottest and most accessible digital music software available today. Giving musicians of all levels an affordable tool with which to perform, record, and create extraordinary sounds, it features thousands of professionally recorded loops and over 50 pro-sounding instruments, effects, and virtual guitar amps.

You may have already played with the program and laid down some pretty cool sounds–after all, accessibility is the whole point of GarageBand. But do you know how to record vocals and instruments, create MIDI sequences, work with Apple Loops, and customize software instruments? That’s where Power Tools for GarageBand comes in. It goes straight into the nitty-gritty of this surprisingly comprehensive program. From concept to finished mix, Power Tools for GarageBand teaches you the same engineering and production techniques that seasoned professionals use, giving you the power tools you need to construct new mansions in sound.

Includes CD-ROM with more than 150 MB of FREE Apple Loops, 10 ready-to-use plug-in effects and synthesizers, and demo versions of popular GarageBand plug-ins and software!

Book details:

Recording vocals and instruments;
Creating MIDI sequences;
Working with Apple Loops;
Customizing software instruments;
Professional mixing techniques;
Time-saving shortcuts.

User Level: Beginner
Author: Francis Preve
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Backbeat Books

About the author:
Award-winning remixer and composer Francis Preve is a recognized expert in synthesis, engineering, and production. His credits range from soundtrack production for Warner Bros. and Touchstone Pictures to remixes for Orbital, Utah Saints, Beborn Beton, and Claire Voyant. A contributing editor for Keyboard Magazine since 2000, he is also the author of Power Tools: Software for Loop Music.