The MacAddict Guide to Making Music with GarageBand

GarageBand helps you turn your Mac into a fully-functional recording studio. The newest member of the iLife suite comes with pre-recorded loops utilizing hundreds of musical instruments to enable you to sound like a symphony orchestra or a one-man band. GarageBand ships with only limited documentation and that's where this book fills the gap. The MacAddict Guide to Making Music with GarageBand shows you how to create, perform and record your own music, even if you can't read a note or play an instrument - you can easily produce tunes that sound like you can! If you are musically inclined, this book shows you how to hook up your instruments and record your own sound, then you can mix it with as many other instruments as you want for a truly professional result. Once you have your tunes mixed to perfection, you can use them to score your iMovie projects, your iPhoto slide shows, and your iDVD projects. The MacAddict Guide to Making Music with GarageBand teaches you how to do all of that - and much more!

Jay Shaffer is a freelance sound designer, audio engineering consultant and music composer. He has over 20 years experience in the recording industry and has produced and recorded several award-winning albums as well as having composed music for computer games, videos and films. Although he cut his teeth on Commodore 64s and Amigas, Jay is a certified Mac addict and is now on his eighth Macintosh since 1986. He also administers the Mac Audio Guy Web site, a resource for Mac audio professionals and enthusiasts.

Gary Rosenzweig is the chief engineer, founder and owner of CleverMedia, a game and multimedia development company in Denver, Colorado. He has written 10 books on Macromedia Director and Flash. Gary has degrees from both Drexel University in Philadelphia and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has been building multimedia projects since 1989. CleverMedia was founded in 1995 and has produced more than 250 Shockwave and Flash games for CleverMedia's sites and other companies. Some of Gary's other Que Publishing books are Special Edition Using Director MX, Advanced Lingo for Games and Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games.