garage band

ragingloogieragingloogie
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
have a question, and i think this forum is as good as any to do it in... in garage band, can you take songs already made from other artists such as; acdc, guns n roses, billy joel, ect. and edit them in garage band or do you need seperate sound editing software to do that in???



thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    thepianoguythepianoguy Posts: 35member
    What kind of editing do you hope to do? You can import the songs into GarageBand then slice, dice, mix, match, layer tracks (other songs, your own playing, loops etc) pan, adjust volume levels, process with filters etc.
  • Reply 2 of 11
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by thepianoguy

    What kind of editing do you hope to do? You can import the songs into GarageBand then slice, dice, mix, match, layer tracks (other songs, your own playing, loops etc) pan, adjust volume levels, process with filters etc.



    i want to take two tracks/songs and put them together sort of speek, so you have 2 songs playing at the same time but edititd into one song... but i dont know how to import the songs from itunes...
  • Reply 3 of 11
    thepianoguythepianoguy Posts: 35member
    If the file in iTunes is not protected it is just a matter of dragging it from iTunes and dropping it into GarageBand. If it is protected you must first go through iMovie to turn it into a movie soundtrack and then export to .aiff

    ( File>Sharing expert settings Sound to AIFF).

    You will need Quicktime Pro to do this I believe. I have Quicktime Pro installed, and I don't remember what sharing options are present in iMovie if you only have the standard version of Quicktime.

    The resulting AIFF file can then be dragged into GarageBand.
  • Reply 4 of 11
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    thanks, ill try that and see what happens
  • Reply 5 of 11
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    now.. im dumb and just starting to get serious w/ music, garage band, and editing songs... but how do you select and take the middle of a song w/ out erasing the beginning or ends????
  • Reply 6 of 11
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ragingloogie

    now.. im dumb and just starting to get serious w/ music, garage band, and editing songs... but how do you select and take the middle of a song w/ out erasing the beginning or ends????



    muahhahaha, ifigured it out.. bosa nova, now my sound editing will be greater!
  • Reply 7 of 11
    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ragingloogie

    now.. im dumb and just starting to get serious w/ music, garage band, and editing songs... but how do you select and take the middle of a song w/ out erasing the beginning or ends????



    click the scissors button and select the part to delete, press delete. Don't feel dumb, I didn't realise you could drag and drop from iTunes, I tried importing AACs and MP3s, I hadn't realised it was that simple.
  • Reply 8 of 11
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MacCrazy

    click the scissors button and select the part to delete, press delete. Don't feel dumb, I didn't realise you could drag and drop from iTunes, I tried importing AACs and MP3s, I hadn't realised it was that simple.



    yea, i figured it out and ewverything, ill post the song here when im done w/ provided no one gets mad or offended w/ a michael jackson spoofed up song typ[e of deal...

    and some nirvanna, but i have nothing against nirvana, i like them....
  • Reply 9 of 11
    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ragingloogie

    yea, i figured it out and ewverything, ill post the song here when im done w/ provided no one gets mad or offended w/ a michael jackson spoofed up song typ[e of deal...

    and some nirvanna, but i have nothing against nirvana, i like them....



    cool, be careful of copyright laws though.
  • Reply 10 of 11
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MacCrazy

    cool, be careful of copyright laws though.



    this is true.. but i should be fine as long as i give credit of both songs that are meshed together to the artists who did both songs, right???
  • Reply 11 of 11
    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ragingloogie

    this is true.. but i should be fine as long as i give credit of both songs that are meshed together to the artists who did both songs, right???



    you'll have to pay royalties, or they'll ask you to take the item down. Just risk it!!
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