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Course Outline | GarageBand '11 101 - Intro to GarageBand '11

Description

This one-day, hands-on course introduces students to the features and interface of GarageBand '11, which is part of iLife '11. iLife '11 is a suite of digital authoring tools that comes with every Mac: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand '11, iDVD, and iWeb. Whether you're an accomplished musician or student, GarageBand '11 is the most rewarding way to create, perform and record your own music. Learn the interface and basic recording techniques, then move on to arranging a song, editing and mixing tracks, adding effects and distributing your music files.

Who Should Attend

This class is designed for anyone who prefers hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of GarageBand '11. Students who want to prepare for the Apple Certified Associate, iLife '11 exam may prefer to take the three-day iLife 201 course which covers all the applications in the iLife '11 exam suite.

What You Will Learn

  • Turn your Mac into a full-featured recording studio
  • Arrange a song, edit and mix tracks, add effects and distribute your music
  • Use Magic GarageBand '11 Jam to create your own virtual backing band
  • Create a podcast complete with narration, music, sound effects and artwork
  • Create an iPhone ringtone from scratch
  • Learn piano and guitar through interactive video lessons with legendary recording artists

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS
  • Knowledge of basic audio terminology

Course Outline

Learning to Play Music with GarageBand '11

  • Opening GarageBand '11
  • Connecting Musical Instruments and a MIDI Instrument
  • Learning to Play Guitar or Piano
  • Exploring the Interface
  • Navigating Between Lesson Sections
  • Customizing the Lesson Workspace
  • Tuning and Recording During a Lesson
  • Changing a Lesson Mix
  • Downloading Learn to Play Lessons
  • Taking an Artist Lesson

Jamming with a Virtual Band

  • Selecting a Musical Genre
  • Navigating and Controlling Playback
  • Auditioning Virtual Musicians
  • Mixing Instruments in Magic GarageBand '11
  • Setting Up and Adding an Instrument
  • Recording a Part
  • Opening and Saving a Song in GarageBand '11

Recording Music in GarageBand '11

  • Recording a Song
  • Choosing a Project Template
  • Identifying Regions and Tracks
  • Setting Up an Electric Guitar Track
  • Monitoring Input
  • Stereo vs. Mono
  • Tuning a Guitar
  • Using a Metronome or Drum Track
  • Adding a Drum Loop
  • Recording Single and Multiple Takes
  • Selecting a Best Take
  • Using Guitar Amps and Stompboxes
  • Saving Effects
  • Working with an Acoustic Guitar Track
  • Editing Multiple-Take Regions

Scoring a Movie and Arranging Loops

  • Scoring a QuickTime Movie
  • Importing Video
  • Creating a Cycle Region
  • Working with Loops
  • Using Alignment Guides and Snapping
  • Trimming a Loop
  • Working with Software Instrument Loops
  • Splitting a Loop Region
  • Using Advanced Arranging Techniques
  • Changing Track Instruments
  • Duplicating and Transposing Regions
  • Working with Sound Effects
  • Archiving a Project

Creating an iPhone Ringtone

  • Opening a Ringtone Template
  • Recording a New Software Instrument Part
  • Playing the Onscreen Music Keyboard
  • Sending a Ringtone to iTunes
  • Exploring a Voice Ringtone
  • Editing a Real Instrument Voice Track
  • Editing Regions in the Editor
  • Merging Real Instrument Regions

Mixing Music and Effects

  • Creating a Basic Mix
  • Adjusting the Tempo
  • Using the Arrange Track
  • Working with the Track Mixer
  • Adjusting Levels
  • Reading the Level Meter
  • Using the Pan Dial
  • Balancing Levels for Tracks
  • Adding Effects
  • Locking Tracks
  • Working with Volume and Pan Automation Curves
  • Showing Volume Curves
  • Adding and Adjusting Control Points
  • Dynamically Panning a Track
  • Working with the Master Track
  • Understanding the Volume Controls
  • Fading Out the Master Track
  • Testing your Trained Ear
  • Ducking Background Tracks

Creating Podcasts

  • Creating a New Podcast Project
  • Showing and Hiding the Podcast Track
  • Browser and Editor
  • Choosing Podcast Recording Equipment
  • Exploring the Vocal Track Presets
  • Adding the Speech Enhancer Effects to Recorded Vocal Tracks
  • Importing a GarageBand '11 Project
  • Saving a Project with iLife Preview
  • Adding a GarageBand '11 Project from the Media Browser
  • Working with Artwork and Markers
  • Adding Artwork to the Browser
  • Adding Episode Artwork to the Project
  • Working with the Artwork Editor
  • Building a Marker Title Sequence
  • Editing Marker Regions
  • Viewing Additional Marker Information
  • Adding a URL to a Marker
  • Adding Episode Information to a Podcast

Sharing your Finished Projects

  • Sharing with Other iLife Applications
  • Exporting Projects to iTunes
  • Setting Preferences for iTunes
  • Evaluating a Song's Output Level
  • Sending a Song to iTunes
  • Exporting a Project as a QuickTime Movie
  • Sharing a Project with iDVD
  • Adding and Editing Markers
  • Sending a Movie to iDVD
  • Sending a Podcast to iWeb

Course Details

GarageBand '11          $395

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What's Included?

Included In The Cost Of The Course: Customized training from an Apple Certified Trainer, Course Book, Parking Vouchers and Certification Test Voucher.

Instructor

Rich Baim

An Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Premiere Pro with over twenty years of video editing experience. Rich has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media and was one of the beta testers for Premiere Pro 1.5. He currently works in the eLearning department at a technology center and specializes in streaming media for health education. Rich emphasizes real-world problem solving and provides "hands-on" experiences for students.

Margaret A. Gaeddert

Margaret "Margee" Gaeddert, is a certified professional designer and owner of G Art & Design in Oklahoma City. A 30 year career in design as an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer has awarded her regional, national and international awards. She has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations such as AOL, Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Sony Music, CNBC.com and Gucci. Local corporations include American Fidelity, KOCO Television, Metropolitan Library Association and Sperry Van Ness. She teaches design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Gaeddert enjoys serving on the board of the Oklahoma Watercolor Association, and two design advisory boards supporting education in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree and is an accomplished award winning fine artist in watercolor media, calligraphy and caricature art.

Jason Gaines

Mr. Gaines is a certified professional in both Logic Pro 8 and Soundtrack 2. He is currently in demand as an instructor of both applications. Current projects include independent film work and collaboration on the television series, LA Ink. Jason Gaines is a New York City based trumpeter, composer and arranger. He has performed and recorded with some of the most influential performers in the jazz idiom including Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson and others. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Foster Johnson

Foster Johnson is one of only a handful of instructors with multiple Adobe Creative Suite Master Designations. He currently holds one each for Web, Video and Design. An Adobe Certified Instructor since 2006, he provides relevant instruction due to real world work experience with the entire Adobe Creative Suite. He maintains application development and interactive concentrations in HTML 5, CSS, PHP, SQL, AJAX, XML and JavaScript. Mr. Johnson is the Owner and lead Pre Visualization Producer for Clarendon Cr Design in Southern California. He has 16 years of professional creative development and management experience in interactive, entertainment, advertising and print. He is an architect of numerous web based commerce and database connectivity solutions, as well as a developer of e-commerce systems for telecoms and Southern California entertainment studios. He is a specialist in digital photography and video for broadband.

Rick Allen Lippert

Rick Allen Lippert is president of Lippert Media in Oklahoma City with 30 years experience on both sides of the camera. Specializing in industrial production, he has won numerous awards for his writing, producing, and directing for clients such as the Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City University, the City of Oklahoma City, the University of Central Oklahoma, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.His commercial clients include CompSource Oklahoma and Dane Design. Rick has been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.25. As an adjunct instructor, he teaches video production at Oklahoma City Community College and media writing at the University of Oklahoma.

Kiri Roberts

Kiri Christopher Roberts is the creative director of One Media USA, a media production house located in Albany, NY. Born in Zimbabwe, Kiri migrated to the UK where he received a Masters in Audio Production from the University of Westminster in London. With a diverse international experience he has worked on music production, TV commercials, documentary films, music videos and currently ‘Frozen River’ the movie. Kiri is also a contributing writer for the Edit-Well magazine whose editor is Larry Jordan of LA. Kiri balances his time between his business and as a trainer for Apple Pro Apps. He is an Apple Certified end user and trainer for Motion, FCP, STP & Logic.

Adam Karneboge

Adam Karneboge, an avid road warrior and trainer for Metro Technology Centers, is a partner, and Director of Services & Technology, for MacSpecialist, a full-service Apple shop with locations in Villa Park and Chicago, IL. Adam is an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and Apple Certified System Administrator, teaching all of Apple's IT courses. including Xsan. Over the past five years, Adam has taught more than 160 classes for Apple, MacSpecialist, AATC's, and various companies and school districts, to outstanding reviews. He is also an avid fan who wholeheartedly stands with the Chicago Cubs. He wants you to know that he has a brick in the pavement outside Wrigley Field reading, "The Karneboge's, If It Takes Forever.”

Rob Daniels

Rob Daniels is President and Owner of Tech Wyze, Inc., in Kansas City, a computer consulting and training company. Rob began his career in professional digital photography in the early 1990s and found himself supporting his employer's computer imaging systems. After making a transition into the IT world, he became network manager of a publishing company and spent four years training graphics professionals across North America. Later, Rob established his own IT company to support such clients as Hallmark Cards, Kansas City Power & Light, and many more. Rob is a CompTia Certified Technical Trainer +, Apple Certified Trainer, and Adobe Certified Instructor. He holds numerous other IT certifications.

Cameron L. Fadjo

Cameron L. Fadjo is an instructor of iPhone/Objective-C 2.0 and Java development at Columbia University's Teachers College. A former Business Specialist with Apple and product specialist for Native Instruments, GmBH, Mr. Fadjo has over seven years of experience as a corporate trainer and leader. He holds a certification as a teacher in the state of New Hampshire and as a certified professional in Logic Pro 8. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Music (B.M) in Music Synthesis from Berklee College of Music and an M.A. (Instructional Technology and Media) and Ed.M. (Cognitive Studies in Education) both from Teachers College, Columbia University. While he is pursuing his PhD from Columbia University, Mr. Fadjo is the lead researcher on a 4-year project using innovative and experimental ways to teach computer science and is concurrently the Director of the iPhone Development Group at Teachers College.

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete is a recent Masters graduate from Columbia University in the area of Instructional Technology and Media, with a focus on mobile learning management system design. Ms. Skeete teaches iOS app development across the US, and enjoys introducing students of varying programming backgrounds to the wonderful world that is app development. Working in technical support for a top telecommunications company enriched Ms. Skeete's understanding of mobile devices and their capabilities ensuring her classroom a technilogically advanced environment. Ms. Skeete caters the hands-on-lab courseware to the level and interest of her students so they learn information relevant to their industry. Additionly, she is working on multiple apps, two of which will be available in the app store by September 2012.

Shelley Weiner

President of Business Rules, Inc., was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from Colby College and Columbia University. She started her career in graphic arts production management and spent eight years in commercial printing sales before turning her hand to technology. Shelley moved to rural Columbia County, NY in 2002, and opened her own Apple authorized training center in Rhinecliff, NY in 2006. Jazzing jaded technicians and opening PC minds to the joys of Apple hardware and software are two of her biggest highs, along with cooking with, and for, friends, listening to everything from fado to opera to samba, and reading non-fiction of all types.

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