Apple Training Series: GarageBand 2 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

Click the Hollywood Strings track header to select that track in the Timeline.

The track header turns green to indicate it has been selected. Note that the green color of the track header also shows that the regions within that track are Software Instrument regions.

Lesson 3. For now, let's change the display back to Graphic view.

8.

Lesson 3. For now, you'll select the notes with the arrow pointer. When you select a note, it turns green.

9.

Click the first note in the Track Editor to hear the note.

Notice that the Velocity field shows a velocity of 11 for the note you selected.

Velocity is indicated by a number between 1 and 127, with 1 being the lightest, and 127 being the hardest. You can also see a visual representation of velocity in the shades of gray used for the notes, from lightest to darkest. The darker the shade, the higher the velocity or louder the note.

Tip

Keep in mind that a little variation in velocity is a good thing. Most people play instruments with passion and feeling that includes emphasis on certain notes. Some notes may be passing notes that are played delicately (low velocity), while others are strong notesthey carry the melody and are played more heavily or with higher velocity.

10.

Click the Beat Ruler in the Track Editor between the 14th and 15th measures to move the playhead in front of the selected region.

11.

Press the spacebar to play the region along with that portion of the song in the Timeline.

Watch the playhead move across the different note events in the Track Editor and listen to the volume for the Hollywood Strings change with the different velocities.

12.

Press the spacebar again to stop playback.

13.

Drag the scroll bar at the bottom of the Track Editor to move back to the beginning of the region.

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14.

Click the Beat Ruler at the beginning of the region to move the playhead.

15.

Locate the 6th note event in the region.

Note 6 is the darkest gray line. It starts at the beginning of the 19th measure.

16.

Click the 6th note to hear it.

The velocity for this note is 70.

The difference between 11 and 70 is quite dramatic, and in this case a mistake. Before you lower the velocity, it's a good idea to check the velocity of the notes just before and after it.

17.

Click the note just before the 6th note and check the velocity in the Velocity field.

18.

Click the note directly to the right of the 6th note and check the velocity in the Velocity field.

Chances are this note was meant to be louder than the othersjust not as loud as it was actually played. Let's lower the velocity to 50.

There are two ways to change the velocity. You can type a new number in the Velocity field, or you can click and drag the Velocity slider.

19.

Click the 6th note to select it in the Track Editor and drag the Velocity slider until you see 50 in the Velocity field.

If you have trouble dragging the slider to 50, type 50 in the Velocity field to change the velocity. As you can see, there are advantages to both methods. Drag for a general velocity change; type a number for a specific velocity.

20.

Click anywhere in the space near the notes to deselect the note and see the new shade of gray.

21.

Move the playhead back to the beginning of the region and play the section again to hear the new velocity.

Note

You can also change the velocity of notes using Notation view; however, you will be able to see the different velocities represented by shades of gray only in Graphic view.

1.

Click the second Hollywood Strings region in the Hollywood Strings track to load it in the Track Editor.

2.

Locate the 6th note event.

3.

Change the velocity to 50.

4.

Listen to the change to make sure it is correct.

5.

Click the Track Editor button or press Cmd-E to close the Track Editor.