Apple Training Series: GarageBand 3
by Mary Plummer
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Book Reviews of Apple Training Series: GarageBand 3
Book Review: Fills a void
Summary: 4 Stars
Confidential to Mr Stiv - David Pogue has not written a "missing manual" for the current version of Garageband, which is currently 3 and soon to be supplanted by version 4, so would a book about Garageband 2 (which is as high a version as Mr Pogue's got to) really be better? I hope Mr Pogue or someone else over @ O'Reilly issues something for version 4 in that "missing manual" series, don't get me wrong.
After 7 years recording and mastering audio with Acid and SoundForge, I still consider them superior to this member of the iLife family. Garageband is simultaneously non-intuitive and rather primitive in comparison, but alas, there's no Mac versions of either Acid or SoundForge (please hound SonyMedia about this shortcoming, people) which I find easier to use by virtue of not having to need to perform many extra tasks, redundantly, as Garageband requires. And Logic is 'way pricey, even the Express version. So Garageband it is, and this manual has proven quite useful. I feel that the Apple computer currently has a shortcoming which needs addressing, too: there is no native program included that allows "what you hear" audio to be recorded, which Windows has facilitated since version 3.0 - the audio recorder applet.
Book Review: Recommended : a very good book
Summary: 4 Stars
Having been given an Apple iMac complete with the GarageBand application, I was intrigued but at the same time a little apprehensive about trying it out. However, GarageBand 3 by Mary Plummer made it all so easy.
I decided to first do all the lessons; the instructions are clear and easy to follow, so it was a pleasure. I did sometimes take longer than the estimated time to do each lesson.
On completion, I had gained a comprehensive knowledge of all that this wonderfully creative program can accomplish, and was even enlightened as to what a podcast is. And if I forget again, the book is always at hand to remind me. I would have liked some comments about the advantages, if any, of other programs such as Logic.
My main interest with GarageBand lies in composing music, and this book introduced me to its many fascinating possibilities. So thank you, Mary Plummer. I must finish this now, to get back to Garageband....
Book Review: Had to return it!
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought it so I could learn Garage Band 08 and thought initially that a lot of the information would be pertinent to the newest version of Garage Band 08. There are probably a lot of similarities and many aspects of the program that this book could help with, but when all is said and done, it is not the newest version that it teaches and knowing how eager I have been, in trying to learn about this program, I "jumped the gun", sort of speak. That is the thing about newer today, older tomorrow, you have to be careful only to buy the updated version and not the old one. I did not mean any disrespect by giving it 3 Stars for in reality I will never know how good of a book it is. I only wrote the review to point out that the new Garage Band 08 requires the updated book to go along with it. Happy Holidays and God Bless America!Book Review: This one is the BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are looking for a great way to understand the workings of GarageBand, look no further. This book by Mary Plummer is easy to use and takes you through the projects clearly and thoroughly.
I had no experience with GarageBand and I really needed to know what to do and how to do it. Now I am comfortable and see the great power of the GarageBand program. The CD that comes with the book makes the projects very easy to understand. GET THIS BOOK!
Book Review: Thank You Ms Plummer
Summary: 5 Stars
I did not know what GarageBand was until I explored the icons on my new MAC. Needed help here. Logged on to Amazon.com and found Mary Plummer's book GARAGEBAND 3. I am learning the program by doing the lessons in the book, supplemented with CD lesson files. I am truly excited because it has opened a new world--creating music tracks. Each lesson is a building block, and Ms Plummer's instructions are easy to understand and follow.