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Normal GarageBand project file icons look like a document (paper) with
a guitar printed on it. GarageBand project files saved with an iLife preview
show only a guitar icon.
5 Drag the Podcast Open project from the Media Browser to the beginning
of the Timeline (just after the first narration) and drop it in an empty area
below your music tracks.
The project file appears in the Timeline as an orange Real Instrument
region. The small guitar icon in the upper-left corner of the region shows
that it’s a GarageBand project instead of a normal audio file.
6 Play the first part of the project to hear the Welcome and the Show
Introduction as well as the start of the interview.
7 Drag the Show Introduction so the stinger happens immediately after the
host says the show number.
You’ve successfully added a GarageBand project to the Timeline of another
project. Now the song just needs to be faded out as the main show starts;
we’ll do that with an automation curve.
NOTE
By placing one GarageBand project inside another, you can easily
make modifications to the nested project and, best of all, when you save
the changes, the project automatically updates in the Timeline.
Working with Automation Curves
Although GarageBand’s ducking controls offer a quick way to mix between
audio tracks, they don’t offer precise control over audio levels. You can use
Working with Automation Curves 405
harness automation curves to gradually adjust a track’s volume (or other
properties).
1 Click the arrows next to the Podcast Open track to show its automation
curve.
Let’s fade the music out gently as the main talk show begins.
2 Position your playhead where the main segment begins (around 44.000).
3 Click once on the Track Volume automation curve to add a control point.
Control points allow you to adjust the automation over time.
4 Move the playhead forward to (1:00.000) and click to add a second control
point.
5 Drag the second control point down to –144.0 dB. The track fades out
slowly.
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6 Move your playhead back to 35:00 and press Play to listen to your work.
The music now gently fades out as the show begins. Let’s add one more
fade at the end of the show.
7 Click the automation arrow to disclose the automation for the music track
called “Feels Like Home.”
8 Scroll the Timeline to the right to see the end of the narrator tracks.
Let’s apply automation to have the music gently fade in at the end of
the show.
9 Click the automation curve to add a control point at the start of the song.
10 Move forward 10 seconds, then click to add another control point.
11 Drag the first control point downward until it reads –144.0 dB.
The music now fades in as the hosts finish talking
12 On your own, you can add more control points to Paige or Gretchen’s
tracks to control their volume. This is optional, but good practice.
13 Choose File > Save to capture your work so far.
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