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11-01-2018, 08:23 PM
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Editing software. Any uses for a beginner?
Question for you techies. My son recently bought me my own copy of FL Studio 20. Between that and Garage Band on the Mac, can I do anything with them to assist me in my learning and playing?
I see a much better use for them in the future but for now, I'm wondering if I can somehow use them to practice with. Not sure how or what that could entail but I sure someone here has an idea. I've been playing for a about a year and a half and getting a little better all the time. I'd call myself an advanced beginner. Thoughts? 
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11-02-2018, 03:19 AM
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Well for as long as I can remember I have always forced myself to play along with home-made backing tracks including drum tracks.
You have the excellent Drummer in Garage Band which can lay down realistic sounding drums tracks. Try playing along with the Drummer and laying down guitar tracks in sync and try overdubbing. Use the synth/sampler instruments to add bass lines, pianos and whatever else you like. Get stuck in! It can be great fun and you will improve with your musical timing apart from anything else.
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11-02-2018, 06:27 AM
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In the simplest way, you can play along with a drum track/beat/metronome to improve your ability to hold tempo.
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11-02-2018, 07:12 AM
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Here is your first practice: Record something. Now clip off the silly time between when you hit record and a half-second before when you start playing. Next put a fade-up of one-half second at the start of the clip. Finally, go to the end of the performance. Look for the place where your guitar's sound fades to silence. Clip it off right after that. Now, practice inserting a fade-out so that the whole recording, and thus the background noise, fades out with the fade-out of the instrument. Now we don't end up hearing room tone after the fade-out. Voile'!!! Your recording is instantly better to listen to!
Oh, and by the way, knowing you can do that will make you feel less rushed to start playing after you hit record, and thus will contribute to your relaxation during recording. Side effect! Bob
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