How to read activity monitor????

My system keeps freezing up while using garageband. I've noticed on activity monitor that the "green/% user" bars are peeked, while the "red/% system" bars are relativly low. First: How do I interpret these colors? Second: what can be causing problem? I've posted on "garageband" link, but no help interpreting activity monitor was offered. Any help - VERY appreciated!!!!!

the colors, such as green, indicate who is running the process. User processes are those application you have started or have running. These could include appliactions such as Firefox, Safari, Word, or Garageband.
colors such as red are programs the system has running. These could include automount, File Sharing server. In general applications used by the system.
So when you are looking at garageband in activity viewer. From the pop-up menu, select My Processes. Next to it, in the filter field, type in garageband. This way the only process you will be watching is GB. See how much of the CPU it is using, as well as how much memory it is taking up.

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