It will turn a dark-orange color once it’s turned on.
Another reason could be that your Input/Output settings haven’t been set up properly in Garageband’s Preferences.ġ) Make sure that you’ve selected the track.Ģ) Go down into the Smart Controls of the track you want to monitor, and click on the little monitoring button that looks like an upside-down Wi-Fi symbol. You can’t hear while recording in Garageband because your Monitoring button hasn’t been turned on in the Smart Controls or on the track header. There is a very simple reason for why you can’t hear what you’re recording while using Garageband, and barring more obvious reasons like a muted track or the volume turned down, there is usually a simple solution related to either the monitoring button or in Garageband’s Preferences.