Rock hair? Check. Leather pants? Check. Air guitar skills? Check. Move over Rover and let the music nerds at CNET.com.au show you how to set up a simple home recording environment with GarageBand.

To get comfortable with the basics of Garageband on the iPad, I jumped right in and recorded two songs, “I’m Hungry” and “(I’ve Got A) Colorful House.” But, as you might expect, those recordings were ...