GarageBand User Guide for iPhone
After you install GarageBand, additional content bundled into sound packs may be available to download in the Sound Library.
Sound packs can contain different types of content, including the following:
- Sounds for the Keyboard and Alchemy synth
- Drum kits for Drums, Smart Drums, and Beat Sequencer
- Live Loops grids
- New Touch Instruments
You can connect a real MIDI keyboard through a USB cable (on most newer gear) or a MIDI adapter (on older equipment). You can connect other MIDI instruments, including guitars, woodwinds, and drums, and record onto a real instrument track in GarageBand. Garageband free download - Apple GarageBand, PowerPack for GarageBand, R&B for GarageBand, and many more programs.
In the Sound Library, you can download and manage sound packs on your iPhone. Each sound pack has an icon and a name that shows a brief description and preview button when you tap it.
Notifications on your iPhone and numbered badges in GarageBand indicate that new or updated sound packs are available in the Sound Library. New sound packs have a badge labeled New, and sound packs already installed are labeled Downloaded.
Some sound packs may also be needed to perform certain tasks, such as opening a GarageBand song created on another device. In this instance, a message appears, asking if you want to download the required sound pack.
Open the Sound Library
Do one of the following:
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- Tap the Browser button , swipe left or right, then tap Sound Library.
- Tap a numbered badge in the Sound browser, Template browser, Loop Browser, or anywhere you can choose instrument sounds.
Download a sound pack
- In the Sound Library, tap the sound pack you want to download.Sound packs needed to open a song have a badge with an exclamation point.
- Tap the Preview button to hear a sample of the sound pack.
- Tap Get to download the sound pack.
- Tap Done when you finish.
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Delete a sound pack
- In the Sound Library, tap the sound pack you want to delete, then tap Delete.
- Tap Done when you finish.
Manage sound packs
You can manage downloaded sound packs to free up storage space on your iPhone. The total amount of space used for all installed sound packs is shown at the top of the list. The size of each individual sound pack is shown in the list. You can delete sound packs whether or not your iPhone is connected to the Internet.
- Open the Sound Library and tap Manage Packs in the upper-left corner.
- Do either of the following:
- Delete a sound pack: Tap Edit at the upper-right, tap the Delete button next to the sound pack you want to delete, then tap Delete. Alternatively, you can swipe left on the sound pack, then tap Delete.
- Download a sound pack: Tap Get next to the sound pack you want to download.
Manage notifications
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You can change the settings for notifications you receive when new sound packs are available. You can turn notifications on or off, choose how and where you want the notifications to appear, choose how you want the notifications grouped, and more.
- Close GarageBand, then open the Settings app.
- Tap Notifications, scroll down, then tap GarageBand under Notification Style.
- Change the various settings for GarageBand notifications.
You can connect real instruments, such as electric keyboards and guitars to your Mac for use in GarageBand. Using real instruments with GarageBand produces not only better sound, but realistic practice, as you finger the actual instrument and not an on-screen keyboard/string set.
You can connect a real MIDI keyboard through a USB cable (on most newer gear) or a MIDI adapter (on older equipment). You can connect other MIDI instruments, including guitars, woodwinds, and drums, and record onto a real instrument track in GarageBand. Click the red Record button when you’re ready to rock. Move the playhead to just before where you want to start jamming.
MIDI is geek shorthand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, a standard that has been around for years.
If the high-quality instrument you have in mind is your own singing voice, connect a microphone (in lieu of the Mac’s built-in microphone) to an audio input port on the computer.
Open System Preferences, click Sound, click Input, and then select Line In. Drag the Input volume slider to an appropriate level. Choose Vocals and the instrument that most closely matches your singing style, such as Epic Diva, Helium Breath, or Megaphone. Garage Band will tailor the effects to your voice.
Don’t worry if you don’t know how to characterize your singing voice; one of your other options is No Effects.
Good microphones are also useful when you’re recording podcasts. If you choose to use a microphone not for singing but for recording your speaking voice, set the option to No Effects (unless you’re going for a comedic effect).
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To add the instrument to a recording, click the Create a New Track (+) button, choose Track→New Track, then select Real Instrument and click Create.
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Choose an input source (stereo or mono), depending on how the instrument is connected to the Mac. Select Monitor from the pop-up menu to be able to hear the instrument as you play it, with or without feedback.