
112 Recording and Editing Software Instruments
Preparing the Project
Let’s take a moment to open and save the first project for this lesson before moving on to
the main exercises.
1 Open the project 4-1 Ditty Bass Part 1 from the Lesson 4 folder.
2 Save it to your My GarageBand Projects folder on the desktop.
3 Play the project once and listen closely to the bass parts that you will be recording
shortly.
This is the same project you worked with in Lesson 2, “Working with Tracks.” The dif-
ference is that there’s a new section at the end that will be used as a bridge between the
second verse and second chorus. Those parts have not yet been created. At the end of this
lesson you’ll use the arrangement track to duplicate parts of the song to build it up to a
full song length.
There’s just one catch you should be aware of before you get started.
Using Catch Mode to Keep the Playhead Visible
While you record or edit your finished recordings, it’s a good idea to be able to see the
playhead at all times. When Catch mode is on, the visible section of the tracks area or edi-
tor follows the playhead during playback and recording. If Catch mode is turned off, the
playhead moves past the right edge of the visible portion of the window because the win-
dow doesn’t update.
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