GarageBand Beat Sequencer Tutorial

[@57RickH]

I think it gets overlooked because, as with everything else Garageband iOS, Apple does a lousy job of providing “how-to” guides with it. This video showed me a couple of functions I wasn’t even aware of so hats off to Patrick and others here on KZbin showing the inside secrets!

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Yeah, Apple's in house guides are a little dry.

[@aseomg]

Its the fastest way to create any beat/drum patterns for any genre of music. I love playing the beat sequencer live and creating wild esoteric drum sounds & patterns.

[@Vibrationofawesome]

Just found your channel a couple days and I love it! I’ve learned a lot from you so far. Thank you!

[@jonvincentmusic]

Sometimes I don't get GarageBand iOS. It has this commercial-class beat sequencer built-in and some stuff not even present in Logic Pro like the smart instruments yet on the other hand it is frustratingly basic in some respects, such as track-automation that only allows you to automate the volume. It's like two different teams are developing this app who have completely opposing visions of how versatile it should be.

[@Tyranitar66501]

You sum up my GarageBand experience perfectly. It's like so many new features but loads of bugs to patch out, plus it is really hard for me to properly do my style of music in it (synthrock/synthmetal)

[@RepeatAgain979578]

Well it does not really contradict itself, if you think about it, it was made to " write" quick idea as fast as possible, not to go deep about the mixing, garageband is one of the best production tool so is the ipad, but not the best for mixing or mastering, a computer is, and will always be, they will not try to compete with computer with a so small market.

[@Bittamin]

DUDE YES 100 TIMES. I actually just got a MacBook Pro with logic and switching from IPhone GB to a legit Daw is so scary. I’m praying our boy here one day ventures into some logic beginning tutorials 🙏

[@Bittamin]

@@RepeatAgain979578 yes but some of my ideas that are quick in my head require LFOs that I could automate a lot easier otherwise. I agree though

[@eesaw_]

I agree 200%. Personally, I like the touch workflow of GB better than the shortcuts workflow of Logic. It would be a dream come true having most of Logic’s feature on the iPad, but I doubt that’ll happen if Apple wants to keep selling macs

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

The beat sequencer is so much fun to use

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Definitely!

[@Elwaves2925]

Great stuff. I had my first quick dabble with this a couple of nights back and it's nice to see that it's more powerful than I thought. Will definitely be giving it a deeper look.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Nice! It definitely gets overlooked.

[@d0101d]

i discovered all these features last night just exploring, its pretty neat! What a shame you can't use custom kits or tune the sample, add your own etc, that would make it one of the best iOS drum machines period.

[@jeffreybiesiotmusic]

What I often do is create a basic pattern in the beat sequencer and use an autodrummer for fills (and sometimes high hats as well). Or vice versa, you can remove the bass drum that Anders uses and replace that with the kick drums you create in the beat sequencer. This way you can create a double kick and tweak the sound using high and low pass filters

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Nice!

[@HughQuigley-vu8gd]

I love GarageBand soooooooooooo much ❤️❤️❤️

[@mellifluousfable]

When my MacBook Pro recently reached the end of its useful service after 12 years. I decided not to upgrade this time. I just wasn't writing anymore (even though I had a whole studio room at the bottom of the garden) I just wasn't getting the vibe or buzz from it that I once did. I thought that was the end but then ended up buying an iPad pro for a variety of reasons. It has been a revelation for getting back into writing for fun, with a small midi keyboard on my lap, sitting on the sofa and with great synths and plugs that costs pounds instead of 100's of pounds. But yeah, just let us automate more than simply volume and allow more flexibility with master effect bus choices in GB please. 🙏

[@mart6571]

Thank you for the tutorial. Do you have a tutorial on how to have verse/chorus patterns and how to place them in the timeline?

[@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

Just wonderful, thank you. I learned a great deal.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Happy you found it useful!

[@Tyranitar66501]

You sum up my GarageBand experience perfectly. It's like so many new features but loads of bugs to patch out, plus it is really hard for me to properly do my style of music in it (synthrock/synthmetal)

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Loads of bugs? I haven't come across many recently - what bugs have you ran into?

[@Tyranitar66501]

@@TheGaragebandGuide Mostly to do with playback - Sometimes the pitch bends don't work.

[@buxycat]

Triplets? By that I mean: "hello, I'm intermediate level, looking to get back into music, after a 20+ year hiatus. The instruments I used to play didn't even require electricity, let alone a screen. I have an iPad and MacBook Air and Pro, so it's silly for me to not look at GarageBand, as bewildering as I find it. I've watched quite a few of your videos, your Alchemy Synth Tutorial was eye opening and I was able to have delusions of Jean Michel Jarre-ness within minutes (not that I want to be JMJ, but I do like a bit of ambient/ lo-fi etc), due to watching your guide, so thank you so much for that. I've not yet watched a video of yours that mentions triplets, I'd really like to be able to throw triplets into my beats, so would really appreciate some knowledge there." Something else I wanted to ask is: do you have have video guides about working with an iPad and Mac in tandem? My iPad is a Mini 6, I can really see some benefits to using the touchscreen for expression. Any thoughts/ advice/ tips? I'm thinking if any MIDI instruments I use are ultimately running through my MacBook Pro, I have a selection of various USBs and I'm thinking I can avoid buying an "audio interface." which I don't fully understand the need for, if I'm not using a DAW. Thanks in advance for any reply.

[@PhilipKendrick-le8qh]

Subbed

[@looseunit9180]

Great tutorial! A big question… how can use the best sequence interface as a controller for my Mac GarageBand? I’m using Logic Remote but can’t work it out. Cheers

[@georgereasonproductions]

very cool love this good work:)

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@bruceorr4984]

My favorite in iOS

[@ralis]

Wow this is great ! Does it have Midi out? That would make it the absolute best on IOS

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Unfortunately not 😕

[@ralis]

@@TheGaragebandGuide thank you for the reply but…damnit!

[@Maladaptation_ThiesWrobel]

The GarageBand beat sequencer is nice to start with. But for hard electronic sounds there are other and better solutions.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Such as?

[@djrancho2232]

@@TheGaragebandGuide fl or anything that lets you use your own sounds on a sequencer. Personally its hard to make bay area type beats with the stock sounds in my experience

[@thomaswhitt145]

I use the beat sequencer but I don’t know how to add more sections to the thing above the sequencer it self

[@mon_nobi]

You can extol the greatness of GarageBand iOS beat sequencer without having a terrible title that encourages them to add premiums and paid things, Apple isn’t strapped for cash so I won’t act like they are a small developer who needs the donations. Please consider changing the title of this video lest you give them any bad ideas!

[@barrymac1951]

can the sequence be exported to garageband for mac?

[@simonhood_music]

Nice iPhone 3G 😉

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Good eye!

[@geminigemini336]

Hi Patrick. Greetings from Glasgow & many thanks for this video. I’ve been a gigging drummer for many years & now trying to learn home recording on GarageBand & Ableton using my new Roland SPD-SX PRO. Can you please expand on this video & show how to import plug-in drum sounds & midi files & show how to build a whole song using the beat sequencer method & how to save it in GarageBand? Many thanks! 🥁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

[@dafingaz]

Nice!

[@mrpolkvist9688]

Is there a way to import stuff from garage band iPhone into Logic?

[@thingies4U]

I can't find the sequencer. The same icon he clicked for me says "Electronic Drums" and that leads to a layout with all the percussion instruments as buttons, not a sequencer.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

What version of GarageBand are you using and what model of iPad?

[@thingies4U]

@@TheGaragebandGuide yeah it turns out it's that. iPad Air 2, capped to iOS 12 which means Garage band 2.2.2 is as high as it goes. This sequencer was introduced in 2.3 :(

[@barrymac1951]

I want to create a new pattern using a different kit than modern 808, but choosing a different kit brings up that kit AND a preset sequence. How do i start with a blank page? Nobody on the interwebs can answer my question.

[@MegaToneProductions]

Just bring up the kit and erase the pattern.

[@saketa1]

Hello, idk why but my beat sequencer has only 3 grids even tho it’s length is 1/16 as yours in video, I have tried everything yet still it’s same

[@pg2854]

Thanks for the video... can anyone tell me HOW DO YOU MAKE THE BEAT SEQUENCER FULL SCREEN!? The default view has so much of the top 33% of the screen taken by the song tracks section that I can only see like 8 samples on the bottom 2/3rds of the screen. Thanks!

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Are you on a 12.9” iPad? If so, that’s just how it looks. The beat sequencer (and touch instruments fill the whole screen on 11” and smaller screens.

[@pg2854]

@@TheGaragebandGuide I sure am, thank you very much I've scoured every how-to I could find and not seen that differentiation made! It's disappointing because I grabbed the vintage drumkit, added ALL its samples to the sequencer to play around, and was really annoyed that I couldn't use the top 4 inches of my screen real estate! Thanks again and especially for the immediate response!!

[@hellboycrys4424]

Is this on a Mac book

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

On Logic, yes.

[@jeremiahfire1798]

Can you load I'm your own samples? Thanks

[@daveEmartin]

But how do I make the beat change at certain parts? I can’t figure this out😩

[@E.r.Roycethe3rd]

Me too.u r not alone.😳

[@smokeykiwi8992]

Have you figured it out?

[@SabcatPrinting]

I don’t know why more iOS drum machines don’t have super chunky grids like that. So many are tediously fiddly.

[@MITTNMAL]

How did you put the pattern on the main track?

[@AustinPelayo]

That’s what I’m trying to figure out! Have you figured it out yet?

[@bartholomewlyons]

true geordie, that you?

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Wrong accent pal.

[@fuckyocouch98]

You have the best accent

[@valium-fm7236]

Spot on Patrick. You’re getting the views on these short tutorials. 🥸👍🏼