Apple GarageBand At A Glance - Manual (Page 8)

8 GarageBand at a Glance
Track Info window
The Track Info window shows the current instrument and effects settings for the selected track.
You can change these settings in the Track Info window. Some controls in the Track Info window
are different for Real Instrument tracks than for Software Instrument tracks (as noted below).
A Instrument category list: Click an instrument category to see the instruments for that category in
the instrument list.
B Instrument list: Click an instrument from the list.
C Instrument icon pop-up menu: Click to choose an instrument icon from the icon menu.
D Details triangle: Click to show the instrument, effects, and channel settings.
E Effect checkboxes, sliders, and pop-up menus: Click an effect checkbox to turn the effect on or off.
Drag the sliders to adjust the level of the effects, or choose an item from the pop-up menus.
The Track Info window includes the following effects for Real and Software Instruments:
Noise gate slider (Real Instrument tracks only): Drag the slider to adjust the amount of gating.
Module and module setting pop-up menus (Software Instrument tracks only–not pictured): Choose
an instrument module (preset) from the menu.
Compression slider: Drag the slider to adjust the amount of compression.
Equalizer pop-up menu: Choose an EQ setting from the pop-up menu.
Effect and effect setting pop-up menus: Click a checkbox to turn additional effects on or off.
Choose an effect from a pop-up menu on the left, then choose an effect preset from the pop-up
menu on the right.
Echo slider: Drag the slider to adjust the amount of echo.
Reverb slider: Drag the slider to adjust the amount of reverb.
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