iLife+11+pitch+shift

The current version of garageband in iLife '11 does not allow for the trick that is linked in the previous tip. As of today, July 28, 2011 I was unable to find a way to transpose an orange track dropped into GB. Maybe in the future someone else will find a way to do it and update this post. However, in the discussion thread on the blog link from the previous tip is a method for changing the pitch of a track. Using the pitch shifter you can change the pitch of a track but it is not as clean sounding as was the old trick in previous versions of GB. But, it does sound OK and could be used in an emergency or for teaching etc. Below is a picture tutorial following the steps listed in that blog discussion that will enable any version of GB to transpose a song file dropped into the program.

=Pitch Shift in GB=

Below the two listed effects, noise gate and compressor, click an empty space, a dialogue box will appear, look for and click AUPitch-
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===The AUPitch dialogue box will open. Turn the effect blend all the way up to 100% set the smoothness and tightness buttons to about 35% each to start. You will need to adjust these as per your taste by listening. Finally, adjust the pitch up or down in cents to desired key. + or - 100 = 1/2 step and +/- 200 = a whole step. Any more than that will sound poor. Also be sure to not use the slider. Go straight to the number box on the right and type in -100 or +100. Make sure the effect is turned on and have a listen. It's not the best but it will work. Good luck!===