GarageBand Tutorial: Built-in Audio Unit Effects

Here’s an excellent Macjams.com article on the various Audio Unit (AU) filters and effects in GarageBand.

Covers Audio Unit Filter Basics, Finding the Audio Unit Filters in GarageBand, Audio Unit Effects Settings, A Sound Basics Crash Course. Also, individual explanations of the following:

• AUBandPass
• AUDelay
• AUHiPass
• AUHighShelfFilter
• AUPeakLimiter
• AULowpass
• AULowShelfFilter
• AUMultibandCompressor
• AUMatrixReverb
• AUParametricEQ

It’s a must-read if you’re interested in using GarageBand as an audio mastering tool.

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