Garageband: The Missing Manual

Garageband: The Missing Manual by Pogue, David. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780596006952.

This software is designed to bring out the inner thundering classicist, sensitive song stylist, or hapless groupie bait lurking within all of us. Pogue, a journalist, pianist, conductor and composer keeps the typical consumer of this product in mind as he describes how to set up, record, and edit while making the best use of the various pre-recorded loops and special effects of the software. He also describes the mechanics of troubleshooting and refining the results and, oh yes, making them public. Appendices include an aptly-named crash course in music, but do not include a bibliography. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)