GarageBand User Guide for iPad

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I don’t want want to upgrade to the PX-560 or the PX-360 just to be able to use/load custom rhythms. So what can I do? I have been able to connect the piano to GarageBand on the Macbook. My question is, can I create some custom rhythms on the computer (with GarageBand) and have it play on the piano while connected (USB A to USB B)? Once you've played with the Live Loops and worked out a sequence that you like, it's time to record them. To do this, press the record button at the top of the screen. You'll be counted in, then it's time to play the loops in the order you've worked out. When you're finished, tap the stop button at the top.

Using the Keyboard Touch Instrument, you can play different keyboards, including grand piano, electric piano, organ, clavinet, and synthesizer, by tapping the keys.

You can choose a keyboard sound, move higher or lower on the keyboard, hold notes, and change the keyboard layout and size. Some keyboards include controls for pitch bend, modulation, velocity, and other sound parameters. Alchemy synth sounds have an extended set of controls that you can use to customize the sound.

You can now use the chord strips (previously available on the Smart Keyboard) with all keyboard sounds to play chords, bass notes, and comping patterns.

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Choose a keyboard sound

Tap the name of the sound near the top of the screen, then tap the sound you want to play. You can also swipe left or right to change to the previous or next sound. To view keyboard sounds in a different category, tap one of the category names.

Play higher or lower on the keyboard

To move the keyboard by octaves, tap the Octave Down or Octave Up button. To return to the keyboard’s middle range, tap the Reset button between the octave buttons. The number on the button shows the current octave transposition.

Hold notes longer

Touch and hold the Sustain control as you play. You can also drag the Sustain control to the right to lock it on.
Organ sounds have a Rotation switch instead of a Sustain control.

Change the keyboard layout and size

Tap the Keyboard button , then tap the single- or double-row keyboard to change the layout.
Tap the Keyboard button, then tap the small, medium, or large-size keyboard to change the size.

Bend notes and modulate the sound

Some keyboard sounds, including synthesizers and clavs, have pitch bend (Pitch) and modulation (Mod) wheels in the controls area. You can use these to bend notes or change the character of the sound as you play the keyboard.

Drag the Pitch wheel up or down to bend the pitch of notes as you play.
Drag the Mod wheel up or down to change the sound of the keyboard. Modulation can add vibrato, resonance, or other changes to the sound.

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Adjust the touch sensitivity of the keys

Increasing the touch sensitivity makes notes sound louder or softer depending on how hard you tap the keys.

Tap the Keyboard button , and turn on Velocity.
Pinch the two ends of the Velocity bar apart to increase the sensitivity range, or pinch them together to decrease the range.
Drag the Velocity bar up or down to move the sensitivity range. This is particularly useful after pinching the ends closer together to limit sensitivity to a narrow range.

Play the keyboard by swiping left or right

You can control the keyboard in different ways by swiping left or right across the keys. By default, swiping horizontally plays notes on the keyboard smoothly. You can change the swiping behavior using the Glissando button.

To move higher or lower on the keyboard by swiping across the keys, tap the button until it says Scroll.
To return to the default behavior, tap the button until it says Glissando.
Some instruments, particularly synthesizers, have a third setting. For these instruments, to slide smoothly between notes (called portamento), tap the button until it says Pitch.

Adjust the sound

Some keyboard sounds, including electric piano, synthesizer, and organ, include knobs or other controls you can use to change the sound while you play. When available, the knobs are labeled with the sound parameters they control. When you record the Keyboard, any movements to the controls are also recorded.

Turn the knobs while you play the keyboard, and listen to how the sound changes.

Adjust Alchemy synth sounds

Alchemy synth sounds include additional parameter knobs, the Transform Pad, and XY pads. You can view the other Alchemy synth controls by swiping the controls area left or right.

The Transform Pad has eight sections (called snapshots) that represent a group of settings for the sound of the instrument. You can adjust the sound by tapping a snapshot or dragging the rectangular framing box between the snapshots. When the framing box is over one snapshot, you hear the sound of that snapshot. When the framing box partially covers multiple snapshots, the sound of those snapshots is transformed to create a new sound. The amount that each covered snapshot contributes to the sound is determined by how much of the framing box covers the snapshot.

Do one of the following:

Play using a single snapshot: Tap a snapshot to place the framing box over it.
Transform the sound between multiple snapshots: Drag the framing box so that it partially covers the snapshots.
Transform the sound using Gyro control: Tap the Gyro Control button above the keyboard and tilt your iPad to move the framing box.
Transform the sound using the XY pads: Swipe the controls area left or right to view the XY pads, then drag the pucks on the two XY pads. Moving a puck changes the X and Y axis values on its pad.

Adjust organ sounds

Organ keyboard sounds include drawbars on the left side of the controls area. Drawbars let you quickly change the sound of the organ by adjusting the relative volume of different harmonics or stops. The drawbars are arranged left to right from lower to higher stops; dragging a drawbar down increases the volume of its harmonic, while dragging it up decreases the volume of its harmonic.

You can also control the speed of the rotating speaker effect using the Rotation switch.

Make the speaker rotate faster or slower: Drag the Rotation switch right or left.

Adjust the sound with Face Control

If your iPad supports facial recognition, you can add vibrato, resonance, or other changes to some keyboard sounds by moving your mouth while you play.

Hold your iPad 10–20 inches (25–50 cm) away from your face and tap the Face Control button .
The first time you use Face Control, GarageBand asks for permission to access the camera on your iPad.
As you play, open and close your mouth to change the sound.
To turn Face Control off, tap the Face Control button again.

When playing Alchemy synth sounds, you cannot use Gyro Control and Face Control at the same time.

Note: GarageBand uses ARKit face tracking features to

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