Apple GarageBand Tutorial: Lesson 2 - Manual (Page 6)

6 Lesson 2: Working With Real Instruments
Adding and Adjusting Effects
Each Real Instrument has a set of effects, which include a noise gate, compression, equalization
(EQ), echo, and reverb. You can adjust a track's effects, and add up to two additional effects, in
the Track Info window.
To add and adjust Real Instrument effects:
1 Select the track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info window.
2 Click the Details triangle to reveal the track's effects settings.
3 Click the checkbox for an effect to turn the effect on or off.
4 Drag the sliders for the Gate, Compressor, Echo, and Reverb effects to adjust the amount of each
effect. Choose a new setting from the Equalizer pop-up menu to adjust the equalization. If your
song is playing, you hear the changes in real time.
5 Choose an effect from one of the two Effect pop-up menus on the left, then choose an effect
setting for the effect from the Preset pop-up menu on the right.
Additional effects you can add include treble reduction, bass reduction, amp simulation, chorus,
flanging, phase shifting, and tremolo. For information about specific effects, see the Glossary in
GarageBand Help.
Select an instrument
from this list.
Use these controls to set
the input format and
input channel.
Use these controls to add
and adjust effects.
Select an instrument
category from this list.