Summer 2023 MECA
Continuing Education Courses
Overview
This course is for Apple Mac users who want to discover how powerful the current version (10.4) of GarageBand is as a music production and recording tool. Lessons will cover working with Apple Loops, recording MIDI and audio tracks, editing, processing, mixing and mastering your projects. We’ll also cover studio and live recording setups and equipment for live recordings. You’ll also learn some tips and tricks to create more professional sounding tracks that you can apply to any situation or recording software.
This course is not for anyone solely using the iOS version of GarageBand. We will look at its features, and you can use the performance instruments on an iPad or iPhone for projects if you have access to an iOS device, but we will not use it for any required coursework.
Software Requirements:
- GarageBand 10.4 or newer (iOS versions of GarageBand are not usable for this course)
Hardware Requirements:
- Macintosh computer with sufficient hard drive space to install and run GarageBand. External drive for file storage is recommended but not required
- MIDI keyboard with connection to the computer
- External, or computer internal microphone
Optional Hardware:
- XLR microphone
- Audio interface with at least one microphone input and stereo output
Requirements
Chat Session
Prerequisites
Required Text(s)
GarageBand for Dummies, 2nd Edition
by Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus
ISBN: 978-1-119-64541-2 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-119-64546-7 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-119-64546-9 (ebook)
Learning Platform Information - Online Courses Only
Schoology is a learning management system that allows you to interact directly with your instructors, fellow students, and members of the greater VanderCook community.
The evening before your class begins, be on the lookout for an email from Schoology with log-in instructions. Once you receive credentials, visit www.online.vandercook.edu to login.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
More information about Schoology can be found at www.schoology.com
Please see specific software/hardware requirements in the course description.
Online course grades are available within two weeks of the course(s) completion. If you need a transcript, please CLICK HERE to access the online transcript request form. For a faster turnaround time, please submit the transcript request to the registrar prior to the end of your course(s).
Instructor
Vince Leonard
Producer and composer Vincent A. Leonard Jr. has had works premiered nationally and internationally. He is published by Arrangers Publishing Company, Educational Programs Network, and National Music Works. He co-authored Recording in the Digital World; Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation; Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Music Notation; and Musical iPad. In 1996, he and fellow producer and engineer Jack Klotz Jr. formed Invincible Entertainment and 3 IPS Studio, and have released two CDs, Magic Up Our Sleeve and On the Brink of Tomorrow. Compositional credits include the feature film Running On Empty Dreams, theme and episode music for the Captain Courteous radio series, and numerous theater pieces and industrials. Leonard has provided orchestrations for world premiere productions of Redwall for Opera Delaware, Elliot and the Magic Bed, Isabelle and the Pretty-Ugly Spell and The Little Princess for Upper Darby Summer Stage. Also widely known as a copyist and arranger, he has worked on projects with Peter Nero, the Philly Pops Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, the London Symphony Orchestra, Chuck Mangione and Leslie Burrs, and in musicals by Duke Ellington, Alan Menken, Kurt Weill and Mitch Leigh. Leonard is a member of NARAS and ASCAP, and is active as a clinician and music software beta-tester for Apple computers.