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GarageBand

Structure

  • Song: the main file/document
  • Track: a vertical row in a song
  • Region: one clip on a track
  • Loop: regions from the Loop Library

Recording system audio

Sample a loop

Note: read up on the legal aspects of sampling before you release tracks with samples publicly.

Sampling songs in GarageBand for iOS and macOS:

  • Record sound from Spotify etc:
    • Start screen recording in iOS
    • Play song
    • Stop screen recording to save video
    • Upload video on https://audio-extractor.net/
    • Download sound clip (M4A format) to Files app
  • Import sound clip into GarageBand
    • “Loops” icon (➰) in top-right corner, then the Files tab, then “Browse items from the Files app”
  • Adjust song’s tempo to match the imported sample clip
    • Why? You want this so the bars in the song lines up with the sample clip
    • Google [song title] BPM and input the result (typically 100-130 BPM) in Settings → Tempo
  • Note: you can’t normally time-stretch (change tempo) the clip, but if you save to GarageBand Loop Library and then re-add it to your track, you can!