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Let’s do like DeFranco and just jump right into it.

How To Change The Tempo in Garageband – (The Easy Way)

1) To change the tempo in Garageband, click on the “Tempo” number in the top-center of the DAW along where it also lists the bars in each measure, as well as the Key Signature.

2) Then just double-click on the actual number, and type in the desired tempo.

Now, using this tool is helpful in a number of different ways, but for the moment, we’ll talk about another handy feature recently introduced into the Garageband user’s arsenal.

I believe in 2014 (although I could be wrong), Apple released the new tempo system where you can introduce different tempos at different times of the song.

That’s right, you can actually play a song at separate tempos in corresponding regions of your music.

In fact, you can change the tempo of your track as many times as you’d like. It doesn’t all have to be the same pace.

How To Change Only A Portion Of A Song’s Beats Per Minute

First things first.

1) Head into the Garageband settings where it says, “Track.”

2) Select, “Show Tempo Track” (or use the ‘Shift + Command + T’ shortcut)

3) Now, you’ll see that Garageband has shown the tempo track where you can adjust at which point precisely, the tempo will change.

4) Similar to the volume automation function, create automation dots wherever you want to begin.

5) Create one dot where you want the automation to begin. Click the other dot where you want the automation to end.

6) Now, drag and drop the line created to your desired tempo, and you can turn off the ‘Tempo Track.’

It functions a little bit different than the yellow Automation lines, but it still works perfectly, nonetheless.

*Unfortunately, you can’t adjust the tempo by decimal places in the same way that you can with volume automation. Although, minuscule changes in tempo aren’t particularly useful anyway.

Tips and Tricks Involving Tempo Changes

The ‘Enable Flex’ button.

This button down below in the smart controls allows one to do a couple of different things.

1)To bring up the ‘Enable Flex’ option, double-click on your ‘MIDI Region’ within the DAW’s ‘Workspace.’

2) Then, click on the option, ‘Track,’ rather than ‘Region,’ and you’ll see right away three different options, ‘Pitch Correction,’ ‘Limit to Key,’ and ‘Enable Flex.’

The ‘Enable Flex’ function is useful for changing the tempo and key signature of an uploaded sample – or un-checking the box in case of the opposite, which we’ll explore right now.

How To Change The BPM of an Audio Recording

Firstly, you can change the BPM of an audio recording by hitting the “Enable Flex,” and then adjusting the BPM at the top centre of the DAW.

1) Click “Track” down in your smart controls.

2) Check the box “Enable Flex.”

3) Change the BPM at the top-center of the DAW.

You’ll notice that it’ll actually change the BPM of the audio recording now, rather than just adjusting the track’s position in the Workspace according to each beat and time signature.

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*It’s worth noting that if you don’t want to change the audio recording at all, and just want to re-arrange the way in which the recording falls in time for the sake of synchronization, just don’t hit the ‘Enable Flex’ button. But we’ll explore that in the next section below.

How To Change The Song’s BPM Without Changing The Audio

From what I understand, it’s not actually possible to do this in Garageband without jumping through significant hoops. However, there is a way of doing it in a way that takes a bit of time.

You can’t adjust the beats-per-minute without changing the way the audio sounds in the DAW, unless, it’s an audio recording, rather than a MIDI file. However, through the use of Apple Loops, one can actually do this.

If you adjust the beats-per-minute then pretty much every sound in GarageBand will change unless you’ve used loops.

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Let’s say, for example, you’ve just uploaded an Apple Loop in your Workspace.

If you want to adjust the tempo of your music, without touching the tempo of the Loop, it’s as simple as changing one of the settings in the Smart Controls.

Down in the Smart Controls, in the ‘Region’ section, there is a button that says, “Follow Tempo and Pitch.” If you haven’t checked the box, the Loop won’t change in accordance with Tempo and Key Signature adjustments

For a step-by-step process:

1)Highlight the Track and Go into the Smart Controls.

2) Click on ‘Region.’

3) Uncheck the box, “Follow Tempo and Pitch.”

This should allow you to change the rest of the song, without messing with the tempo and pitch of the Loop. Unfortunately, however, we can’t use this feature for MIDI or audio recordings.

How To Change The Tempo Of Just One Track

Due to the limitations of GarageBand as a software, there are some things we cannot do, but on the other hand, many we can. With that said, it’s still a great program for a beginner or intermediate music producers and musicians.

Fortunately, through trial-and-error, there are ways of making things possible with a little bit of innovation and initiative.

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While it’s technically “not possible” to change the tempo of just one track region in GarageBand, it actually is if we create Apple Loops.

It takes a little bit of work to make this happen, but it is possible. Basically, what you want to do is upload a MIDI region into Apple Loops, save it as a “One Shot” loop, rather than a “Loop.”

And once the Loop has been added to the Loop Library , you can add it to an Audio Track Region in your DAW without worrying about pitch or key signature adjustments.

Without further ado, here is the step-by-step process:

1) Highlight the track of which you want to change tempo.

2) Now click “File” in Garageband’s Toolbar.

3) Click the button, “Add Region to Loop Library,” or, you can use the Keyboard Shortcut, “Control + Shift + o” (the lower-case letter not the number).”

4) It’ll bring up the options for adding loops to the library, and you want to click on the check-box that says, “One-Shot.” So now you’ve created your loop.

5) Make a new “Audio” track as you normally would: (I use the Shift + Command + A option because it’s a lot faster).

6) Go into your Loop Library now by clicking on the “Loop” icon that looks like a hose on. the top-right-hand side of the DAW.

7) Find the loop you just created.

8) Now, drag and drop the loop into the Audio Track that you just created. *It’s important to note that you have to drag and drop the Loop into an Audio Track Region rather than a MIDI one.

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9) And voila! Now you have a region of music in your DAW that won’t change whenever you adjust the tempo (beats-per-minute) or the key signature.

How To Change The Tempo By Just One Decimal Point

This is quite straightforward, but it’s a feature that not a lot of people are aware of. GarageBand users can actually adjust the tempo of the music by decimal points, rather than just whole numbers.

It’s intuitive. Just type in the number including the decimal places you want where you normally would in the BPM/Tempo part of the DAW.

How To Identify The Tempo Of A Song

As I’ve written in another article under the section, “Important things to Note When Chopping Music” (link here),identifying the tempo of a song can be challenging as a beginner, but after a few tries, you should be able to figure it out.

Every person, or most of them anyway, has the ability to find the beat of music naturally.

For instance, when a person nods their head to the beat or dances to the music, one has to have a natural feel for the tempo and beats-per-minute to do so.

There are a number of different ways of determining the tempo, but for the sake of brevity, I’ll outline how I do it.

Essentially, what I do is I tap my finger on the desk along to the beat of the track, and then I begin typing in the number that I feel is the closest to the Tempo, then I turn on the metronome in GarageBand and make sure that it matches the music.

Usually, it takes more than one try, but I’ll continue typing numbers until it has matched completely.

If you don’t already own a metronome, I highly recommend getting one. They’re great for practicing as well as recording.

Even though Garageband comes with one built in, an authentic wooden metronome is a lot better to use. You can read about the one I recommend here.

As I’ve written before in the article linked above, you can tell that the song/sample/track is perfectly in time based on how the region lines up in the DAW.

In the image above, you can see that the sample doesn’t line. up perfectly because the tempo hasn’t been set correctly. *It’s important to note, however, that this won’t work if you have the option, “Follow Tempo and Pitch,” turned on.

As you can see, the tempo is set at 90 beats per minute, the correct BPM, so the sample lines up perfectly in the DAW.

What Is The Best Tempo For GarageBand

For obvious reasons, this is a question whose answer depends almost entirely on what kind of person you are and the style of music you’re into.

Because I’ve been making a lot of hip-hop/jazz/rock style tracks lately, I usually create songs between 90 and 120 beats per minute.

Some people choose 150 beats-per-minute. For reference, I’ve included a chart below to illustrate each BPM setting.

You’ll notice that the terminology is in Italian, which is normal for standard musical notation due to its origins in Italy and Germany.

Largo (super slow) – 40 – 60 BPM.

Larghetto (still extremely slow but not as much) – 60 – 66 BPM.

Adagio (slow but slowly speeding up) 66 – 76 BPM

Andante (Moderate speed. This area is starting to get more normal for music, and it’s usually the rate that I employ) 76 – 108 BPM

Moderato (Considered as moderate speed but it’s faster than Andante) – 108 – 120 BPM.

Allegro (Quite fast) 120 – 168 BPM

Presto (Very fast) 168 – 200 BPM

Prestissimo (Super fast. Almost no one will ever play at this speed, not in popular music, anyway) 200+ BPM

As you can see from the tempo ranges I’ve laid out, each range has a specific quality, and it’s up to you to figure out what tempo you want.

However, a good rule of thumb is in between 90 and 120 beats per minute, although, truthfully, it doesn’t matter that much, because the tempo is just how fast the beats are counted.

Conclusion

That’s all on tempo for today. I hope it helped and you enjoyed it too. Do me a favor and share this on social media to help out all of your producer friends.

GarageBand User Guide 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.

Open the song settings

Change the metronome settings

GarageBand has a metronome to help you play and record in time. The metronome includes a count-in that plays before recording starts, to help you get ready. When the visual count-in is turned on, the metronome displays the beat of the count-in. In the song settings, you can turn the count-in on or off, and change the sound of the metronome.

  1. Open the song settings, then tap Metronome and Count-in.

  2. To turn the count-in on or off, tap the Count In switch. When the count-in is on, you can turn the visual count-in on or off by tapping the Visual Count-in switch.

  3. To change the sound for the metronome, choose a new metronome sound from the list.

  4. To change the volume of the metronome, drag the Metronome Level slider left or right.

Change the tempo of a song

Each song has a tempo (speed) that lasts for the entire song. You can change the tempo when either a Touch Instrument or Tracks view is open.

  1. Open the song settings, then tap Tempo to show the tempo controls.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Set the tempo: Tap the tempo bar repeatedly.

    • Change the tempo incrementally: Tap the up or down arrow next to the tempo number. You can swipe vertically to change it in larger steps.

When you change the tempo of a song, recordings from Touch Instruments (except the Audio Recorder and Amp) change to match the new tempo. Apple Loops also change to match the new tempo.

Change the key of a song

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Each song has a key that lasts for the entire song. You can change the key in any Touch Instrument or in Tracks view.

  • Open the song settings, tap Key, then tap a new key. You can also select a different scale (major or minor).

When you change the key of a song, recordings from Touch Instruments (except the Audio Recorder and Amp) change to match the new key. Apple Loops also change to match the new key.

Turn off Follow Song Key for recordings and loops

By default, when you change the key of a song, the recordings and loops in the song change to match the new key (except Audio Recorder and Amp recordings). You can turn off this setting if you want to try out different keys without changing the recordings and loops in the song.

  • Open the song settings, then turn Follow Song Key off.

Tap Follow Song Key again to turn it on.

Change the time signature of a song

Each song has a time signature that lasts for the entire song. You can change the time signature in any Touch Instrument or in Tracks view.

  • Open the song settings, tap Time Signature, then tap a new time signature.

When you change the time signature of a song, existing recordings and loops in the song do not change.

Add a fade-out

You can add an automatic fade-out to the end of a song. When you turn on Fade Out, the last ten seconds of the song fade to silence. If you extend the last section by adding or moving regions, the fade-out adjusts to the new end of the song. You hear the fade-out when you play or share the song, but not while recording.

  1. Open the song settings.

  2. Turn Fade Out on.

Tap Fade Out again to turn off the automatic fade-out.

Use 24-bit audio

When 24-bit audio is turned on, GarageBand records, mixes, and exports audio in 24-bit resolution. 24-bit audio uses more storage space, but provides higher resolution for audio editing.

  1. Open the song settings, then tap Advanced.

  2. Turn 24-bit Audio Resolution on.

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Send tempo information to music apps and MIDI devices

You can use MIDI clock to sync other music apps or MIDI devices to the tempo used in GarageBand when playing or recording.

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  1. Open the song settings, then tap Advanced.

  2. Turn Send MIDI Clock on.

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When you use Live Loops, MIDI clock is only sent when recording or playing back a Live Loops performance.