Apple GarageBand '08 - Manual (Page 83)

Chapter 10 Tutorial 8: Creating Podcasts 83
To record podcast narration or dialogue:
1 Select either the Male Voice or Female Voice track by double-clicking its track header.
The Track Info pane opens, showing the track settings.
2 From the Input Source pop-up menu, choose the appropriate input source for the
microphone you are using to record your narration or dialogue.
3 Choose “On with Feedback Protection” from the Monitor pop-up menu to hear the
sound from the microphone, but with protection from feedback.
4 Move the playhead to the point where you want to start recording.
5 Click the Record button, then start speaking.
6 When you are done recording, click the Play button.
You can add and adjust effects for the narration track, including the Speech Enhancer
effect, which is especially useful for recording narration and dialogue using the built-in
microphone on your computer. For more information about recording in a Real
Instrument track, see Chapter 5, “Tutorial 3: Recording Vocals and Musical Instruments.”
Adding Podcast Sounds
GarageBand includes a set of sounds designed for you to use in podcasts. You can
access these sounds, which include jingles, stingers, and sound effects, in the loop
browser in podcast sounds view. Podcast sounds view features a different set of
keyword buttons so you can easily find and add podcast sounds. You find loops in
podcast sounds view in the same way as in button view.
To search for loops in podcast sounds view:
1 If the loop browser is closed, click the Loop Browser button to open it.
2 Click the podcast button (with the radiating sound wave) in the lower-left corner of the
loop browser to switch to podcast sounds view.
3 Click a keyword button to show matching loops in the results list. The columns in the
results list show the loop name and length for each loop.
For jingles, note that there are several versions of some jingles, of different lengths.
4 To refine your results, click multiple keyword buttons. This narrows the matching loops
to only those that match all of the selected keywords.
5 Click a loop to preview it in the loop browser.
6 To end a search, either click the selected keyword again to deselect it, or click the Reset
button to deselect all selected keywords.
For more information about searching for loops, see “Tutorial 2: Adding Apple Loops”
on page 30.