Garageband 10 - The Top 4 Most Useful Guitar Tones

[@robertwhite1554]

Just a little tip, that I have found, that may help some who find Garageband guitar sounds unusable, flat, or too harsh. First, insert a new plugin and choose whatever guitar amp rig from Amp Designer you like. Then change the cabinet to Direct, removing the cabinet entirely. Second, insert another plugin below the other, choose an amp rig from Amp Designer and change the amp head to Transparent Preamp. Select whatever cabinet and mic combo you like. Now with controls on the first plugin's amp head and controls on the second plugin's preamp, along with moving the mic in different positions you can tweet to your hearts content. I have found that doing a side by side comparison with a track that uses the traditional setup compared to a track using this set up that I can get a much more desirable and fuller sound with the this setup than with the other. My 2¢.

[@littlepigboy]

It’s hard to believe I found your channel after years of wondering within a new account. I’m so glad you’re still posting and this video is up; it will serve me in refreshing knowledge on an older OS and version of GarageBand I am going to work with. Thank you for your hard work and incredible contributions.

[@calebbhawkins]

I really feel like GarageBand amps are a truly underestimated tool for music creation. I'm pretty much using Tracktion these days for recording but I really do love the way this stuff works, and I've often considered recording with a stand alone Mac set up just to be my amp section, dumping into Tracktion 7. But ultimately I make most recordings with a real amp anyway.

[@barneymiller5488]

For all those saying that Garageband tones are "harsh" no matter what, I just found a pretty cool trick. There's an green tube screamer sound alike plug-in from a company called TSE that I added to the GB amps & I found it really helped the tone. The download I found was free. Good luck.

[@MrRoarkeFI]

One thing to remember is that these amp settings in GarageBand are just templates. You will have to adjust and EQ them to suit your needs. However they are a great starting point. I always start with the brown sound and go from there. I love the fact that I can use many different patches for the multiple guitar tracks I use and blend them in together to make the overall tone sound fantastic.

[@blackwhiskey17]

Yup, I normally and adjust all the presets. You can get much bigger guitar tones.🤘

[@cardanor4400]

How to eliminate the annoying background noise?? specially in the distorted guitar sounds? It makes a nasty noise when you touch your humbacker with your palm... any ideas? I tried the noise gate but it kills the dynamics of the sustain...

[@michaeldees1521]

I have the same question.

[@masonthomas6834]

PLEASE. THIS!

[@littlepigboy]

Obtain a DI Unit. I believe the setup will be Guitar to interface to DI Unit to computer. If you’re going straight into the computer omit the interface from the sequence.

[@KayleighMorganMusic]

No matter what I do with amps in garageband everything sounds weirdly flat or just noisy, feel like I'm flying blind with it. using Guitar Rig is slightly better but its still wrong, pretty sure I just don't know what the heck I'm doing though

[@DaHatBat]

what kind of sound card are you using. depends a lot if its direct input or just using pc mic

[@MrSh4des]

KayleighMorganMusic use an interface I'm using a cheap Roland quad capture and the heartbreaker tone sounds sick

[@myworldmusic3426]

I am using a pretty old m-audio fast track pro. But I don't thinkit depends from the sound card. The sounds suck and I don't know why.

[@lightningmcqueengaming7547]

I've never had an issue with the guitar sound when recording through garageband. Is it possible that something's wrong with with your audio interface, or guitar?

[@Andfelx]

The same feeling here.

[@thomassottiaux158]

Big hair harmonics all the way dude!

[@allancrow134]

That's where I ended up. :)

[@elpistolas4485]

Some Dimebag stuff

[@joshuaconovermusic1441]

You look like Zac Carper from Fidlar. Great video by the way.

[@faizzfr]

Use the silverface amp with blues cabinet. Great tube tone

[@nicksterwixter]

It's funny because as a complete novice who knows absolutely nothing, these are sort of the ones I honed in after messing with them all for a while. These Garageband tones are cool, but a lot of them are really muddy and useless. These ones that you showed are definitely cool though!

[@cymbya]

Ive used a strat and a semi epiphany and though levels indicate way under threshold they always sound a bit distorted as though the volumes were overloading.

[@seaninthecity6034]

dude I'm here because I'm looking for a clean tone for my fender but everything always sound like it has gain/distortion... did you figure this out by any chance?

[@SURR3ALISM]

One tone track is cool. Two, when mixed to your liking is like butter. A completely new tone. Really cool, and there's too many things to try out.

[@dougie6157]

Brit and clean- layer rhythm in the backing Heart broken amp- led zepplin/foo fighters heavy yet clarity Stadium squeal- lead, remove reverb though

[@reubenwhettenmusic]

WOW! thanks a lot!! i definitely needed this. im recording a country song, so you see where this is going. this is amazing! thanks again!

[@joshgatesmusic78]

Thanks for another great video Lewin! I use heartbroken for alot of my stuff and love tweaking with the presets! Im sure you have videos about mastering with garageband and how to use all the mastering tools? Thanks again Lewin!

[@AaronGRandall]

Good stuff man! I definitely use Marshal and brit and clean. The other two I am going to check out a little more. Thanks for sharing :)

[@PatrickBaird]

Very useful, cheers Lewin.

[@DrRogerFisher]

great discovery, especially Stadium Spread that also uses a great Stereo Delay that I can access thru Track Plug-ins. Question: how can I Save that effect to use with other Amp models? thanks.

[@DrRogerFisher]

well duh, I found the answer. There's a little up/down selector on the right of the plug-ins that brings up a menu of effects, and there's the Stereo delay. thanks for the inspiration.

[@audunskrindo5877]

This was really helpful for those of us that think there are too many choices here. Thanks

[@dannysavage8218]

I'm trying to use my boss gt1 through garageband. I did built my own patch which sounds good through my amp... But through garage band sounds terrible.... Why is this? I'm going through as clean channel as poss

[@etzel42]

im actually about to bail on using any of these sounds and just mic my amp.. I just cant seem to get the sound that I want with them.

[@gaijin_lfc]

Starting off with chords from Girls, I’m in!

[@nmacog]

Nice video - I use GarageBand a fair bit, but trying to get a funky Nile Rodgers guitar sound - any chance you could come up with something like that ?

[@pageluvva]

Forgive me if you have already answered this but do you suggest upgrading to the newest version? Thanks so much

[@surfzion]

Agree, very usable indeed, sound great, even though the purists in the room will say otherwise.

[@pierreberube3220]

I sir, congrats on your work. How to retrieve my amps from garage band?

[@rosspercussion]

I am getting nasty noise coming from the guitar effects both direct in and mic'd. Even if I'm not touching the strings. interface and cables are fine. octacapture with Mac Pro book Catalina. Doe anyone know if there is there a setting I need to change?

[@JJoshua_V]

Hey Bud!. Love the review. What are you using for the video editing bro?. Pretty cool. How do you put out the knobs right on the screen love em.

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Hey there, thanks! I use ScreenFlow for these videos. It's easy to use and pretty cheap all things considered. I can record from my computer screen, camera, internal computer audio and a mic all at once.

[@MykelOkuboyejo]

What chords did he play from 0:52 - 0:59. P.S. absolute beginner here

[@martyhollies9262]

Hey man awesome video , thank you !!! what would be the nicest punk rock tones !^! thanks :)

[@barneymiller5488]

I have to admit I would have avoided the "Chicken Picken" preset but it's actually the beefy "Fender" sound I've been looking for when I plug my pre-CBS strat in directly. Thanks!!

[@Rock-iw7ov]

GarageBand is a great program, but most of those guitar amps make my guitar sound hollow, scratchy or overly distorted

[@scottenlow5249]

What are you using as your monitor? I'm plugged directly to my Macbook Pro 2015 with a with a 1/4" to USB and it sounds like crap. Noisy and brittle like an old Gorilla amp.

[@dhopatbaba1676]

Hey man..after recording with a focusrite interface if we export the track..does the quality changes? Or we need to do adjustments again in the master track..please help..

[@luisfelipelopez2327]

are they just preset that come native with Garageband? I asked because I am a fan of you (I actually bougth my cv12 because of your review videos and I am very happy with it). But I use Nuendo, what similar vst do I have to have your presets, or does exist the same vst that you use for a diferent daw? Thank you very much for your answer and share aaaall your experience on homestudio recording! Luis

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

+Luis Felipe Lopez they are just stock presets in the garageband, I'm not certain of what or if they would be in any other program.

[@francescomanfredi]

Great video! Could you suggest 4 similar presets for the iOS version of GarageBand please? Thanks

[@awesomeguitarshorts]

one silly question can I play gary moore just using an electric guiter and macbook garageband? Without buying amplifer and effect pedal? I do not know anything about guiter.

[@sergiupetrescu3659]

Amazing tone!

[@billkelly1197]

Lewin once again a great video! Question: I currently don't have a bass. Is there a preset that will change my guitar "bass" lines to sound like an actual bass? Thank you brother.

[@Wodsobe]

add a pedalboard above all of the other plugins, and in that pedal board, add a wham pedal, with the pitch set to -12 and mix to 100, then add more bass to the eq and you're all set

[@6stringgunner511]

My question is. Can you return to the original specs of the amps, after tweeking them for your recording?

[@DiJonMusTard97]

any videos on guitar tone using a mic'd amplifier? and perhaps the bass as well

[@dedrexel]

I agree that these are some of the few tones in Garageband that are at least decent. Vast majority of the other tones sucks though... either too noisy or lifeless/no dynamics. Maybe micing an actual amp is a better option?

[@mojo-hand4539]

What's the best SRV tone on Garageband ? I can't seem to be able to dial one in.

[@tomototoi]

I can’t see your video. Is it my iPad problem?

[@abereagan7642]

What would you reccomend for tom petty / jackson browne etc rock type?? 'Smoother' distortion I guess? Good video btw.

[@DirkParker]

Abe Reagan use the amp “large tweed” bass all the way down, miss all the way up, treble all the way down, presence all the way up, and gain as much as you want.

[@DirkParker]

Or just the country pick in’ preset with a distortion pedal in front

[@abereagan7642]

@@DirkParker thank you so much! Merry Christmas btw.

[@RocketEightEight]

Hi guys! Which preset would you recommend for stuff like death metal if I use a guitar processor for the effects? I only need tone knobs, no effects and a beefy sound, of course =)

[@dhopatbaba1676]

If we record an entire guitar arrangement (multiple guitar only tracks) for a song using GB presets and open the file in logic for final mix n master..is it good enough..I mean can GB amps n presets give us a high end professional quality output..can we use it for serious productions?

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Most definitely YES!!!! Check out my "Can you make good recordings with Garageband" video

[@williamf.9615]

Big Hair Harmonics is darn good for a Garageband preset.

[@angelitotepace1717]

I don’t get a sound as nice as that. Maybe your interface is good plus guitar itself and preamp? What’s in the input devices (after guitar) please? thanks

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Angelito Tepace I have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24DSP. That’s all I was using in the video for the guitar.

[@ACompetitiveHalo]

How do you plug your guitar into the mac? I'm gonna get an electric soon and would love to know how to connect it to garageband. Would I need an amp, or just a special cable?

[@jakeschleifer1303]

ACompetitiveHalo you need an audio interface, just got the behringer uphoria um2, $30 . Cheapest you're gunna find

[@nonamepoo2892]

my garage band has lines on the amp nobs not the numbers and its annoying, how do I change it?

[@ruipedro4195]

Hi! Can you do a video, how to sound like Eddie Van Halen and other greats in Garage Band?

[@Stratomacaster]

But do they djent? :-)

[@Halo23874]

Chris Bliss what!!?

[@stretch90]

For some reason I always get this nasty, harsh tone from garage band using my M audio interface. Is there something I'm missing?

[@mebeasensei]

Don't like any of them except that last Chicken Picken (nice surprise). Struggled with garageband to get a decent tone. I am a hack of a player but play within my limits = three bars I can copy and paste!. I just want to have warm ringing clear tones with a touch of crunch that my Epiphone Riviera I think is capable of.

[@_Dr.PepperPHD]

0:53 me: "1776. New York city."

[@uygartunc]

Hello. With same preset, I can't get the same sound. What could be the reason? Please help. Thanks.

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

If you're using a different guitar than me, which in this case is an American Telecaster Deluxe, it would sound different.

[@redwanhossainrisann]

hey can you do garageband green day tone? would have helped a lot !

[@seaninthecity6034]

Dude I'm here because all of the default tones in garage band seem to have a build in distortion/gain that I cannot reduce. Even the clean channels like Brit and Clean. Have you experienced this before?

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Are you sure that your input gain is not set to high?

[@juanctpr]

Nice. What piece of equipment do I need to connect my guitar to my Mac if it doesnt have an audio input?

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Hello Juan, get this! goo.gl/4XRoCx

[@juanctpr]

WOW. Very cool. Thanks a lot.

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

You're welcome!

[@barneymiller5488]

I use a PreSonus Audiobox USB. It's a little old now but I used it last night with my Fender & it sounded great. They say Focusrite has good ones too.

[@23superX]

i dont know why i have too much distortion in every setting

[@dranoc5879]

these doesn't sound the same to mine. the volume is low.

[@sebastianibanez3206]

why didn't he play heartbreaker?

[@MegaMacShawn]

If your just talking about presets already set up for you in every way shape in & form then I guess I can maybe agree that there are just a few that sound good, but honestly I find that approach sorta lazy. Weather it be an expensive 3rd party amp simulator plugin or the pre sets that come with garage band, I don't think I've ever just used something as is? I add or change a multitude of things and have found pretty much any tone you can imagine & I'm way outside the box compared to some of the bands you've mentioned. Foo fighters is the bass line you used for a measure of heaviness. Well they would be considered elevator music based on some of the heavy as hell tones I've been able to farely quickly put together by simply swapping through pedals, Eq'ing both the amp along with eq plugins all native and free within garage. I love your channel and what your doing but I have to agree to disagree that your only able to find 4 half way different guitar presets when within a day I've easily found tones as heavy as Slayer, heavy vintage as Zep & Sabbath, and then completely switch gears and find the raddest reggae dub tone & the list goes on. I'm all over the place musically from Lana Del Rey, to massive Attack and the heaviest guitar driven stuff you could find and have used nothing but the guitar tones within garageband. Granted I had to take a few minutes longer than point and click one time to get these tones. But it wasn't even kinda hard & I don't even have to. I have several great real boutique amps & a couple 3rd party guitar amp programs. I use all that to here and there but mostly I find it easier to make a killer tone & save it within free GarageBand. Not to mention all my personal tweaks and changes make the tone more unique to me than just using 4 different tones pre packaged. Ok I'm off my soapbox now. Truly I think what you do is amazing. Especially for brand new people. I've been doing this a while and work within a few different DAW's but utilize your page when I need to brush up on anything GarageBand. So I am grateful but maybe in a future video you could show the peeps some of the many ways to fully customize a guitar & bass tone by using pedals, plugin and eq.

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

+Eeyor the downer donkey like I say in the videos, these are good places to START, but of course you have to tweak them to tailor the sound to suit your needs. The overall point is that these are the four plug-ins that I think most typical users can start with to create good guitar tones easily without having to start from the ground up. I was never recommending these as "Perfect and ready to go".

[@echo0deth]

0:52 did you purposely did falling down by lil peep? If so then damn 💞💞😥

[@michaelhunter1992]

Hey guys, is anyone aware of or tried hooking your guitar through your pedalboard and then seding it to the garageband amp emulators? would it degrade the sound etc? Thanks for your time just for reading this, anyone with a solution/answer would be greatly appreciated also. Hope everyone is keeping well! Keep on rockin in the Pandemic world!!!

[@gurlerium]

whe you start to talk guitar turns to piezo sound :)

[@katelyncuff3360]

anyone else here anarchist by yungblud at the start?

[@2011Matz]

Try getting a clean sweet tone out of Garageband, you might be able to do it, but I haven't found it yet. Its all Rock guitar, and no one is buying Rock guitar music.

[@mrsnapple5827]

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[@GaragebandandBeyond]

It's how we are compensated for doing what we do here on KZbin. I do appreciate you watching!

[@robertzoolander7074]

I want to know the most useless amps 😂🤪

[@tonelives1023]

Hey man sorry but you talk too much !!!! I was writting this when you said it ahahahahahhahhah