Get help with GarageBand . Whether you want to learn how to create a phone ring tone, play an instrument, or record a song, our guides can help....
GarageBand turns your iPad, and iPhone into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. And with Live Loops, it makes it easy for anyone to have fun creating music like a DJ. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play keyboards, guitars, and create beats that make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note before....
GarageBand is the easiest way to create a great-sounding song on your Mac. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls. Mix and match electric guitar amps, cabinets, and pedals with Amp Designer and Pedalboard or crank up the bottom end with Bass Amp Designer....
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Learn about the usage of royalty-free loops in GarageBand on commercial songs, multimedia presentations, videos, and animations....
The Magic GarageBand feature in GarageBand ’08 is a fun way to mix and match tracks to create your own songs....
When sharing a song or ringtone, GarageBand may ask for permission to access contacts on your device.
If GarageBand for Mac isn’t working
Learn about which versions of GarageBand have Magic GarageBand as a feature.
Learn about updating to GarageBand for Mac (v10.0).
Learn what to do if GarageBand on your Mac won’t open, you can’t play or record in a project, or you’re having another issue....
In GarageBand on iPhone or iPad, tap Browse in the My Songs Browser.
You can open and work on projects in Logic Pro for iPad that you originally created in GarageBand .
In GarageBand for iOS 2.3, save your GarageBand for iOS songs locally to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or to iCloud Drive only....
In GarageBand on your Mac, choose Share > Export Song to Disc.
Use GarageBand on your iPhone or iPad to create a ringtone of your Logic Pro or GarageBand for Mac song.
Learn how to adjust the vertical spacing if the notes in a passage exceed the vertical height of the staff in the Score Editor....
Learn how to prevent noise from effects in GarageBand .
When you open GarageBand , you may receive this alert message:
Learn which versions of GarageBand support creating enhanced podcast files (.m4a, .m4v).
Learn what to do if you have issues with songs created with a newer version of GarageBand for iOS.
Learn how to add percussion to your GarageBand song using Drummer.
You might experience unexpected behavior with some Audio Units plug-ins in GarageBand for Mac (v10.0).
If you create a song in GarageBand on one computer and then try to open it in GarageBand on another computer, you may get an alert message that says, "Core Audio Plug-in EXS24... not available."...
To download the animal, transportation, and voice sound effects included in the Toy Box sound collection, download the complete collection of sounds for GarageBand ....
With Inter-App Audio in GarageBand , you can route and record the sound output from third-party music apps directly into your GarageBand song....
After installing macOS Mojave on your Mac, you might not be able to access your photos in GarageBand .
Learn how to back up your GarageBand for iOS songs using iCloud, iCloud Drive, or AirDrop.
It can take up to 10 minutes for GarageBand for Mac 6.0.5 to open after upgrading your Mac to macOS High Sierra.
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