Making+Voice+Recording+with+GarageBand

=How to Make a Voice Recording Using GarageBand=

Your computer can make an audio recording. It has a built in microphone. Using GarageBand, you can make your computer work like a tape recorder.

Turning the microphone on:
1. Go to System Preferences and select “Sound.” 2. Click the “Input” tab. 3. Select “Internal microphone.” 4. Adjust the other settings on this screen, as needed. (If you speak aloud, you can see that the microphone is picking up sound.) 5. Close “Preferences.”

Configuring GarageBand:
1. Start GarageBand program. (Look in Applications folder.) 2. Click “Create New Music Project” (Yes—I know you are not going to be singing!) 3. Give project a name and save it in an appropriate location so you can find it. 4. You will see a screen that has “Grand Piano” as the default track. Erase this track by dragging down “Track” and selecting “Delete Track.” 5. Also, you can close the piano image by clicking the red dot in the upper left-hand corner. 6. Next, drag down “Control” and turn the Metronome off. Otherwise, there will be annoying clicking in the background of your recording. 7. Now, drag down “Track” and select “New Track.” 8. Click the button that says “Real Instrument Track” (this will allow your microphone to work). 9. From here on out, the controls at the bottom of the screen work like a conventional tape recorder: a. Red dot = begin recording b. Single forward arrow = start/stop