Recording Yourself

These are all for GarageBand, but this could work for audacity. It will have a similar operating procedure.

IMPORTANCE OF DOING THIS CORRECTLY

Video 1 - Setting up GarageBand

Video 2 - Recording in GarageBand

  • Record with a metronome, use headphones so you don’t pick up the audio of the metronome
  • Make sure you are tuned
  • How to Record
  • Count in
  • Delete a mistake
  • Trim
  • Punch IN recording technique

Video 3 - Recording your next track in GarageBand

  • Adding another track
  • Select your track to make sure you record on the correct track
  • Have your headphones on
  • Remember Count in Click
  • Metronome
  • Label your track
  • SAVE - SAVE - SAVE - SAVE

Video 4 - Basic Editing in GarageBand

  • Zoom
  • Trim
  • Delete
  • Move
  • Dynamics
  • Editing is non destructive, you can just drag out again

Video 5 - Exporting in GarageBand

  • See why this is IMPORTANT THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING THIS CORRECTLY
  • move the end of your recording all the way up
  • turn off metronome
  • Make it WAV
  • add audio tail, make sure there isn’t a whole lot of talking, just send the audio file
  • Label your regions/Tracks
  • Export all of the tracks separately - SOLO!
  • If you are exporting multiple tracks pick which tracks you want to export by clicking SOLO.

Video 6 - Importing in GarageBand

  • You need to have the same settings as what the track was recorded at because of tempo, key wont matter so much right now, unless you have a specific key, but if just for recording your audio, that is fine.
  • Time signature will matter
  • Find your audio and drag it into a NEW track
  • Solo/Mute

Same as above

THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING THIS CORRECTLY