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I was trying to tell my buddy that this would be the only way to do it... many months ago. Maybe this video will help convince him! I hate not being able to mix what we record! Thanks.
yeah i have done this in the studio many times when people bring in a garageband session and I want to mix it in Pro Tools. Alternatively you can open a garageband session in Logic Pro X
PS On a Mac (which you are, 'cos you're using GarageBand), if you Option-Click most parameters e.g. Volume and Pan, it defaults to Volume Unity and Pan Centre. Much quicker...
Yes, simply export your whole song as a .WAV file and you can upload that to tunecore - here is a video where I export both .WAV and .MP3 from GarageBand th-cam.com/video/ScoCjSHui5M/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the video. Is this method better than to open up the project media contents in finder and drag those audio files that already exist? Or will those just be the original recordings and not have the edits..thanks again!
@@videocasetteTV use the loop cycle as the in and out marker and then 1. select "share" then "Export song to disk" then 2. make sure there is a tick in "export cycle area". It will then use the cycle area as the in and out marker. Are you making a loop?
I have to send my audios to my producer for him to mix and master them, is it enought to just export and put into the folder then send it to him or do I necessarily need to download Pro Tools and do the thing u did?
Hi Gabriele, just send the producer the audio stems. You don't need Pro Tools. All they need is the separated audio files and they will load them up into whatever audio software they use.
It really depends on what you are going to be doing with the stems. If you are sending them to a professional to mix then I would export them all at full volume (0dB) and panned to the centre and without effects. If you want to send your basic mix to someone else just for a few tweaks or mastering ect. then you can keep the volumes at your mix level.
Happily following your exact steps up until about 5 minutes into video... that's when I see there's no "import" under the File menu in Garage Band. I have two separate stems/tracks saved in a folder on desktop which I'm wanting to send to someone else working with Garage Band. Ant help would be appreciated.
Hello! how do you export for example the 3rd track and have it line up in another producers DAW? Do I have to record the silence up to the point where I come in ? instead of just hitting record when I am ready to come in say at :45 seconds in. Otherwise they don't line up. Thanks!
Right about the 2:16 mark of the video, he explains how to select the track from the very beginning of the track to the end of the track. This will export the entire length of the track from the zero mark, along with everything in the track, and create silence up until the part where you do your thing at :45 seconds in your example. So the blank space is created for you in this case.
Audio in CAMTESIA is horrible. What can I do to fix it ? When I use my voice recorder on my pc the mic sound is perfect but when I record using camtasia the mic is horrible. Is there a way to register the sound garage band and use it on CAMTESIA? I just use my camtasia for teaching by using screen recorder. Sorry for my English, I speak French
The only way to make stems for each track is to solo the track and export the song. If you have multiple takes on one track you will need to split them out onto individual tracks, solo them and export the song.
@@StudioHacks I switched it to 24 bit and went to the wave file instead of AIFF 16 bit and had success. It was the loop drums I had on garage band. I am very new at this and any problem I could encounter I would. But thanks for your concern. The song is now complete on youtube if you get a spare minute. Jimy Sedge Hendricks Song American Bullfrogs
so when I check the sizes of each stem a few of them say 24.8MB and a few say 25.2MB. Is that okay?? or does that I mean I did it wrong. cause I noticed you said they all have to be the exact same size.
Maybe make sure you check the box on the export screen that says use cycle region length and make sure your cycle is on and it starts at the very start of the session.
If you have created a song in Garageband and would like to work on it in another software program such as Ableton Live or Pro Tools for a remix ect. it is much better to have the individual tracks separated. There is no simply way to export stems (individual tracks) from garageband which is why I made this video. thanks for the comment :)
It doesn’t work. Keeps saying the file can’t be opened. (Might be corrupted, truncated, or in an unexpected format). So anyone watching in 2021 this probably isn’t the vid for you. Sorry.
Ok so can I ask you a question if I paid a engineer to mix my tracks why is the engineer asking me to do the export stem thing ? Please get back so I know I’m not getting got
Arcade Era I feel you but I ask the engineer if they needed more I sent the 1)Beat 2)The vocals 3)The vocals over 4)The adlibs 5)And a extra adlibs for my ending part I asked is that it he said yes Then next day talking about stems like what does he actually do then 🤔
so you have turned the reverb and compression off? and its still ending up on the stems? hmmm. The compression thing might be fixed by turning off "auto normalise" in "advanced, under "preferences". Also do you have any track reverb plugins switched on?
Skip to 3:50 to see how to export
Thank you
OH so you a real one!
Thank you
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The best and clearest demo/how to I've seen. Neither talking down to us nor with so much tech speak as to render it unusable. Thanks for this.
Thanks for the nice words 👍
@@StudioHacks Well we agree with him. Good job and stay safe! :)
@@andradio1410 thanks 🙏
@@StudioHacks Most welcome ... keep them coming. Tutoring with such clarity is a gift :)
I was trying to tell my buddy that this would be the only way to do it... many months ago. Maybe this video will help convince him! I hate not being able to mix what we record! Thanks.
yeah i have done this in the studio many times when people bring in a garageband session and I want to mix it in Pro Tools. Alternatively you can open a garageband session in Logic Pro X
PS On a Mac (which you are, 'cos you're using GarageBand), if you Option-Click most parameters e.g. Volume and Pan, it defaults to Volume Unity and Pan Centre. Much quicker...
Thanks for the clear and well presented instructions.
all good, thanks for the nice words 👍
Lifesaver! Thank you!
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I love you man! Excellent presentation, concise and incredibly useful. Thanks.
thank you for the nice words
This was of great help to me and my project..thank you
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Best explanation on this I have seen! Worked perfectly thank you
This helped me a lot! I am using anchor to share my podcast but it has next to no edditing abitilities. Thank you very much!
thanks man this helped a lot cause i like looping from garage band but i didnt know how to transfer in stems
@Studio Hacks you just forgot to check "Export cycle area" at the Bottom which is the most important thing to do otherwise it won't work out at all.
Thanks for this exactly what I needed.
extremely helpful video. Thank you so much
thank you
So helpful!! Thanks man!
thanks
thank you this was really helpful
Thanks for thé tip. It really helped.
no problemo 👍
If you pan 1 track left and 1 track right you can export 2 tracks at one time
Thank you so much and really helpful :) Cheers
Thank you for the nice comment 👍 keep up the good work.
Can I upload to tunecore with garageband
Yes, simply export your whole song as a .WAV file and you can upload that to tunecore - here is a video where I export both .WAV and .MP3 from GarageBand th-cam.com/video/ScoCjSHui5M/w-d-xo.html
I don't have garageband either iTune
Could you do it for me I'll send my audio file
@@factguruofficial Are you on a Mac computer? what program did you use to make your music?
superuseful thank you!
Very useful info thank you!
Thanks
Thanks a bunch!!!
Great content thanks for your help!
I followed all of the steps in the video but the files still didn’t export. the little bar wouldn’t run across the loop to indicate saving. Any ideas?
Do you teach a Melodyne course on Udemy?? I think I recognize your voice :) -Dean
Yep thats me :) nice ears
This is amazing 👏
Super helpful. 💯
Thanks man that was great ..
Very helpful 💯✔️
But how do you create the stems. I see how to export them but how do u make them
Thank you
cheers 👍
Thanks for the video. Is this method better than to open up the project media contents in finder and drag those audio files that already exist? Or will those just be the original recordings and not have the edits..thanks again!
Lifesaver
Thanks but I get some smal variation in size of the files - what to do?
Pan those Rhythm Guitars 100% Left and Right.
Thank you sir 👍🏽
Awesome tutorial, how do I define in and out area and export it only
Do you mean where the song starts and finishes? just select the loop range (gold bar) across the top from the song start to finish.
@@StudioHacks i want to export specific area in the sound track not the whole track , how can i do this
@@videocasetteTV use the loop cycle as the in and out marker and then 1. select "share" then "Export song to disk" then 2. make sure there is a tick in "export cycle area". It will then use the cycle area as the in and out marker. Are you making a loop?
Thanks the easiest explanation on youtube.
glad I could help, thanks 👍
thank you!
I still have to put all of them to zero ? If my autotune is low ? I like it low though
Woo This is Def Work
amazing thank you so much T_T
How do you get all the files the same length on an iPhone
this guy has a vid on the topic for you th-cam.com/video/v5IjOlTuVn0/w-d-xo.html
I have to send my audios to my producer for him to mix and master them, is it enought to just export and put into the folder then send it to him or do I necessarily need to download Pro Tools and do the thing u did?
Hi Gabriele, just send the producer the audio stems. You don't need Pro Tools. All they need is the separated audio files and they will load them up into whatever audio software they use.
@@StudioHacks Is mp3 the best way to save or WAV files?
can you export the track if it has keyframes on it ????
Is there a difference when you select the option "Export Cycle Area" before hitting export?
yes there is, im sure youve figured this out by now tho
what export volume should tracks be? should it be exported the way you want the mix to be?
It really depends on what you are going to be doing with the stems. If you are sending them to a professional to mix then I would export them all at full volume (0dB) and panned to the centre and without effects. If you want to send your basic mix to someone else just for a few tweaks or mastering ect. then you can keep the volumes at your mix level.
I've used Garageband on my Ipad, how can I pan the track to 0db if I've used automation on the track? cheers
Happily following your exact steps up until about 5 minutes into video... that's when I see there's no "import" under the File menu in Garage Band. I have two separate stems/tracks saved in a folder on desktop which I'm wanting to send to someone else working with Garage Band. Ant help would be appreciated.
Is there any way to just merge a bunch of track to save on cpu and space with out the faf on exporting stems and all that ???
can you do two tracks at one, not individually?
Yes, just solo the 2 tracks you want to export as a stereo audio file 👍
Work the same with instrument (midi) tracks? Thanks ...
yep
Too many steps....press Command A before export this highlights all tracks and you can export at one time
So I want to upload these as zip files but the appear as air, do you how to convert them?
Hello! how do you export for example the 3rd track and have it line up in another producers DAW? Do I have to record the silence up to the point where I come in ? instead of just hitting record when I am ready to come in say at :45 seconds in. Otherwise they don't line up. Thanks!
Right about the 2:16 mark of the video, he explains how to select the track from the very beginning of the track to the end of the track. This will export the entire length of the track from the zero mark, along with everything in the track, and create silence up until the part where you do your thing at :45 seconds in your example. So the blank space is created for you in this case.
Audio in CAMTESIA is horrible. What can I do to fix it ? When I use my voice recorder on my pc the mic sound is perfect but when I record using camtasia the mic is horrible. Is there a way to register the sound garage band and use it on CAMTESIA? I just use my camtasia for teaching by using screen recorder. Sorry for my English, I speak French
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I cant find the wave file i have the other options on my mac just not that one how do i get it to a wav???
Do you have the AIFF option? just use that its basically the same as WAV.
I don't have the 'WAVE' option, just the first 3, what do I do?
Is there a way to export individual stems separately that are in the same track? Or do I need to make a separate track and drag for each one?
The only way to make stems for each track is to solo the track and export the song. If you have multiple takes on one track you will need to split them out onto individual tracks, solo them and export the song.
Does the master volume need to be at 0 (zero)?
I am unable to export my drum track because it is from garage band loops I assume?
you should be able to export any track, what error message are you getting?
@@StudioHacks I switched it to 24 bit and went to the wave file instead of AIFF 16 bit and had success. It was the loop drums I had on garage band. I am very new at this and any problem I could encounter I would. But thanks for your concern. The song is now complete on youtube if you get a spare minute.
Jimy Sedge Hendricks
Song American Bullfrogs
@@jameshendricks954 glad you got it working in the end 👍
Am I suppose to voice over track stems or mp3?
how do u get that arrow thing to be yellow
click on the two arrows going in a circle just to the right of the record button
now how or what do I use 2 sent folder of stems to my buddies email ?
I use Dropbox and Hightail - I zip the stems up first using the "compress" function in Mac finder
Anyone else pretending Kevin Parker is explaining this to us? 😆
so when I check the sizes of each stem a few of them say 24.8MB and a few say 25.2MB. Is that okay?? or does that I mean I did it wrong. cause I noticed you said they all have to be the exact same size.
Maybe make sure you check the box on the export screen that says use cycle region length and make sure your cycle is on and it starts at the very start of the session.
if you don't have the cycle switched in it may export the individual lengths of the regions in your session which will be different lengths.
This method exports the entire song... Don't see any function to select individual tracks.
If you have created a song in Garageband and would like to work on it in another software program such as Ableton Live or Pro Tools for a remix ect. it is much better to have the individual tracks separated. There is no simply way to export stems (individual tracks) from garageband which is why I made this video. thanks for the comment :)
Tried it ....didn't work.....
If you could elaborate a little I could help you out, what about the process didn't work for you?
It doesn’t work. Keeps saying the file can’t be opened. (Might be corrupted, truncated, or in an unexpected format). So anyone watching in 2021 this probably isn’t the vid for you. Sorry.
RME rules. :-)
you got it!
Ok so can I ask you a question if I paid a engineer to mix my tracks why is the engineer asking me to do the export stem thing ? Please get back so I know I’m not getting got
You need the stems to mix a song. If an engineer only has one track to work with they can't do much.
Arcade Era I feel you but I ask the engineer if they needed more
I sent the
1)Beat
2)The vocals
3)The vocals over
4)The adlibs
5)And a extra adlibs for my ending part
I asked is that it he said yes
Then next day talking about stems like what does he actually do then 🤔
When I do this my files are being compressed and reverbed even though I have none of that selected on master nor the tracks
so you have turned the reverb and compression off? and its still ending up on the stems? hmmm. The compression thing might be fixed by turning off "auto normalise" in "advanced, under "preferences". Also do you have any track reverb plugins switched on?
@@StudioHacks Hi, and thank you for your reply... I found where the reverb was created and will turn off the normalization... thank you very much!
@@erosmyth79 glad you fixed it, thanks - Nat
How do you send track stems to another engineer?
Globoii Records you’ll need a file transferring service since WAV and AIF files are too large to send via regular email. I use Dropbox or We Transfer
I usually compress the files into a .zip and send via either Dropbox or Hightail
What is I can’t export as a .wav file?
are you on Mac computer version or the iOS version?
This Is 100 Times Easier On Logic. It Sucks that Garage Band Doesn't Have That Feature
yeah logic is simple as. its really annoying in garageband to have to go through every single track
THERE HAS TO BE AN EASIER WAY :(.
why the FUCK is this video 10 minutes long??
just to annoy you of course
Thanks a lot for the video
no problems 👍
Thank you!!!
thanks