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Tips for Using GarageBand
Jam Pack 1 Instruments
The GarageBand Jam Pack 1 package contains over 100 Software Instrument presets you can use in your songs. In addition to synthesizer instruments, Jam Pack 1 includes Software Instruments in the following categories:
" Drum kits, including dance, electronic, pop, and jazz kits
" Guitars, including 12-string, acoustic, and electric guitars
" Basses, including electric basses and an upright bass
" Symphonic string section
" Wind instruments, including flutes, saxophones, and horn sections
" Mixed classical choir
" Classical piano
" Vibraphone, with and without rotating resonators
This document describes some of the instruments included in Jam Pack 1, and lists controller information for each of the instruments.
Drum Kits
Jam Pack 1 includes several new drum kits featuring both classic and contemporary drum sounds. In addition, you can modify the sound of each drum kit in real time using keyboard controllers, including the modulation (mod) wheel and pitch bend wheel. The following table lists controller information for the drum kits.
Drum Kit
Controller Info
Electro Kit
" Raising the mod wheel adds vibrato.
" Moving the pitch bend wheel raises or lowers the pitch of many drum
RnB Kit
Tribal Kit
sounds (up to 3 octaves higher or lower), so you can change their pitch over time.
" You can shorten or lengthen the length of most drum sounds using the
Release slider in the Generator editor window. Drag the slider left to create short, tight, punchy sounds, used in certain styles of music.
" When using the hi-hat drum sounds (notes F#1 and A#1 in most drum kits),
playing one note will stop the sound of the previously played note, like closing a hi-hat with a foot pedal.
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Organization of Drum Kit Sounds
The sounds in the Jam Pack 1 drum kits are organized across the keyboard in the following general order:
