GarageBand
GarageBand is an app for creating, recording, and sharing your music. It has everything you need to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song—your own home recording studio.
Create a new project. You can start with a song template, select a tempo, key, and other options, then click Record and start playing. Build your song—for example, with different tracks and loops. Click Quick Help and hold the pointer over items to learn what they are and how they work.
![A GarageBand window showing the buttons for accessing Smart Controls, Editors, Notes, and Apple Loops. It also shows the tracks display.](https://help.apple.com/assets/646BA1F028A6766AF70D82D8/646BE2C59BBA75275D56B328/en_US/6655d1576bdfed6bed290983571634e4.png)
Bring in the beat. You can quickly add drums and other instruments to your project using Loops. Click the Loop Browser , find a loop by Instrument, Genre, or Descriptor, and then drag it into an empty part of the Tracks area. You can customize Loops to fit your song, using a simple set of controls.
Record your voice. Connect a microphone, choose Track > New Track, then select the microphone under Audio. Set options for input, output, and monitoring, then click Create. Click the Record button to start recording, or click the Play button
to stop recording. (Accessories are sold separately at apple.com, your local Apple Store, or other resellers.)
![The GarageBand instrument panel showing where to click to record a voice and how to hear yourself when you record.](https://help.apple.com/assets/646BA1F028A6766AF70D82D8/646BE2C59BBA75275D56B328/en_US/e96b9d6e15615e06128a1e63a16748e6.png)
Learn more. See the GarageBand User Guide and GarageBand Support.