Garageband For Mac Transpose Audio Regions



  1. Intro to the Audio Editor in GarageBand on Mac The Audio Editor shows a close-up view of part of an audio track, displaying the audio waveform of the track’s regions in a time grid. In the Audio Editor, you can move and trim audio regions, split and join them, and edit them in other ways.
  2. The slider lets you add an additional pitch (semitone offset. Audio Regions can be transposed up/down 12 semitones (one octave). The transposition value will be indicated in the Region with a semitone number ➍ in the lower left corner. Please note, this is a Region parameter not a Track parameter.

Many of the commands that you’ve grown accustomed to as a Mac user are all the same functions for Garageband. How To Zoom In And Out (Command + Left and Right Arrow Key) You can zoom in and out on your MIDI region to see the audio file in more detail by separating your fingers or moving them closer together. 3) Select the new audio track and use the (Command + J) function to create an entirely new audio region without the unwanted noises and breathing. Garageband will bring up a warning that says that for a new file to be created out of “noncontiguous” audio, a new track has to be created.

The problem is, tat the .mp4 you are importing to GarageBAnd is added as a movie track, and that is behaving differently from regular tracks. You cannot shift the position of the audio of a movie track.


What you however can do is copying the the audio track of the movie to a new audio track. That will be unlocked. And then simply delete the movie you imported to Garageband.


To duplicate the audio region of the mp4 movie you imported, hold down the options key while you drag the locked audio region to a different audio track.

Mar 28, 2016 1:12 PM

What is your GarageBand version?

In GarageBand 10 you can add an AuPitch Filter to the track to lower or raise the pitch. If you want to use the AuPitch filter, enable the audio Units in the GarageBand Preferences and then open the Smart Controls. To add the AuPitch filter audio units, click the Audio Unit button and enlarge the Smart Controls pane by dragging the dividing line to the Track Area upwards.



Garageband For Mac Transpose Audio Regions

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In GarageBand '11 you can transpose the audio region with the transpose slider, if you turn it into a purple audio region. Press control-option-g and then click anywhere in the timeline. All Orange tracks will turn purple.

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Sep 15, 2014 11:46 AM