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Understand the difference between software and real instrument loops

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Understand the difference between software and real instrument loops

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- In the first chapter, I talked about the difference between audio or real instrument tracks and software instrument tracks. To quickly recap, software instrument tracks are MIDI tracks that contain not audio files but data files that tell GarageBand what notes to play, how loud to play them and so on. Because they consist of data, software instrument tracks can be easily edited note by note, and you can completely change the type of instrument playing those notes. Audio tracks on the other hand, are for recording real instruments like electric guitars, wind instruments, vocals, and so on. Real instrument tracks are actual sound recordings, not data files, so they can't be altered like softer instrument tracks can. The concept of real instruments and software instruments also applies when you're working with loops. For instance if I look through the piano loops here, you'll notice that some of the loops are colored…

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