How can you edit a MIDI instrument recording to do a slide?

Question

I wrote a tune on Finale Songwriter and saved is as a MIDI file then dragged into Garageband. I would like to edit it to include some slides from one note to another. Pitchbend doesn't allow enough pitch variation to slide a full pitch. Is there another way to do it?

Answer 1

Which instrument are you using? Some Jam Pack instruments include slides.
See the "Instrument Tips" that came with Jam Pack 3: for example:
Aggressive Fretless: Highest velocity adds slide down to note
Attitude Bass, Glam Rock Bass, Grind Bass:  Mod wheel adds slide up to note; Notes below E0 play slides and dives.
Liverpool Bass: Notes below E0 give slides, harmonics, and pick sound.
Motown Bass: Highest velocity adds a slide down from the note. Notes below E0 give slides, harmonics, and pick sound.
Bluegrass Banjo, Atlantis Banjo: Highest velocity adds slides up to note. Notes below E0 play chordal rolls, string slides.
Bluesy Acoustic:  Mod wheel combined with highest velocity: Low position adds slide up to note, – Mid position adds blue note slides,
Dobro Slide, Swamp Dobro: Higher velocities increase vibrato; highest velocity add slides. Notes below E0 play body taps, slides, and other instrument sounds.
Dobro Chords: Each note plays a chord or interval, some with slides up to the chord.
Jam Pack: World Music Instruments:
Latin Baby Bass: • Highest velocity adds slide up to note.
Russian Balalaika: Highest velocity adds slide up to note.
Jam Pack 1:
Roundback Acoustic Guitar: Highest velocity adds slide up to note.
Not all articulations seem to have survived the transit to Mt. Lion, but if you have the Jam Packs, try it. I am away away from my GB installation right now, so I cannot try it. sorry.
Regards
Léonie