This video will show you how to manipulate the master track of a song in GarageBand to gradually increase tempo, volume, and pitch. Learn how to speed a song up, or slow a song down. Follow the instructions of this tutorial and you'll make beautiful music. Change song settings in GarageBand for iPad. Every GarageBand song has settings for the metronome and count-in, as well as the song tempo (speed), key, and time signature, which you can change at any time. You can also add an automatic fade-out. Change the song tempo in GarageBand on iPhone and iPad. Like on Mac, the default tempo for a new GarageBand project is 120 BPM. So to change this on iPhone or iPad, just open your song and follow these steps. 1) Open the Song Settings. On iPhone, tap the gear icon and pick Song Settings. On iPad, tap the wrench icon on the top right. A note's next upward octave is twice of the frequency of the original note. So doubling the frequency will make audio sound up an octave. Though this usually speeds up the music by double, unless you compensate. And things might sound a bit like Alvin and the Chipmunks.
When using Extreme Tuning, set the key of your song in GarageBand before applying the effect for best results. You can then additional effects like echo or reverb.
Set the key and scale of the song
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Extreme Tuning uses your song's key and scale settings to apply the effect. If the actual key or scale of your song differs from the key or scale setting, the effect might be less pronounced, or might change the pitch of individual notes in the track in undesirable ways.
GarageBand songs defaults to the key of C.
- On iPhone and iPod Touch, tap Settings in the control bar, and then tap Song. On iPad, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone 7 Plus, tap Song Settings in the control bar.
- Tap Key.
- Tap the key for your song.
- Tap the scale for your song (major or minor).
Access the Extreme Tuning setting
Extreme Tuning is optimized for male and female voices, but you can apply it as a creative effect to any mono audio track, like a bass guitar or other live instrument.
To access the Extreme Tuning setting:
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- In Tracks view, tap the audio region in an audio track to select it.
- Tap Microphone on the toolbar to open the Audio Recorder settings.
- On iPhone or iPod touch, tap Navigation , tap the current Audio Recorder setting (such as Clean), tap Fun, then tap Extreme Tuning.
On iPad, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone 7 Plus, tap Fun, then tap the Extreme Tuning icon. - Adjust Pitch Control and Distortion to fine tune the sound.
Add additional effects
To add additional effects like Reverb or Echo:
- On iPhone and iPod Touch, tap Settings , then tap Track Controls . On iPad, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone 7 Plus, tap Track Controls .
- Under Master Effects, adjust the Echo and Reverb sliders, or tap Master Effects to change the Echo and Reverb presets.