Recording Secret: The Scratch Track | The ULTIMATE GarageBand Beginner's Guide (Pt 13)

[@TheBandGuide]

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[@vassilisicemanagopian7657]

I have a question for you. How can we change tempo within the same track? I have a song that starts on 120 bpm and by the middle it drops to 75 and then comes back to 120.

[@andybunting7464]

I seem to remember that there is a tempo track you can open in the menu and then you can automate that to change tempo as you wish. I know GarageBand can’t change time signatures mid-song as can Logic, and I have a couple of songs that change time signature but I discovered a video on the internet explaining how this can be done in GB by downloading an app where you programme in the number of bars at each different time signature and then drag this into a track in GB and it forces GB to change time signatures, but to simply change tempo in the same time signature I’m pretty sure can be done in the tempo track.

[@BenjaminSexton]

This series is amazing! I have the essential gear needed for music production, but I haven't done much with trying to record because I didn't know enough about how to use Garageband and the gear I own. This is the type of guided course I have been needing to actually get going. I'm learning so much already! It's definitely demystifying the whole process for me, and I'm really excited to keep going.

[@DavidHart-ub4dj]

definitely worth setting up an arrangement track/arrangement markers too. scratch track makes this much easier. So important if you're working on a project with more than one song

[@burmaunderground]

I always make a scratch track. It's essential. But before that, I've found it really helpful to set a decent drum track set first (not with anything fancy--you can tweak it later, of course--just using the rhythm and approach that works for the song). When you get the drum "style" you like/want, It becomes easier to play the song to that and can have a great impact on the final result.

[@QuanBui-b3p]

Great guide, thanks Colin

[@israelnnaoma3582]

This series's been massively helpful to this point. I'm completely new to GB and this has just been insightful

[@terrykennedy-lares8840]

Yes, I have been using scratch tracks. Since I have been writing songs for 50 years and have just in the last 2 years been working in GB I have a back log of well over 100 songs to get recorded. The hardest part I find in doing this is that the click of the metronome is not loud enough to hear to keep in time. So, I go to the drum loops and find a beat that works, usually the "Natural Drum Kit" or the "Shuffle Drum kit" and lay down a rudimentary drum track, turn it up loud and then lay down my scratch track.

[@ckivisto]

top menu bar>garageband>preferences>metronome. You can adjust the volume and the tone. That should provide enough volume by adjusting those.

[@a.p.rodgers]

I use drum loops instead of a metronome as well. I find it much easier to play along with.

[@gisellechacon7081]

An indispensable technique for me! Whether its a singer/songwriter I'm working with, or one of my own tracks, I always create a guide track to get started. I used to struggle getting up and running because I'm not great programming drums, and it was frustrating because I noticed the first thing the drummer did when he got the tracks was turn off my programmed drums anyway (LMAO). Then I learned I could just record my acoustic guitar and vocal to a click, send it to the drummer, and get back tracks perfectly in time with my song, ready to produce. And I started noticing, I got better drum tracks- more connected to the energy and emotion of the vocal/lyric, because that's what the drummer was following. Good stuff!

[@LicensedInternetProvider]

Bro hands down the best KZbin video intro I’ve ever seen🔥 you executed it to perfection

[@UlfKronman]

Thanks for the video. I first learned about scratch tracks seeing documentaries with The Beatles. I think I have heard Paul McCartney say that he song "Yesterday" was scratch track recorded using the phrase "Scrambled Eggs", since the lyrics were not finished yet. If you listen closely to the song "Yer Blues" on the Beatles White Album, you can hear that is seems like they kept the scratch track in the background of the final recording. At least that is my guess, since there is a weak echoing Lennon voice in the background throughout the song, especially present at the end of the song.

[@johngdrakeguitar]

Yes. It’s the only way I can work.

[@RafaelSosa1]

Wow, it’s a great idea!

[@chucksaeger7500]

I’m a subscriber so I guess I’m seeing all your videos listed most recent to oldest. I’m particularly interested in the GarageBand videos as I use it to create/download backing tracks for accompaniment rather than song creation. Is there a starting point in those videos that you would recommend or would it be better to just download your ultimate GarageBand guide? Thanks for all your videos!

[@MisaelCerilo]

cool!!

[@AGB-vy2ci]

i have used scratch tracks in the past, but found i keep better time with drums instead of a metronome...

[@chrisw1460]

After discovering this series halfway through the recording process of my last song, I'm now starting a new project and going video by video. WHAT DIFFERENCE ALREADY! Question abt the scratch: should I record a scratch for the entire song at one shot, or record it in pieces? Since the song here is only a minute long, I'm not sure which you would suggest...

[@TheBandGuide]

Great question! Either can work. The key is just to have something to guide you as you layer around it

[@BigBadBunnyy]

how do you set your tempo to record to an already made instrumental???

[@SuperOhdannyboy]

Omg yes that is what I’m struggling with.

[@theartoffrailure5996]

Yes, sort of. It always turn out to be "the best" (not good at all) takes and vocals. But I still fool myself that It's just a scratch track. I've become like the girls who just wanna have fun.