Quick Tip: You can cut a part of a track you want to loop rather than just loop the entire track. Then position the playhead at the beginning of the track or start of the loop to hear the looped track. You’ll notice that you can loop the entire track or region or just a section of it.Ħ. Hold down your trackpad or mouse and drag the track or region to the right to loop the track. (Screenshot taken in GarageBand on my Mac)ĥ. You’ll see the loop pointer appear, which is an icon that looks like a circular arrow. Move your cursor to the upper right corner of the track or region you want to loop. Once you have a track recorded that you want to loop, click on it.Ĥ. Record a track if you are in a new project. Start a new project or choose an existing one.ģ. To loop in GarageBand on your Mac, follow these steps:Ģ. You can do quite a bit once you know how to do this. It can help you work towards a complete mix by extending rhythmic or melodic parts that you need a little more of. Looping a track or region in GarageBand on your Mac is a good skill to know how to do.
To learn how to make loops or beats, check out my other post on how to make beats on GarageBand. Instead, we are dealing with how to loop an actual track or make it repeat as part of the song or mix. The same steps apply to looping an Apple Loops track, but this post is not about making an actual rhythmic loop like the ones built into the GarageBand app. The sections below will deal with looping a track or region in GarageBand, which is different than using Apple Loops. The Difference Between Apple Loops and Looping a Trackīefore diving into the steps to loop in GarageBand, it’s important to clarify the purpose of this post a little bit. The process for looping is slightly different in the macOS and iOS versions of GarageBand.But you can still loop an Apple Loops track. Apple Loops and the looping tool are not technically the same thing.
Are you bored? Interested in making some music without a lot of effort and having to do no recordings? Or maybe even looking for a backing track to a song or other audio you’re currently working on? Look no further! Loops are the thing for you!