GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Music
GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual Details
About the Author David Pogue, computer columnist for the New York Times and creator of the Missing Manual series, is the #1 bestselling Macintosh author. Period. Read more
Reviews
After playing guitar for the last 4 years I decided to try to record some of the songs I'd written. I used this book to go from someone who had never recorded any music before, to someone who could lay down simple tracks with vocals in a few weeks just using my computer, garage band and the required hardware.The book is well written, relatively up to date, and organized in a utilitarian fashion for quick reference. It has numerous pictures of menu and covers a wide range of basic to moderately complex topics. There is also a bit of humor injected into the writing which never hurts.The only caveat is that book is kind of lacking in any type of hardware info that is useful. The book tells you what you need (interface, mics etc) but doesn't really help the novice out in any way. I recommend going online and finding one of the few music hardware website that specialize in customer service. They will be able to talk you through exactly what you need to buy to do what you want to do, something I wouldn't really expect a garage band book to do but something that is necessary should you want to record music at home.Bottom Line: A very useful book for someone with no experience looking to get into Garage Band.
