Deleting Stuff on GarageBand for iPhone

Deleting Stuff on
GarageBand for iOS
How to delete songs, tracks,
regions, and measures

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Deleting on the iPhone,
iPod & iPad
All screen captures in this presentation
are from GarageBand 1.2 on an iPhone
4S.

The actions are the same on iPad, but
the placement and labeling of some
buttons may be different. The iPod
Touch should be identical.


Deleting Songs 1
Go to the My Songs screen.

To delete a song,
you need to be on
the main/home
screen (as shown
here).
If the app opens up
in a different mode,
such as the tracks
view or instrument
playing/recording
view, click the top-
left triangle (iPhone)
or My Songs (iPad).


Deleting Songs 2
Press and hold down the track you wish to delete for a
couple of seconds.
This will select the
song and activate
the Song Edit
functions.


Deleting Songs 3
[end]
With the song now selected, press the trash can icon to
delete the song. The song should disappear. Next
Up:
Deleting
Tracks


Deleting Tracks 1
To delete an entire track of a song, you
must be on the Tracks screen. Deleting a
track completely removes the track and
its data.


Deleting Tracks 2
In Tracks view, tap the head of the track you want to
delete. The track will darken, showing that it’s selected.


Deleting Tracks 3
Tap once more on the head of the track, popping up
the Track Edit menu.


Deleting Tracks 4
[end]
Tap Delete. Your track will be history.
Next
Up:
Deleting
Regions


Deleting Regions 1
A region (or sometimes called “segment” or “clip”) is part of a track.
You can make a region by just recording for a few seconds into a fresh
track. If you recorded a few seconds more from there, you’d make a
second region.

Also, if you divide a song into sections, and are working in just one
section, the green bar would represent only a part of the song, and
you’d be viewing a region. You might want to delete a region if you’re
doing multiple takes over a part of a song. Or you could clear out the
drums just in the last verse to create a gentler dynamic.


Deleting Regions 2
Two taps on a region brings up the Region Edit menu.
The first tap
changes the region’s
look, giving it a
border plus left-and-
right grabbing
handles.


Deleting Regions 3
The second tap brings up the Region Edit menu.


Deleting Regions 4
[end]
Tap Delete. Poof! The region will disappear.
Next
Up:
Deleting
Partial
Regions


Deleting Beats, Measures, 1
or Part of a Region
Sometimes you might need to perform minor surgery on just part of a
region—a couple of measures or even just a beat or two. On a recent
project, I removed the first few measures of a region in the introduction
of a song, delaying the second guitar’s entrance until measure five.

(You can edit individual notes for most (but not all) of the GB4IOS
instruments, but definitely not recorded audio.)


Deleting Beats, Measures, or Part of a Region 2
Position the playhead to the beginning of the area to be
deleted.


Double-tap the region to evoke the Region Edit menu.


Tap the Split option. This will draw a line at the division
point with a scissors tool.


Drag down the Scissors tool to make your first cut.


This splits the region into two regions.


Now reposition the Playhead to the end of the area you
wish to delete.
Then repeat the
same process as
you performed for
the first cut.
(Double-tap for the
menu, choose Split,
and then drag down
the Scissors tool.


(Almost done) You should now have three regions.
Double-tap the region that is the area you want to
delete, bringing up the Region Edit menu. Tap Delete.


You have successfully removed the partial region.
Congratulations!


Deleting Stuff on GarageBand for iPhone

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