Fine tune Master Tempo and Master Volume in Garageband

Jul 23, '09 07:30:04AM

Contributed by: asmeurer

GarageBand has a useful feature called Master Tempo which lets you control the tempo throughout a song -- type Command-B and choose Master Tempo to see it. The problem is, it only seems to let you change the tempo in about five to six beat-per-minute intervals. The secret is to click on the tempo dot you wish to fine tune, then press down the Shift key -- this will let you tune in one beat-per-minute intervals.

This trick also works for Master Volume, which normally only lets you change in roughly 0.5dB to 0.7dB steps, but with the Shift key, you can change at around 0.2dB to 0.3dB. Master Pitch already allows the finest tuning (1 semitone) without the Shift key, and does not present any finer tuning with the Shift key down.

The trick also works with various of the track automations, such as frequency, though not with all.

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