Garageband’s Sampler is a great way to insert some awesome sounds and unique personality to your project. You can now edit and play with these imported tracks and sounds to your heart’s content! A menu will appear, allowing you to import from Garageband’s Loop library, any Audio Files you may have stored on your iDevice and Music from your iTunes library. Tapping ‘Rev’ or ‘Loop’ will reverse your sample, while loop as you might imagine, loops it!Īs I mentioned previously, you can import sounds and even whole tracks from your iTunes library into Garageband’s sampler.įrom the recording screen (tap ‘New Sample’) tap ‘Import’. Shape allows you to change the volume of your sample over time.Ħ. Tune lets you adjust the tuning and pitch of your sample. Trim (shown above) allows you to crop the length of your sample. Tapping ‘Trim’, ‘Tune’ or ‘Shape’ will open the corresponding editing window.
Tapping ‘My Samples’ wil open the sample selection menu, allowing you to import pre-made samples or samples that you’ve saved previously.ĥ. Tapping the ‘New Sample’ Button will take you back to the recording screen.Ĥ. The program also has a number of additional features: frequency filter, pitch change, removal of voice from a musical composition, etc. With this program, you can change the tempo of the music without hurting the track’s pitch. Like the Pitch Wheel, the Modulation Wheel will add expression and change the sound of your sample during playback or while recording in real time.ģ. Audio Speed Changer Lite is one of those programs that are designed primarily for slowing down the music. The Pitch Wheel allows you to affect the pitch of your sample during playback or while recording in real timeĢ. Go to the right corner at the bottom of the. Click on the track (or a preset loop) you’re trying to edit. Some of the buttons and switches will definitely be familiar (If they aren’t, you should probably check this out), with many of Garageband’s other Smart Instrument controls being present.Īs for the other controls and options at the top of the screen:ġ. Follow these steps to add an echo effect in GarageBand: Open GarageBand on your Mac. Here you can play with the sound you’ve recorded, import and edit stock or saved samples and bring tracks from your iTunes library into your project. Once you’ve recorded your sample (or tapped the ‘my samples’ button), you’ll be taken to the editing screen. When you first open the sampler, you’ll be prompted to ‘point your iPad/iPhone towards a sound you want to record, then tap Start’.ĭoing this will begin recording – hit the big red ‘Stop’ button when you’re done. One of Garageband iOS’ frequently overlooked features, the sampler is a fantastic tool that you can use to turn practically any sound into a melody.Ĭapturing sounds using your iPad/iPhone’s built in microphone couldn’t be easier and the sampler also allows you to import tracks and sounds from your iTunes library.