Introduction 1 Part 1: Starting on a Good Note 5 Chapter 1: Introducing GarageBand for Macs and iDevices 7 Chapter 2: Equipping and Setting Up Your Recording Space 25 Chapter 3: Introducing Multitrack Recording with GarageBand 49 Part 2: Making Music on a Mac 77 Chapter 4: Getting Started 79 Chapter 5: Using Loops to Make Music 93 Chapter 6: Recording with MIDI and Software Instruments 113 Chapter 7: Recording Vocals and Acoustic Instruments with a Mic 139 Chapter 8: Recording Electric Guitars and Other Electronic Instruments 159 Part 3: Postproduction: Finishing Songs on a Mac 175 Chapter 9: Editing and Polishing Tracks 177 Chapter 10: Mixing Tracks into Songs 203 Chapter 11: Mastering Mastering 217 Part 4: Making Music with Your iDevice 229 Chapter 12: Getting Started 231 Chapter 13: Making Music with Live Loops 247 Chapter 14: Laying Down Software Instrument Tracks 263 Chapter 15: Recording Vocals and Acoustic Instruments with a Mic 279 Chapter 16: Recording Guitars and Basses 297 Part 5: Postproduction: Finishing Songs on an iDevice 313 Chapter 17: Editing and Polishing Tracks 315 Chapter 18: Mixing Tracks into Songs 333 Chapter 19: Mastering Mastering 347 Chapter 20: File Compression and Your Music 353 Part 6: The Part of Tens 365 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Improve GarageBand's Performance 367 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Take Your Recordings to the Next Level 377 Chapter 23: Ten Useful Websites 385 Index 391.