Lesson 7. Creating Drum and Percussion Tracks

Lesson Files

APTS GarageBand Book Files > Lesson 7 > 7-1 Groove Match, 7-2 Drummer Follow, 7-3 Recording Beats, 7-4 Beats for Loops, 7-5 Beats and Tempo, 7-6 MP Crazy Beat

Time

This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Goals

Control timing with a groove track

Have a drummer region follow the bass track

Record multipass drum beats

Trim and fix recorded regions to make them loop ready

Add loops to the Loop Library

Make tempo changes in a project with the tempo track

Drum and percussion tracks create the heartbeat of your music. In this lesson you’ll work with four types of drum and percussion tracks: a drummer track, a drum machine with arpeggiator, Apple Loops, and audio recordings of ...

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