Welcome to the official Apple training course for the iLife ’11 product GarageBand, the dynamic music recording and arranging software from Apple. This is a guide to playing, recording, fixing, mixing, and sharing music projects.

Throughout these lessons you will not only record your own tracks, but you’ll also explore the new Flex Time and Groove Matching features. You’ll also get a chance to work with the Learn to Play lessons, and you’ll perform with virtual musicians onstage with Magic GarageBand Jam. You don’t need to have any special background or equipment to get started, other than having a Mac (and perhaps a healthy curiosity about what you can do with it).

This ebook comprises the entire GarageBand section of Apple Training Series: iLife ’11, and it 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 to your projects.