Bestselling author "Dr. Mac" gets novice and seasoned musicians playing, recording, and creating music with GarageBand, Mac’s complete digital music recording studio The straightforward but fun approach offers expert advice about setting up a digital studio, laying down tracks, working with loops, recording with MIDI and software instruments, mixing tracks into songs, sharing creations with others, and much more More than half of all U.S. households have at least one member who currently plays a musical instrument, making GarageBand For Dummies an essential reference for anyone looking to make the creative process easy and affordable Explores how recorded performances, digital audio, and looping tracks can easily be arranged and edited like building blocks to create a song