GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual
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Whether you’re a professional musician or a mere novice, Apple’s GarageBand software has everything you need to produce commercial-quality recordings entirely on your own. Just imagine how many thousands of singers and instrumentalists remain undiscovered because they lack the capability to produce viable demos. Well, no more. Now there’s no need to assemble a backup band or book time at a professional studio–GarageBand has it covered. And GarageBand 2: The Mis… More >>
GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual
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Jonathan Gams said :
February 22, 2010 at 5:59 am
This is a readable, technically insightful, USABLE guide. Its relaxed tone makes the work of learning easier.
JG
Rating: 4 / 5
E. A. Burden said :
February 22, 2010 at 7:24 am
“GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual” has all the elements you expect from an informative book. Written in a casual but crystal clear style, it caters both for the complete idiot (like me) and the semi-experienced who wishes to go on to greater heights. The illustrations are profuse and easy to follow, and the quality of print and paper is certainly a cut above many other manuals of this type. Full marks to David Pogue for opening the Garage doors to an Aladdin’s cave of new discoveries.
Rating: 5 / 5
Surface to Air Missle said :
February 22, 2010 at 10:19 am
After playing guitar for the last 4 years I decided to try to record some of the songs I’d written. I used this book to go from someone who had never recorded any music before, to someone who could lay down simple tracks with vocals in a few weeks just using my computer, garage band and the required hardware.
The book is well written, relatively up to date, and organized in a utilitarian fashion for quick reference. It has numerous pictures of menu and covers a wide range of basic to moderately complex topics. There is also a bit of humor injected into the writing which never hurts.
The only caveat is that book is kind of lacking in any type of hardware info that is useful. The book tells you what you need (interface, mics etc) but doesn’t really help the novice out in any way. I recommend going online and finding one of the few music hardware website that specialize in customer service. They will be able to talk you through exactly what you need to buy to do what you want to do, something I wouldn’t really expect a garage band book to do but something that is necessary should you want to record music at home.
Bottom Line: A very useful book for someone with no experience looking to get into Garage Band.
Rating: 4 / 5
Bradley J. Krause said :
February 22, 2010 at 10:56 am
I’m surprised that full color pictures can do so much for a computer manual. But maybe it’s because it’s put together the playful, hand-holding prose that makes this such a joy to read.
This book has absolutely everything from the most relevent keyboard tip to describing workflow to diving down into every tool, pallet and menu.
I can read it at my bedside and the stuff still sticks. Wonderful book for a wonderful program.
Rating: 5 / 5
M. Rowland said :
February 22, 2010 at 1:31 pm
As w/ all Pouge books, this one has lots of good info that’s easy to access, presented in an easy to understand form, & while it’s written for an earlier version, most of it applies to the latest version of GarageBand (v4.2) as well.
Rating: 4 / 5