About the auto tuning

Question

there are notes i write but struggle hitting
the automatic tuning has never ( along with other things ) been explained as to how to do it
do you first record the raw take
then double click on it
and then move the slider ?
how do u save the altered loop /take?
is it done automatically ? if you use the slider on it
or
do i first move the slider then record the loop
very confusing
like the flex timing issue
thanks for your help

Answer 1

First, I think the Garageband supplied auto-tuner is a simple implementation, so it's not going to give you the same quality a more professional ( = expensive) plugin will give you.
But, it's not bad for fixing simple tuning issues.
Just record the raw take. If you want to have GB "clean up" the tuning on the track, you move the "Automatic Tuning" slider for that track to the right. If it's at 0, there is no auto-tuning applied. Progressively larger values cause more aggressive correction. You can play with the slider to find a setting that helps fix your problem without having the whole track sound artificial. Also note, this slider control applies to the whole track , not just a region. So if you only want to auto-correct parts of your recording, you'll need to create separate tracks and split up the original region, and drag those particular bad regions into the new track, and apply the auto-tune to just the regions on that track.
You don't save the altered loop, it's a real-time effect that gets applied when the track is played.