Re: The preferences in GarageBand

[Phil Halton]

mouse click the buttons instead of VO space. First though, route mouse to VO.


On Dec 23, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Andy Collins  wrote:

> Hi all -
> 
> Two things here:
> 
> Firstly, when I look at preferences for GB, the general button is selected by 
> default, and I can't change it. If I click the midi button, or the advanced 
> button, the focus just stays stuck on the general button.
> 
> Secondly, I am finding that the GB app freezes, and I have to do a forced 
> quit to get out of it. Again, anybody help? It's looking like I'm wasting my 
> time on this software, and hardly anybody here uses it -
> 
> Andy
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The preferences in GarageBand

[Andy Collins]

Hi all -

Two things here:

Firstly, when I look at preferences for GB, the general button is selected by 
default, and I can't change it. If I click the midi button, or the advanced 
button, the focus just stays stuck on the general button.

Secondly, I am finding that the GB app freezes, and I have to do a forced quit 
to get out of it. Again, anybody help? It's looking like I'm wasting my time on 
this software, and hardly anybody here uses it -

Andy
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Re: reading electronics LCD with an iPhone app.

[Sarah k Alawami]

I'm not sure if webvisum would hep, but it's worth a try. It's on the ios app 
store and it's free.

Good luck.
On Dec 23, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Jim Noseworthy 
 wrote:

> Hey Folks:
> 
> Can anyone recommend an app that will help me to read the parameters of my 
> Yamaha XS rack synth?
> 
> Thanks all over the place.
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reading electronics LCD with an iPhone app.

[Jim Noseworthy]

Hey Folks:

Can anyone recommend an app that will help me to read the parameters of 
my Yamaha XS rack synth?


Thanks all over the place.

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Re: I've made a start with GarageBand but am now stuck again

[Andy Collins]

I just can't find how to get back to that option -

Andy
On 23 Dec 2013, at 15:55, Josh Gregory  wrote:

> You're on the right track, when it asks you to download stuff, you will be 
> taken to the App Store.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 23, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Andy Collins  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Phil -
>> 
>> Thanks for trying to help. I'm still struggling here! I find that Command I 
>> just hides info, it doesn't bring up the instruments table.
>> 
>> There are so many areas etc to interact with, that I'm afraid I can't quite 
>> tell you where I found this, but somewhere I was asked if I wanted to 
>> download the entire list of instruments. I said yes to this, but got thrown 
>> out of the app, and couldn't find my way back to that option. What it does 
>> suggest is that instruments, other than the piano, may not actually be 
>> installed. Would that be right in your experience? -
>> 
>> Andy
>>> On 23 Dec 2013, at 02:13, Phil Halton  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have found that the R key for recording does not work reliably  when the 
>>> musical keyboard is active. you'll have to click the record button instead 
>>> of use the letter R  shortcut when using the musical keyboard (command 
>>> shift k).
>>> 
>>> As to selecting other instruments, that is done in the track info pane. you 
>>> get there  by pressing command I, then interacting with the info pane that 
>>> appears. . you then browse the instruments list and whatever instrument you 
>>> are currently on will play as you press the qwerty keys with musical typing 
>>> turned on.
>>> I assume you are working with only 1  track at this point. When you start 
>>> adding tracks, you use the arrow keys (up and down) to select the track you 
>>> want to play. But, the tracks are not named or announced, , so you have to 
>>> either figure out what track you're on by the instrument that plays, or by 
>>> memorizing their position in the track area.
>>> 
>>> When you finally get to the point where you're selecting and editing audio  
>>> track regions, it will be important to set the mouse to   track the VO 
>>> cursor as you will need to mouse click at the various regions in order to 
>>> select them four editting, cutting, pasting, joining, etc. you can't route 
>>> the mouse to VO as needed, because doing so causes GB to crash. But having 
>>> the mouse track VO causes no problems and you can click the regions as 
>>> needed.
>>> 
>>> A word about track types. When you select "piano" as the track type, GB is 
>>> creating a standard software instrument track and setting it to "piano". 
>>> you can change the instrument type as I detailed above. the other type of 
>>> track is a "real" track, which simply means an audio track. For real 
>>> tracks, you can set the input to whatever equipment you have eternal 
>>> microphones, internal microphone, guitar inputs etc - it all depends on 
>>> what equipment you have.
>>> Personally, I use a Roland QuadCapture audio interface which allows me to 
>>> plug in two XLR type microphones, or a Hi-Z instrument.
>>> 
>>> 
 On Dec 22, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Andy Collins  wrote:
 
 Hi all -
 
 Ok, I can get the grand piano to play by doing the following:
 
 Open GB.
 
 Select new project.
 
 VO arrow right once to project templates, interact and choose grand piano.
 
 Stop interacting and VO right arrow across to the choose button, and click 
 it.
 
 This brings up the new project from templates screen with the option to 
 save the project settings just chosen.
 
 I click the create button, and can then turn on the music typing with CMD 
 shift K.
 
 I can now play the piano using the home row and the qwerty rows of keys on 
 my keyboard. So far, I am unable to record anything, pressing the letter r 
 may or may not work, as I can't find how to play back, I don't know.
 
 The other thing is that I can't seem to choose any other instruments other 
 than the piano, when I do, and try to play, using the qwerty keys, there 
 is no sound!
 Anybody move me on?
 
 Oh yes, I'm running version 6.0.5 of GB under Mountain Lion.
 
 Thanks -
 
 Andy
 
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Re: I've made a start with GarageBand but am now stuck again

[Josh Gregory]

You're on the right track, when it asks you to download stuff, you will be 
taken to the App Store.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 23, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Andy Collins  wrote:
> 
> Hi Phil -
> 
> Thanks for trying to help. I'm still struggling here! I find that Command I 
> just hides info, it doesn't bring up the instruments table.
> 
> There are so many areas etc to interact with, that I'm afraid I can't quite 
> tell you where I found this, but somewhere I was asked if I wanted to 
> download the entire list of instruments. I said yes to this, but got thrown 
> out of the app, and couldn't find my way back to that option. What it does 
> suggest is that instruments, other than the piano, may not actually be 
> installed. Would that be right in your experience? -
> 
> Andy
>> On 23 Dec 2013, at 02:13, Phil Halton  wrote:
>> 
>> I have found that the R key for recording does not work reliably  when the 
>> musical keyboard is active. you'll have to click the record button instead 
>> of use the letter R  shortcut when using the musical keyboard (command shift 
>> k).
>> 
>> As to selecting other instruments, that is done in the track info pane. you 
>> get there  by pressing command I, then interacting with the info pane that 
>> appears. . you then browse the instruments list and whatever instrument you 
>> are currently on will play as you press the qwerty keys with musical typing 
>> turned on.
>> I assume you are working with only 1  track at this point. When you start 
>> adding tracks, you use the arrow keys (up and down) to select the track you 
>> want to play. But, the tracks are not named or announced, , so you have to 
>> either figure out what track you're on by the instrument that plays, or by 
>> memorizing their position in the track area.
>> 
>> When you finally get to the point where you're selecting and editing audio  
>> track regions, it will be important to set the mouse to   track the VO 
>> cursor as you will need to mouse click at the various regions in order to 
>> select them four editting, cutting, pasting, joining, etc. you can't route 
>> the mouse to VO as needed, because doing so causes GB to crash. But having 
>> the mouse track VO causes no problems and you can click the regions as 
>> needed.
>> 
>> A word about track types. When you select "piano" as the track type, GB is 
>> creating a standard software instrument track and setting it to "piano". you 
>> can change the instrument type as I detailed above. the other type of track 
>> is a "real" track, which simply means an audio track. For real tracks, you 
>> can set the input to whatever equipment you have eternal microphones, 
>> internal microphone, guitar inputs etc - it all depends on what equipment 
>> you have.
>> Personally, I use a Roland QuadCapture audio interface which allows me to 
>> plug in two XLR type microphones, or a Hi-Z instrument.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 22, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Andy Collins  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all -
>>> 
>>> Ok, I can get the grand piano to play by doing the following:
>>> 
>>> Open GB.
>>> 
>>> Select new project.
>>> 
>>> VO arrow right once to project templates, interact and choose grand piano.
>>> 
>>> Stop interacting and VO right arrow across to the choose button, and click 
>>> it.
>>> 
>>> This brings up the new project from templates screen with the option to 
>>> save the project settings just chosen.
>>> 
>>> I click the create button, and can then turn on the music typing with CMD 
>>> shift K.
>>> 
>>> I can now play the piano using the home row and the qwerty rows of keys on 
>>> my keyboard. So far, I am unable to record anything, pressing the letter r 
>>> may or may not work, as I can't find how to play back, I don't know.
>>> 
>>> The other thing is that I can't seem to choose any other instruments other 
>>> than the piano, when I do, and try to play, using the qwerty keys, there is 
>>> no sound!
>>> Anybody move me on?
>>> 
>>> Oh yes, I'm running version 6.0.5 of GB under Mountain Lion.
>>> 
>>> Thanks -
>>> 
>>> Andy
>>> 
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Re: I've made a start with GarageBand but am now stuck again

[Andy Collins]

Hi Phil -

Thanks for trying to help. I'm still struggling here! I find that Command I 
just hides info, it doesn't bring up the instruments table.

There are so many areas etc to interact with, that I'm afraid I can't quite 
tell you where I found this, but somewhere I was asked if I wanted to download 
the entire list of instruments. I said yes to this, but got thrown out of the 
app, and couldn't find my way back to that option. What it does suggest is that 
instruments, other than the piano, may not actually be installed. Would that be 
right in your experience? -

Andy
On 23 Dec 2013, at 02:13, Phil Halton  wrote:

> I have found that the R key for recording does not work reliably  when the 
> musical keyboard is active. you'll have to click the record button instead of 
> use the letter R  shortcut when using the musical keyboard (command shift k).
> 
> As to selecting other instruments, that is done in the track info pane. you 
> get there  by pressing command I, then interacting with the info pane that 
> appears. . you then browse the instruments list and whatever instrument you 
> are currently on will play as you press the qwerty keys with musical typing 
> turned on.
> I assume you are working with only 1  track at this point. When you start 
> adding tracks, you use the arrow keys (up and down) to select the track you 
> want to play. But, the tracks are not named or announced, , so you have to 
> either figure out what track you're on by the instrument that plays, or by 
> memorizing their position in the track area.
> 
> When you finally get to the point where you're selecting and editing audio  
> track regions, it will be important to set the mouse to   track the VO cursor 
> as you will need to mouse click at the various regions in order to select 
> them four editting, cutting, pasting, joining, etc. you can't route the mouse 
> to VO as needed, because doing so causes GB to crash. But having the mouse 
> track VO causes no problems and you can click the regions as needed.
> 
> A word about track types. When you select "piano" as the track type, GB is 
> creating a standard software instrument track and setting it to "piano". you 
> can change the instrument type as I detailed above. the other type of track 
> is a "real" track, which simply means an audio track. For real tracks, you 
> can set the input to whatever equipment you have eternal microphones, 
> internal microphone, guitar inputs etc - it all depends on what equipment you 
> have.
> Personally, I use a Roland QuadCapture audio interface which allows me to 
> plug in two XLR type microphones, or a Hi-Z instrument.
> 
> 
> On Dec 22, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Andy Collins  wrote:
> 
>> Hi all -
>> 
>> Ok, I can get the grand piano to play by doing the following:
>> 
>> Open GB.
>> 
>> Select new project.
>> 
>> VO arrow right once to project templates, interact and choose grand piano.
>> 
>> Stop interacting and VO right arrow across to the choose button, and click 
>> it.
>> 
>> This brings up the new project from templates screen with the option to save 
>> the project settings just chosen.
>> 
>> I click the create button, and can then turn on the music typing with CMD 
>> shift K.
>> 
>> I can now play the piano using the home row and the qwerty rows of keys on 
>> my keyboard. So far, I am unable to record anything, pressing the letter r 
>> may or may not work, as I can't find how to play back, I don't know.
>> 
>> The other thing is that I can't seem to choose any other instruments other 
>> than the piano, when I do, and try to play, using the qwerty keys, there is 
>> no sound!
>> Anybody move me on?
>> 
>> Oh yes, I'm running version 6.0.5 of GB under Mountain Lion.
>> 
>> Thanks -
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
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