Music Technology

GARAGEBAND
GarageBand is a music software program found on all Mac computers. It allows users to create their own music either by recording live music with their computer's microphone, connecting a MIDI device (like a keyboard) or by utilizing GarageBand's loops feature. The loops feature contains thousands of short musical passages that can be repeated over and over (looped) to build a song. Loops may be musical or percussive and can be searched by key, meter and style. GarageBand also allows the music you've created to be exported to iTunes, making it into an MP3 that can be shared with anyone who has a computer (even if they don't have GarageBand or iTunes).

IUPUI GarageBand Tutorial
http://comtechlab.iupui.edu/tutorialsfolder/garageband.html

Using GarageBand - A Tutorial on Making Music in GarageBand
http://homerecording.about.com/od/garagebandtutorials/ss/getting_started.htm

GarageBand Quick Tutorial on wikibooks
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Garageband_Quick_Tutorial

AUDACITY
Audacity is an audio editing program that can downloaded for either Macs or PCs. Like GarageBand, Audacity allows you to record sounds with your computer's microphone. Although you can't compose music, Audacity has a wide range of devices to edit sound files - you can slow them down, cut them into pieces, or even alter tempo without changing pitch. Audacity allows you to "fine tune" sound and music files to your liking and can also export files to iTunes. If coupled with GarageBand, you can create your own songs then spice them up any way you like.

Audacity Manual - Tutorials for Audacity Audio Editing Program
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html

Union College ITS Curriculum Support Audacity Tutorial
http://curriculum.union.edu/tips/audacity.php