David,
You are correct.
Marcy, attached is a file with some info which will help you to optimize
garageBand. Much of this stuff was written for sighted users, but, still
helpful.
HTH.
Keith Reedy
Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift from
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God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson Taylor.
On Jan 28, 2010, at 3:19 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
> I cahnged the subject because I want to address the other question. I find
> it easier to take one question at a time which is why I ignore any quesions
> in messages after the first one.
>
> Your gb is going funky because as you use gb, you use more ram and after a
> while, there is no more to use.
>
> On Jan 28, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>
> Marcy,
>
> If you were using a computer at an Apple store, they may have had logic
> installed which has a much larger library which should share with GarageBand.
>
> And about the other problem, let me poke around.
>
> Keith Reedy
>
> Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift from
> Bibles For The Blind.
>
> http://biblesfortheblind.org/download_music.shtml
>
> God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson Taylor.
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Marcy Weinberg wrote:
>
>> Hi, everyone,
>>
>> When I was using GB5 on the imac at the Apple store, Alex would announce the
>> number of rows when I arrowed to the selections in a category such as pianos
>> and keyboards.
>>
>> I can recall him saying something like "row 1 of 62," for example, though
>> truthfully I can't remember what category it was. But all the categories
>> seemed to have many choices.
>>
>> Here in my GB5, each category has less than 10 choices, and I don't know why.
>>
>> What I am curious about and wondering is what is happening in all of your
>> GB5's, if you have lots of choices in most if not all of the categories, or
>> if you have few like I do. I am working on a macbook aluminum, though I do
>> not think that would make a difference in this case.
>>
>> Also, my GB is being very funky yesterday and today, as I've been
>> researching this carefully before writing. AFter I am in GB for a little
>> while, and playing different instruments, all of a sudden, I get no sound
>> when I play any instrument.
>>
>> Has this ever happened to anyone here, or would you know why it's happening
>> in my GB?
>>
>> Thanks! Marcy
>>
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\fs28 MPROVING GARAGEBAND
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\fs28 ERFORMANCE
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\
Some of this has been taken from the e-book,\
Take Control of Recording with GarageBand with my comments.\
\
Keith Reedy\
\
\f1\b0\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 It\'92s not uncommon for GarageBand to stop in the middle of playback
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 and greet you with confusing messages like \'93System Overload\'94 or
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \'93Disk Is Too Slow.\'94 If this happens to you, here are some suggestions:
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\f2\fs28
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\fs22 OTE
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\b0\fs26 Performance has definitely improved in GarageBand 4, but these
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 tips will still come in handy, especially in larger or more effects-
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 heavy projects.
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\b Quit all other programs:
\b0 Especially quit programs that per-
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 form background tasks such as checking for email. GarageBand
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 is greedy; it wants
\i all
\i0 your computer\'92s attention.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \'95
\b Turn off FileVault:
\b0 If you use Apple\'92s FileVault to encrypt your
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 data, either turn it off or store your song files outside your Home
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 folder. Remember that the Documents and Music folders are in
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 the Home folder, and GarageBand automatically stores song files
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 in the Music folder.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \'95
\b Lock your tracks: \{to lock your track, press l and to unlock your track, press l again\}.
\b0 Locking tracks, especially software instru-
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 ment tracks, greatly reduces the processor drain. When you lock
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 a track, GarageBand renders it to disk, meaning that instead of
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 having to generate instrument sounds and effects on the fly, the
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 program only has to play the rendered track. It\'92s much easier for
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 your poor little overworked processor. If I see the dreaded red
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 playhead or get system overload messages, I can make the problem
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 go away by locking a couple of tracks.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28
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\f0\b\fs28 N
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\b0\fs26 Software Instruments (the green tracks) are particularly CPU-
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 hungry. The computer synthesizes the sound on the fly, using
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 software algorithms for the timbre of the instrument and MIDI
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 data for the actual notes played. In Real Instrument tracks,
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 on the other hand, all the computer has to do is play back
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 previously recorded audio\'97much easier on your processor,
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 but potentially more work for your disk.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 To lock a track, click the Lock button in the track\'92s header. The
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 next time you hit Play, GarageBand makes you wait while it ren-
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 ders the newly locked track (or tracks) to disk, and then it plays
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\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 the song normally. After you lock a track, you can still change its
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 volume and panning, but to make other changes you must unlock
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 it first.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \'95
\b Reduce the load on your computer\'92s graphics processor:
\f1\b0\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 GarageBand\'92s beautiful interface comes at a cost\'97your Mac must
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 render all those beautiful pixels on the fly, while simultaneously
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 crunching all the data needed to create Software Instruments and
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 real-time effects. Try the following to reduce the graphics load:
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \uc0\u9674 Reduce the size of the GarageBand window. The less the Mac
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 has to draw, the less work it has to do.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \uc0\u9674 Zoom out so that you can see the whole song. Having to con-
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 stantly draw the next part of the song as the playhead scrolls
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 requires a lot of computational power.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \uc0\u9674 Hide the track mixer column by clicking the triangle on the
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 right end of the Tracks header. \{or, Command-i\}. The bouncing colored lights
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 on the level meters use CPU power too.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \uc0\u9674 If all else fails, minimize the GarageBand window by clicking
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 the yellow minimize button in the upper left of the window.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 That way your Mac doesn\'92t have to draw anything at all.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \'95
\b Turn off unused effects:
\b0 Examine your tracks carefully to see
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 if any effects are turned on but set to zero. If so, turn the effect off
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 by deselecting its checkbox. GarageBand uses resources to process
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 active effects even if they\'92re not affecting the sound at all. Reverb
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 in particular is especially processor-intensive, but it\'92s a good idea
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 to turn off Echo as well if you\'92re not using it.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 \'95
\b Convert Software Instrument loops to Real Instrument
\f1\b0\fs24 \
\f2\b\fs28 loops:
\b0 GarageBand lets you lock tracks to conserve processing
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 power, so this trick is not essential, but it still deserves mention.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 If you hold down the Option key while dragging a Software
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 Instrument loop into an empty part of the timeline, GarageBand
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 converts the loop into a Real Instrument track. You can also drag
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 a Software Instrument track into an existing Real Instrument track
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 and it will automatically be converted. But beware, once a Software
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 Instrument loop has been converted, you can no longer edit the
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 individual notes.
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\f2\fs28 Unfortunately, there isn\'92t an easy way to convert an existing
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 Software Instrument track into a Real Instrument track. Your
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 best bet at this point is to lock the track.
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\f2\fs28 \'95
\b Bounce down to fewer tracks:
\b0 Bouncing down refers to the
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 practice of consolidating a number of tracks to just one or two,
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 originally to free up additional tracks for overdubs (see the Note
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 below). With GarageBand, we are no longer limited by space on
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 the tape but are instead limited by processor power. This too is
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 not so crucial now that GarageBand has track locking, but it is
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 still a viable technique.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 To bounce down a group of tracks, first save a copy of your
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 song, just in case. Then pick a group of instruments\'97say, all
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 the percussion tracks. Make sure you like the balance among all
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 the instruments in the section; you won\'92t be able to go back and
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 turn the maracas down once you do this. Mute all the tracks other
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 than the percussion section and choose Share > Export Song to
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 Disk. Locate the song in the Finder and drag this song file back
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 into GarageBand into a new track. Your percussion section will
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 take up only one track, and you can delete all the tracks you used
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 to make it. Do this as often as you like.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 You can also use this method to convert a Software Instrument
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 track into a Real Instrument track. In this case you would export
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 only the one track you want to convert and reimport it into
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 GarageBand. It will use up fewer of your precious CPU cycles,
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28 but again, you won\'92t be able to edit the individual notes.
\f1\fs24 \
\f2\fs28
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\fs22 OTE
\fs28
\b0\fs26 Bouncing down to fewer tracks is a practice that was used often
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 in the early days of multitrack recording. Through most of the
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 1960s, top-of-the-line recording consoles had only four tracks.
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 A band would record backing instruments\'97drums, bass, guitars,
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 or keyboards\'97onto these four tracks, which the recording
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 engineers would then mix onto two tracks on another machine
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 (one for the left channel of a stereo mix, one for the right).
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 This left two open tracks for vocals or additional instruments.
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 This process could be repeated several times, but after a while
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 the sound quality would begin to degrade, much like making
\f1\fs24 \
\f0\fs26 a photocopy of a photocopy.
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