GarageBand For Dummies
Chapter One
In the Beginning:
Introducing GarageBand
In This Chapter
* Finding out what GarageBand is
* Checking out what you can do with GarageBand
* Discovering what you can't do with GarageBand
* Checking the system requirements for GarageBand
* Taking a sneak peek at the recording sequence and GarageBand
When GarageBand was introduced at Macworld Expo in January 2004,
Apple C.E.O. Steve Jobs informed the audience that one out of two
adults play a musical instrument but that almost none of them have recorded
themselves playing.
Why not? Because before GarageBand came along, recording live music
decently was just too darned complicated. It required expensive, hard-to-use
software and expensive external hardware, not to mention a basic understanding
of audio engineering.
GarageBand changes everything. Now if you want to record yourself singing
or playing, GarageBand lets you do it without spending a lot of time or
money. Better still; GarageBand will give you professional-sounding results
even if you don't know the first thing about audio recording.
In this chapter you'll begin your acquaintance with GarageBand. First, you'll
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