Ok,
let's take another look at this side of our project on the
upper right. This is the image we looked at before.
Double
click on the picture of the amplifier in Garageband. The
amp should spin around so you can see the back:
OK,
now we can see the back of the amp. Below that, you will
see some input / pull down menus in Garageband. The INPUT
SOURCE needs to be set on "Mono
2 M Audio Fast Track". (see arrow).
(I
am pretty sure The INPUT SOURCE Mono 1 setting would be
if you had a microphone plugged into the physical M-Audio
Fast Track).
The
Monitor pull down menu can be off or on, your choice.
If it annoys you with feedback later, adjust accordingly,
or turn it off. The other settings can also be played with
in the future on your various projects.
Now,
we go back to the LEFT corner of our Garageband window,
and take another look there. In the image below, there are
two small meter lines / bars (see red
arrow below). When you strum your guitar, they
will be flashing. You should also hear your guitar through
your speakers.
Don't
hear your guitar yet? Double checks:
Make
sure the M-Audio device is powered, and your guitar is
plugged in. (look fot the solid blue light, and flashing
green lights when you strum).
Make
sure you have set your INPUT in the SOUND
preferences to the M-Track Audio Fast Track.
DO
NOT open the Garageband program till you have done 1 and
2. I have noticed that this can sometimes cause an issue
with not hearing the guitar. If you did it backwards,
just close the Garageband software, do 1 and 2, then reopen
it.
Make
sure there is a guitar track present in the upper left
of your Garageband window.
Make
sure you have chosen Input Source Mono 2 Fast Track.
Make
sure the sound / speakers on your computer are turned
up!
Make
sure you have clicked / on the guitar track. If you have
another track and you are working on that one, you won't
hear your guitar. You can only work on one track at a
time, so just make sure you are working (clicked on /
hi-lighted) the guitar track you want to edit. (The guitar
icon will glow).
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Now
you can hear your guitar. There is a tiny volume control
in the track (see the above image). That adjusts the volume
of this one (guitar) track.
I
also want to mention what's below at the bottom of the Garageband
window. The left RED round
button is the record button. If you click on that, you will
be recording your guitar. To STOP recording, just
hit the record button again.
(NOTE:
Whoops, you hear that annoying metronome while recording?
You can turn it off: In the upper left menu, choose CONTROL,
then click on / uncheck the METRONOME).
The
middle section we can come to later, but I want to mention
here that Garageband has a built in TUNER. That's
right, you can tune your guitar anytime right there. Just
click on the first blue icon (the music NOTE below), then
choose the tuning fork. Pluck a string on your guitar. Hey
! There you go.
The
right slider is an input meter, and let's you know the input
signal strength.
Remember
on the upper right side of the screen, you can choose a
multitude of amps, combos, settings, and stomp foot pedals.
If you doubleclick on a foot pedal, it will show
all of them. You can make your guitar sound like just about
anythng with adding and combining pedals.
If
you want to change the pedals, just drag them back and
forth. Meaning, drag one down to the other pedals and
it will be removed. To add a pedal, just drag it from the
ones below up to the stage floor. Make any adjustments you
want to an individual pedal by clicking on it. You can also
rearrange the pedals sideways by dragging them, changing
the way they are connected. The sounds /tones you can get
are pretty much infinite.
Another
cool thing is, if you plug an acoustic guitar into
Garageband, you can make it sound like an electric head
bangin' guitar just with the pedals!
Hey,
we are not finished ! You can do a lot more! :-)
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