Auditioning Virtual Musicians (Instrument Parts) 347
NOTE
If you’re using the full-screen view, you can click the X (close
button) in the upper-left corner of the screen to close Magic GarageBand
at any time.
Auditioning Virtual Musicians (Instrument Parts)
Now that you’ve opened the song and know how to control playback, you can
audition the different instrument parts.
Each Magic GarageBand song includes Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard and
Melody instruments, and a place for you (My Instrument) at the center of the
stage. As the leader of the virtual band, you control which musicians get to
play, as well as the instrument and feeling of the part.
The good news is that your job is much easier than auditioning musicians
in the real world. In Magic GarageBand the virtual musicians are very profes-
sional, which means you don’t have to deal with egos, tardiness, attitude, or
poor playing. Instead, you can focus on choosing the right parts for your
unique version of the song—there are more than 3,000 possible combinations
of sounds for each genre.
1 Roll the pointer over each instrument on the stage to see the name of each
instrument part.
The spotlight illuminates whichever instrument you roll over, and the
name of the instrument or part appears.
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2 Click the Guitar on the left side of the stage to select that instrument part.
The Instrument list below the stage changes to show the other instrument
choices for the song’s guitar part. In this case, there are seven different gui-
tar styles from which to choose: Jangle, Strumming, Honky Tonk, Punk,
Windmills, Big Stack, and Glam.
The No Instrument choice on the far right of the instrument list is also avail-
able if you don’t want to include a particular instrument in the song at all.
If you aren’t familiar with these different styles of guitar, no problem. You
can simply change them while the song is playing to hear how they change
the feel and sound of the song.
It’s a good idea to audition instruments against one section (snip-
pet) of the song, such as the verse or chorus, so that you hear all of the
different choices in the same context.
3 Play the song, and click Verse 1 to loop playback of that section (snippet)
of the song.
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