{"id":18538,"date":"2025-05-19T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/?p=18538"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:05:07","slug":"applying-effects-garageband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/19\/applying-effects-garageband\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying Effects to Garageband Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Ellie Parcells, Student Multimedia Design Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No matter what type of track you\u2019re working with\u2014whether it\u2019s a software instrument, audio recording, or guitar input\u2014the process for adding plug-ins is essentially the same.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GarageBand offers an extensive library of plug-ins, from basic versatile plug-ins like EQs, and compressors, to more specialized plug-ins like modulators, delay effects, reverb effects, pitch adjusters and distortion effects. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today, we\u2019ll walk through the basics of adding plug-ins and take a closer look at two of the most commonly used ones: the <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EQ<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Compressor<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 66.118421052632%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"Adding Effects to Garageband Tracks \" src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/2358381\/sp\/235838100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/43030021\/partner_id\/2358381?iframeembed=true&amp;playerId=kaltura_player&amp;entry_id=1_yoi8h2ul&amp;flashvars[streamerType]=auto&amp;flashvars[localizationCode]=en&amp;flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left&amp;flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true&amp;flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical&amp;flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false&amp;flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder&amp;flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true&amp;flashvars[hotspots.plugin]=1&amp;flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true&amp;&amp;wid=1_7syrcvfe\" width=\"608\" height=\"402\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Try experimenting with these effects yourself at the SMDC, where GarageBand is installed on all public Mac computers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thanks for watching, and happy mixing!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This video is part of the weekly series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/multimedia\/news\/\">Multimedia Tips and Tricks<\/a>,\u201d which shares content in response to frequently asked questions from the Student Multimedia Design Center. 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Please share your feedback with us by filling out our <a href=\"https:\/\/delaware.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_55NCpAlnlivAFqm\">survey<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ellie Parcells, Student Multimedia Design Center &nbsp; No matter what type of track you\u2019re working with\u2014whether it\u2019s a software instrument, audio recording, or guitar input\u2014the process for adding plug-ins is essentially the same.\u00a0 GarageBand offers an extensive library of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":18540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,19,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rddc","category-smdc"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 09:17:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18539,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18538\/revisions\/18539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}