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GarageBand For Dummies

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I bought several books on how GarageBand works and while some had some helpful hints, the author of this book, Bob LeVitus, knows what he's talking about. Every sentence and page has valuable advice on how this thing, "GarageBand", really works. He also includes the limitations of GarageBand and alternative software suggestions for more elaborate recording needs. The author is very knowledgable about home-studio recording and he has excellent suggestions on microphones, speakers, and inexpensive technical gear incl. audio interfaces, etc. that will make your recording project a professional adventure. This book is so interesting and has so many useful tips, etc. that everyone playing around with GarageBand should read it in order to easily use this Apple application and to get the most out of it -- saving you a lot of frustration at the same time.

This book arrived in excellent condition and great price compared to what was out there. Garage Band 09 is also a good resource, but it is very sad that this book is out of print! I own both but this is a MUST HAVE for those learning to use Garage Band.

I'm an idiot. No joke, I don't do well with computers -- although I've learned enough to use Apple products. I'm a right brain music guy, and I bought this book hoping to learn, after reading it for an hour or two, enough to do three simple things in Apple's tantalizing Garage Band program -- lay down four tracks of music, and learn how to lay down the continous 'loop' that formed the undergirding rythym section. That's it. All i needed. All I wanted. The simplest things.
Well, I've read it for two hours now and I still don't have a clue as how to do those things. This book is like the control panel for one of those Japanese stereos -- the kind that come with a thick, 1000 page instruction book -- and after reading it you still arent sure how to turn the radio on -- although you do know 11 ways to make the speakers become 'cross dynamic' (i.e. it tells you crap you'll never need to know how to do.)
This book, to be fair, should be titled GARAGE BAND FOR SMART, LITERATE COMPUTER TYPES WHO DON'T REALLY DESERVE THE SOBRIQUET 'DUMMY'

I'lm going to go on looking for a true Garage Band for Dummies book -- one that is, perhaps, five pages long -- and tells me how to do the three simple things I want to know how to do.