Garage Band

Garage Band comes as part of the Apple iLife ‘08 standard package and ships with all new Macs. It is far from just a fun programme to mess around with though. If you look a little deeper you will see there are many exciting features only available on much more expensive software applications.
Here are a few links to some software tutorials to get you going and get you thinking about audio possibilities. Things like the wii remote offer some fascinating new ways of making music.

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=106

http://www.macjams.com/article.php?story=20040329063101758

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/garageband

http://homerecording.about.com/od/garagebandtutorials/ss/getting_started.htm

http://213.232.94.135/dvined/ilifetutorial/garageband.html

http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/resources/gb/

http://www.tunetorials.com/playing-drums-in-garageband/

Here is the link to the wii remote and a short video below to give yo an idea of what is possible.

http://screenfashion.org/2007/09/wii_remote_garageband.html

Here is a link to producing Pod Casts in Garage Band:

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/34888_apple-garageband-podcast.htm

Apple Tutorials

In this unit we will be using some of the basic Apple software tools – iMovie, Garage Band and IDVD. You can find some excellent tutorials to get you started on the Apple site. Click on the image below.

Although the iLife software may seem a bit basic if you have edited video or composed your own soundtracks before there are a number of new features that you may find extremely useful. These include publishing directly to youtube, producing content for the new iPhone, producing Pod Casts and much more. Don’t dismiss it until you have had a good look at the latest features.

Principles of Sound and Video Production

FdA Digtal Media Production.

This Blog has been produced to give you access to on line resources for the unit Principles of Sound and Video Production as part of your study at Level 4.. You can find information here on Digital Video, Cameras, Framing Shots, the Language of Video and Film, Editing, Post-Production Techniques and links to software tutorials from a wide range of sources. If you come across something you think others will find interesting not listed here please forward to pbeards@aib.ac.uk.

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