Audio

If you have played around with Garage Band, but never dug deep into it, you may not know about the musical notation view.

It's a view that shows traditional musical notation. You need to add a software or midi instrument to use it. Software instruments are the easiest. I simply like to put a few of the pre-defined music loops together and then play with it there.

Let's get to it:

1. Open Garage Band and create a new song.
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Have you ever been listening to your local radio station and you hear a song, but the announcer didn't announce what it was? Well, you may be able to find out, with the help of iTunes.

Open 'iTunes'

Next, in the 'Source' pane, click on the 'Music Store'
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Chirp... that's the sound you hear every-time you press the Volume Up or Down keys on your keyboard. If you have the volume up listening to a song, the chirp comes out at the same volume - Not cool! Ever been in the Library and tried adjusting the volume? That's a surefire way to get some glares your way. Let's fix it.

Permanent solution: Turn it off in System Preferences
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Garage Band 3 from the iLife 06' suite is a fabulous App. I use it daily, to create this podcast. It provides Jingles, Sound efx, voice tracks, and all kinds of features to really make podcasting easy. However, one thing it doesn't do so well... allow flexibility with exporting. By default, if you choose 'Create a new Podcast Episode', it adds several tracks, including a 'Podcast' track. READ MORE »