1. Lecture Capture with Garageband
and a USB Microphone!
Department of Educational Technology
Engineering 006 • (718) 399 4531 • edtech@pratt.edu

2. Equipment
Se,ngs:
Blue
Snowball
The
Microphone
has
3
separate
se,ngs
based
on
the
recording
condi=ons.
Use
the
switch
on
the
back
of
the
microphone
to
select
the
op=mal
se,ng
for
your
subject(s)
and
recording
environment.

3. GarageBand:
Project
Setup
• 1.
Open
GarageBand
from
the
applica=ons
folder
on
the
mac
• 2.
On
the
opening
screen,
select
“Voice”
to
start
a
new
file
that
will
contain
your
recorded
audio
lecture.
• 3.
Label
your
file
descrip=vely
–
with
date
and
relevant
course
info
in
the
=tle,
save
it
to
the
User
Work
folder
(if
you’re
working
in
the
labs)
• 4.
Open
GarageBand’s
preferences
dialogue
(GarageBand>Preferences)
from
the
header
menu
op=ons,
select
the
“Midi/Audio”
tab
and
select
the
“Blue
Microphone”
op=on
under
the
“Input
Devices”
tab.
Close
the
dialogue
and
return
to
the
main
screen.
• 5.
Check
to
see
the
microphone
is
recording,
if
it’s
ac=ve
you’ll
see
a
red
LED
light
up
on
the
front
of
the
mic.

4. Garageband:
Recording
to
Track
Layers
• 6.
In
the
“Tracks”
area
on
the
le_
side
of
the
screen,
there
are
two
audio
tracks
labeled
Male
and
Female.
Record
to
either
by
clicking
on
the
silhoueaed
icon.
The
ac=ve
track
will
be
highlighted
in
blue.
• 7.
At
the
boaom
of
the
screen,
there
are
track
controls,
similar
to
analog
recording
devices.
Use
the
record
buaon
to
start
recording
to
a
track
layer.
• 8.
The
level
meter
on
the
track
layer
should
rise
and
fall
as
you
speak
into
the
microphone,
and
the
play-­‐head,
the
thin
red
line
and
white
triangle,
will
move
across
the
=meline,
crea=ng
an
expanding
block
of
audio
as
you
record
your
lecture.

5. Garageband:
Recording
to
Track
Layers
• 9.
Click
on
the
note
icon
in
the
LED
display
to
change
the
meter
across
the
top
to
reflect
=me
rather
than
measures.
This
way
you
can
see
the
length
of
your
recording
across
the
top
of
the
screen
in
minutes
rather
than
measures.
• 10.
The
recording
stops
and
starts
at
the
loca=on
of
the
play-­‐head,
so
if
you
need
to
re-­‐record
a
segment,
use
the
play-­‐head
to
locate
your
start
and
stop
points
as
you
proceed
to
record
audio.

6. GarageBand:
Trimming
Recorded
Audio
• 11.
Once
your
audio
segment
is
recorded,
you
may
need
to
trim
the
beginning
of
the
segment
so
that
the
file
playback
begins
at
the
start
of
your
lecture.
Move
the
play-­‐head
to
the
start
of
the
recorded
audio
and
press
the
play
buaon
to
preview
the
recording.
• 12.
When
the
play-­‐head
arrives
at
the
point
you
want
the
audio
file
to
start,
go
to
the
header
menu
item
Edit>Trim.
This
will
split
the
clip
at
the
play-­‐head.
• 13.
You
can
click
on
the
part
you
want
to
delete,
it
will
change
shade
when
selected,
and
use
the
delete
key
to
remove
it.
Use
Edit>Undo
in
case
of
errors.

7. Compa=ble
Audio
Formats
for
the
LMS
• Moodle
will
accept
the
following
audio
file
formats.
If
you
want
your
sound
file
to
play
in
its
own
player
(embedded)
on
a
page
then
choose
mp3
format.
– .mp3
– .aac
– .wma
(Windows
Media
Audio)
– .ra
(Real
Media)

8. Pu,ng
the
Audio
on
the
LMS
• In
GarageBand,
find
the
“Share”
op=on
at
the
top
of
the
screen.
• Select
“Export
to
disk”
• In
the
dialogue
box
that
appears,
check
“Compress”
and
use
the
AAC
encoder
at
low
or
medium
quality.
Click
the
export
buaon
to
make
an
audio
file
that
can
be
uploaded
to
the
LMS.

9. Pu,ng
the
Audio
on
the
LMS
• Open
your
LMS
course
page
and
turn
turn
edi=ng
on.
• Locate
the
exported
GarageBand
file
you
just
created,
and
place
it
on
your
course
page.
If
you
are
using
Firefox
or
Chrome
you
can
drag
and
drop
the
file
from
the
desktop
right
onto
your
course
page.
If
you’re
using
Safari
or
Explorer,
you’ll
select
the
“add
a
resource”
op=on
to
get
the
file
picker
to
browse,
find
and
add
your
file
manually.
• Test
the
audio
file
by
turning
edi=ng
off
and
clicking
on
the
=tle.
It
should
play
back
right
from
the
browser.