Category Archives: Tutorials

Garageband Q&A #1

I’m back again, sporting a winter beard! It’s question and answer time. I put together a bunch of questions that people have sent to me about Garageband, covering everything from midi instruments, loops, windows alternatives, and more!

If you want your question answered in my next Q&A, leave it in the comments on this video!


MultiTrack recording with Garageband 09 Tutorial

In this tutorial I walk you through how to do multi track recording in Garageband 09. I’m not covering software instruments or MIDI, that will have to be a different tutorial.

Most of what I go over can be applied to previous and future versions of Garageband or other recording software as well, because there are always similarities with any multitrack software.

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Garageband Tutorial Part 2

Part 1 here.

Garageband for Apple’s OSX is a fabulous and powerful tool for home recording, multitracking, looping, sampling, mixing, producing and much more. If you haven’t used a tool like this before then it can be hard to get your head around, but with just a few videos it shouldn’t be hard to get the hang of it!

This is part 2 of my beginners tutorial for Garageband 3. We dive a little deeper in this one. Be sure to watch part 1 as well!

The technofodder website mentioned in the video isn’t around any more but you can use the contact page to ask me questions.


Garageband Tutorial Part 1

Part 2 here.

Garageband for Apple’s OSX is a fabulous and powerful tool for home recording, multitracking, looping, sampling, mixing, producing and much more. If you haven’t used a tool like this before then it can be hard to get your head around, but with just a few videos it shouldn’t be hard to get the hang of it!

This is part 1 of my beginners tutorial for Garageband 3. The interface hasn’t changed much since version 3 and I’ll be making other videos from the new versions too. This part is a quick overview of the interface. Be sure to watch part 2 as well!

The technofodder website mentioned in the video isn’t around any more. Feel free to ask me questions using the contact page.


Automator Tutorial, Mac OS X

This is a Mac OSX tutorial about the Automator tool. I use a real-life problem from a fellow podcaster and use Automator to solve it.

The technofodder web site mentioned in the video is no longer around. If you want to get in touch with me head to my contact page.


Multitrack Barbershop Tag – Sleepytime Down South

I’m back with another Multitrack Barbershop Tag! This is one of my all-time favorite barbershop tags and this video has turned out to be my most popular tag yet. It’s a great one for beginners because the lead only has two notes, the tenor isn’t very high and the bass isn’t very low. I’m not sure I got the video sync’d correctly, and I added some EQ, compression, and reverb but no pitch correction of any kind.


Multitrack Barbershop Tag – Fall Down

This is a tag that I wrote both the music and the words for. It’s dirty and has a big chromatic walk that is freakin’ hard to tune, but sounds sweet when it resolves. I’m not much of a bass, and you’ll hear that at the end because I can’t hit that bass note very well.

As far as audio processing, I added compression, EQ, and a touch of reverb, but not any pitch changing of any kind. So all the tuning is pure me (for better or worse).

I reserve my copyrights on this, but please feel free to sing it and teach it to people as long as you are not getting paid. If you ARE getting paid then contact me and we’ll work something out.


Multitrack Barbershop Tag – In Dixie Land

This is a short tutorial to teach you how to sing a barbershop tag! I don’t know who wrote it, or where it came from, but hopefully you find it useful!