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Using the Instruments and Apple

Loops in GarageBand Jam Pack:

Voices

GarageBand Jam Pack: Voices contains over 20 new Software Instruments featuring the

sound of the human voice. You can use these instruments to create your own vocal and

choral compositions, or add vocal tracks to songs in a variety of styles. Voices also

includes over 1500 Apple Loops with vocal phrases that you can use to build your own

original voice tracks.

This document contains the following information about using the instruments and

Apple Loops included in Voices:

“Introducing the Voices Instruments” on page 1

“Using the Voices Apple Loops” on page 7

“Performance Tips” on page 8

Introducing the Voices Instruments

Voices gives you a collection of instruments featuring the human voice, including both

solo and choral sounds. Choir instruments include classical, chamber, boys, and gospel

ensembles, while solo instruments include an Eastern voice, a synthesized soprano, and

a whistler. Voices also features a variety of percussion and rhythm instruments

including human beat box, human bass, vocal shouts, and human rhythm sounds. The

Voices instruments include the following categories:

Choirs,

featuring classical and chamber choirs in male, female, and mixed versions;

Gregorian choir; boys’ choir; and gospel choir

Soloists,

featuring an Eastern voice, a synthesized soprano, and a whistler

Percussion,

featuring human beat box, human bass, human body rhythm effects, and

vocal shout instruments

Summary of content (9 pages)

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Using the Instruments and Apple Loops in GarageBand Jam Pack: Voices GarageBand Jam Pack: Voices contains over 20 new Software Instruments featuring the sound of the human voice. You can use these instruments to create your own vocal and choral compositions, or add vocal tracks to songs in a variety of styles. Voices also includes over 1500 Apple Loops with vocal phrases that you can use to build your own original voice tracks.
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This document describes the Software Instruments included in Voices, lists controller information for each instrument, and provides performance tips for using the instruments. It also provides tips for working with the Apple Loops included in Voices to build vocal lines. Choir The sound of human voices singing together in harmony, combining words and music, has inspired classical composers to create some of the greatest works in the history of music.
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Gregorian Choir Gregorian chant represents the earliest type of music written down in Western history. In the chant style, the voices all sing the same melody in unison (or octaves). Chant became the basis for the masterful choral style of the Renaissance, with complex compositions based around a chant melody, known a cantus firmus. One characteristic of Gregorian-style choral singing is the lack of vibrato, allowing the voices to blend completely and creating a more austere, reserved feeling.
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Choir Instrument Controller Info Classical Ensemble Classical Ensemble Swells Classical Female Ensemble Classical Female Swells Classical Male Ensemble Classical Male Swells Â Mod wheel changes the vowel being sung (between ah, oo, uh, and um). Chamber Ensemble Chamber Ensemble Swells Chamber Female Ensemble Chamber Female Swells Chamber Male Ensemble Chamber Male Swells Â Mod wheel changes the vowel being sung. Gregorian Ensemble Gregorian Ensemble Swells Â Mod wheel changes the vowel being sung.
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Eastern Solo One of the more interesting recent developments of the world music phenomenon is the use of Eastern-style vocals in popular music. From its origins in the traditional music of South Asia, this highly sensual and expressive style of singing has become familiar to modern listeners through its use by pop artists as diverse as Sting and Thievery Corporation, and has additionally become associated with its use in Indian “Bollywood” films.
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Percussion The human body is capable of producing a nearly unlimited number of sounds, and has been used by ancient cultures and contemporary performing artists as a musical instrument. Using the body and mouth to simulate the sounds of percussion and other musical instruments has been widely used in the past century, from jazz scat singing to the multilayered creations of Bobby McFerrin and the group Voicestra.
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Vocal Shouts Many styles of contemporary music include shouts and other non-tonal vocal sounds. The Vocal Shouts and Vocal Shout Effects instruments provide a different sound for each note, which you can trigger from your keyboard. These sounds are non-looping and non-transposing. Human Body Rhythm Effects This instrument features different rhythm sounds spread across the notes on the keyboard like a drum kit.
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Some of the Apple Loops in Voices are intended to be used in a larger musical mix. These loops may start on a different beat than the first beat of the measure, and so they may be silent on the beat that aligns with the left edge of the loop when you add them to the timeline. You can move them in the timeline so that they fit together most effectively with the other loops and recordings in your project (in musical terms, “in the pocket”).
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Convert Software Instrument Loops to Real Instrument Loops As stated above, Software Instrument loops require more processing power than Real Instrument loops. If your computer has 512 MB or more of memory, the performance impact of using Software Instrument loops is much higher than with Real Instrument loops. Whenever you use Software Instrument loops that you don’t intend to edit later, converting them to Real Instrument loops can increase performance.