Apple GarageBand Jam Pack 2: Remix Tools Tips - Manual (Page 3)

Tips for Using GarageBand Jam Pack 2: Remix Tools Instruments 3
Keyboard Instruments
Many dance music styles feature keyboard instruments playing chordal riffs and stabs. Remix
Tools includes nine new keyboard Software Instruments that give you a wide range of
contemporary keyboard sounds. Each note plays a chord, making it easy to create characteristic
chord progressions.
Instruments Description Controller Info
Detroit Overground
Detroit Underground Short, bright filtered synth. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases volume.
Energy Blasts
Energy Stabs Complex sound; sustained notes
fade gradually. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases attack and
volume.
Genius Chords
Genuis Pad Cool organ-like sound. Mod wheel adds panning and
subtle detuning, simulating a
rotating speaker.
Higher velocity opens cutoff filter.
Glacier Melt
Glacier Pad Complex, vocal-like synth sound;
sustained notes fade gradually. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases volume.
Heavenly Ascent
Heavenly Chords
Heavenly Gallup
Heavenly Ricochet Very bright, modulating sawtooth-
wave synth sound. Mod wheel abruptly gates the
instrument’s volume, allowing you
to perform rhythmic ‘strobe’ effects.
Higher velocity opens cutoff filter
and increases volume.
Lucid Chords
Lucid Swirl Percussive piano-like sound, useful
for short accented stabs or
sustained chords. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases volume.
Luscious Current
Luscious Pad Rich, evolving vocal-like ambient
sound. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases volume.
Velocity Chords
Velocity Funk Sharp, bright synth sound that fades
quickly. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases volume
and brightness.
Warm Glow Chords
Warm Radiant Chords Smooth pad sound with soft attack;
sustained notes fade gradually. Mod wheel closes the cutoff filter
and increases resonance.
Higher velocity increases volume.