I had already compiled some songs in a different app about a month ago, and wanted to use the AIFF files I had on my hard driive with GarageBand. To my surprise, there was no 'Import audio from file' option in the file menu. Looking at my GarageBand document 'My Song,' I noticed it was a package whose contents could be observed.
You can import songs from the Music app on your iPad into Tracks view. You can import a song to an existing Audio Recorder or Amp track, or have GarageBand create a new Audio Recorder track for the song.
Songs imported from the Music app do not follow tempo changes you make in GarageBand.
Import a song from the Music app
To import the entire song, set the current song section to Automatic; otherwise, only the portion of the song that fits the current song section is imported.
To get a list of tracks, tap the Tracks View button .
Tap the Loop Browser button in the control bar, then tap Music.
You can search for songs by name, or browse by album, artist, genre, or playlist.
To preview a song, tap it in the list. You can control the preview volume with the slider at the bottom of the list.
Drag a song from the list to Tracks view. Align the left edge of the song with the bar or beat on the ruler where you want it to start playing.
After importing the song, you can make the song section longer, then resize the imported region so that more of the song plays.
Sometimes you’re on the go and a inspiration strikes. If you have an iPad or iPhone with GarageBand installed, you can tap out a quick drum beat or bassline. That’s cool, but if you are looking to do more with your music, you may want something with a little more power than GarageBand. Say hello to Logic Pro.
Logic Pro is a professional DAW (digital audio workstation). It allows for users and engineers to record, arrange and mix music. What’s very cool is that much of the code in GarageBand is based on Logic. Many of the instruments and effects in GarageBand are scaled down versions of those in Logic, too. This means that you can actually import GarageBand tiles to Logic.
Jun 29, 2019 Use GarageBand to Make A New Song from Existing Song Garageband is the music creation application developed by Apple, it's available for macOS 10.12 or later as well as iOS 12.1 or later. As of June 2019, GarageBand has got more than 1.4k reviews and got an average rating of 4.0 stars out of 5.0 in Mac App Store.
Steps for importing an audio file into GarageBand. First, make sure the file you want to import is in an accessible location (see above) Next, open GarageBand. Create a New Document. Locate the Audio Recorder (microphone) on the instrument browser and tap on the Voice option. Tap the Tracks View button.
Oct 16, 2019 3) Browse for your item, select it, and click Open for the iOS song or Import for the Music Memos file. Import other types of media on Mac. With your song open in GarageBand, do the following to import music, audio from video, or similar items. 1) Click the Media Browser button on the top right of the GarageBand window.
First, tap the “Edit” button on the top-right.
Tap the “Share” icon in the top-left corner of the “My Songs” view of GarageBand.
The application will ask you how you want to share the song “Share Song Via” and you have several choices. Choose iTunes.
Oct 08, 2005 Last year, I just dragged and dropped each song from iTunes into a garageband timeline. But this year, I tried to do the same thing I have done many times in the past, and it won't work! It says importing file, but then nothing shows up in the timeline. Mar 06, 2020 From GarageBand, press My songs, Import song, select the song you want to import, done this, you will open it from the My songs browser. You can see this and much more if, from GarageBand for iPad, you touch the question in the upper right of the app. How To Add Apple Loops.
After that, GarageBand will ask you to choose a format. You can send the song to iTunes as an iTunes file (which is basically just an AAC for iTunes playback) or GarageBand. You want to choose GarageBand.
Sync your device to iTunes. This will import your file.
Under device’s Apps Tab (Note: Your device must be connected to iTunes and you must select it), you will see the GarageBand icon. Select it, and your file will appear under the GarageBand Documents list. Click on the file and “Save to…”. Save it to your usual music folder, or wherever you like to keep your song files.
You may have to download an update when you open the file:
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The file will default to your installed DAW (GarageBand for Mac, Logic, Logic Express). Now you can edit and use the file in Logic Pro.