General Music
The speed or rate at which beats occur in music.
tempo
Short for reverberation. An effect that re-creates the sound of different acoustic spaces by playing back copies of a sound at slightly varied times and volume levels.
Reverb
A track that controls the overall sound of a project. You can show the master track in the Tracks area, and edit the master volume, pitch, and tempo automation curves track in the master track.
Master Track
sound, especially sound recorded to make the tracks
Audio
beats per minute, indicates a tempo of a piece of music.
Bpm
This is used to create anticipation at the beginning of the song
intro
This tool let’s your song end gradually
fade out
A feature in GarageBand that allows you to add a virtual drummer to your project, using a Drummer track. You can edit the drummer’s performance in the Drummer Editor
Drummer
Similar to the library button but this allows you to quickly find sounds, loops, and instruments.
loop browser
Also known as equalizer, which is a function that allows you to make changes to specific frequencies of sounds
Eq
perceived loudness of a sound
volume
area that gives you a close-up view of part of a track that is in
the Tracks area
Editor
horizontal rows in the track area where you use it to organize music and control the sound of the recording/other materials in the project
Track
Set of notes played together. They can be major of minor
Chord
Liquid crystal display; located in the center of control bar and shows current position of playhead, and can show the tempo, key, and time signature of the project
LCD
regular, repeating rhythmic pulse of a song
Beat
Use this tool to trim or copy a clip to a desired size.
trim
a sound effect is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media
Effect
A vertical line in the Tracks area that shows what part of the project is currently playing, or where playback starts when you click the Play button. The playhead extends from the top to the bottom of the Tracks area. The triangle at the top of the playhead shows its current position in the ruler
Playhead
Acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A standard protocol used for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers. You can play the software instruments in GarageBand using a USB or other MIDI-compatible musickeyboard
MIDI
This is a regular group of beats, which is hear in a larger rhythmic pulse of a piece of music. In music, these are separated from each other with bar lines.
Bar
A term for several metronome beats that are sounded prior to the start of a recording (or playback), typically for one bar
Count-in
A Garageband track you can use to synchronize the timing of other tracks
Groove track
The final part of a song, often repeated over and over while the sound fades to silence.
Outro
A digital format for communication audio recordings. The only one Ms. Messano will accept.
Mp3