Best Multi-Track Recording Software For Newbies, Simple, effective, inexpensive, for OS X |
Fri 30 Jan 2004, 06:48
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Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 04-Jan 04 From: Oliver - CA Member No.: 32,387 |
Wanting to make decent multi-track recordings at home with my own music equipment and software and computer. I have an iMac 600 MHz with 512 MB of RAM and I'm running OS 10.2.8. I have the Audiophile USB sound interface. Would want to record music with vocals or without sometimes. Would like to be able to burn to standard CD format (AIFF). Thanks for voting, and thanks for any additional comments!
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Wed 31 Mar 2004, 07:57
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Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 04-Jan 04 From: Oliver - CA Member No.: 32,387 |
Have had a bit of time to try out Tracktion for Mac. So far, it has been fairly easy to use and seems to produce good results, although the demo puts in a periodic "hiss" which interrupts the recorded sound occasionally. I like the ease of adding filters or effects to tracks or individual clips. It seems to have a very easy learning curve, based on my very limited experience in this and the short length of time I have had to work with this program and achieve some results.
A couple of questions, though, if I may. The sound level seems to be low. I'm putting my bass and guitar directly into my Audiophile USB interface. Should I be running it through a pre-amp first? If so, what pre-amp works well for computer recording? I do have a PA system, would that work as a pre-amp or is it too powerful? Also, how do you get the recording to go on both left and right of the stereo sound when you only have individual left and right input jacks on the USB interface? Thanks again! |
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Sat 11 Aug 2007, 01:13
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 06-Oct 03 From: Flag Pond - US Member No.: 26,201 |
Traktion is a great piece of software and relatively inexpensive and easy to use. I voted for Metro, it has been around in one form or another for years and the support is really good. I have not had a great deal of luck wit hMackie support and I do have quite a bit of Mackie gear.
Please do not try and use your PA as a pre Amp for your Bass input, you will at the best get a misearable sound, and may blow some stuff up. If you are going to go Direct Injection where you don't mike up the bass amp (and I don't blame you it is a hassle, even if the sound is great). There are several ways t oget the bass into your interface without blowing it up and gainining a bunch of sounds as well. Line 6 make the Bass Pod and it has a Direct injection out and it will emulate a ton of different bass cabinets and amps, plus give you some neat sound effects. There may also be a setting on your Interface that can be set from say +4Dbu to -10Dbu which would give you quite a sound boost. If you are trying to go DI (Direct Injection) into your Interface, you need to ensure that at least one of the inputs is a Hi Z input as it is really not a good idea plugging a bass or a guitar directly into line input, especially one of those that is switchable between Micropone with Phantom Power and regular line. I know you are just getting it together , but a good set of Pods or similar can first of all save you a lot of heartbreak, plus they can give you a ton of sounds you would have to tie down your CPU trying to reproduce. There are a lot of DI boxes out there, some are specific like the Damage Control boxes, and some are more generalized like the Line 6 gear. If you already have your own sound and like it, then you really need to ne miking your amp up as that is the only way you will get the real sound of your stage performances. If you are experimenting then the Virtual Amps and Cabinets that you can find around these days can be a reall buzz and save you a fortune. |
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Dadoo Best Multi-Track Recording Software For Newbies Fri 30 Jan 2004, 06:48
Dadoo I voted myself for Tracktion but this is just from... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 00:12
Martinjhoward Hi, I've been looking for a Garageband blog fo... Wed 28 Jan 2009, 07:01
zelen0 I suggest Garageband for simple recordings, and so... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 06:27
PC88 QUOTE (zelen0 @ Sun 1 Feb 2004, 22:27) I... Mon 14 Jul 2008, 02:51
Dadoo thanks for the suggestion of garageband. Unfortuna... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 06:38
editbrain for a beginner...if they had a medium grade comput... Tue 3 Feb 2004, 07:54
zelen0 can't vote, your options don't include Gar... Fri 6 Feb 2004, 09:51
Dadoo thanks zelen0. I appreciate the feedback. I only p... Fri 6 Feb 2004, 18:02
Dadoo So far only Tracktion and Metro have received vote... Sun 8 Feb 2004, 03:46
rcase Just wanted to second or third the previous Trackt... Thu 12 Feb 2004, 17:06
lepetitmartien Dadoo, can you stop bumping this thread? I'm ... Thu 12 Feb 2004, 22:52
HaraldSchneller Maybe, we are not patient enough... I remember a t... Sun 29 Jun 2008, 14:10
HaraldSchneller Thank you moderator 4 delaying this threat Come on... Tue 1 Jul 2008, 01:20
HaraldSchneller [quote name='lepetitmartien' date='Thu... Tue 15 Jul 2008, 05:09
td3k Hands Down Tracktion. I have' nt tried it, but... Fri 13 Feb 2004, 03:59
editbrain i have an idea... to save money the lastest compu... Fri 13 Feb 2004, 04:04
Dadoo Great feedback and suggestions! Fri 13 Feb 2004, 05:00
td3k I DL'd the Demo of Trackion, it is a very cool... Fri 13 Feb 2004, 05:16
dmrkh Dadoo, thanks for doing this poll. I've been s... Thu 19 Feb 2004, 22:12
Dadoo thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if you vote... Fri 20 Feb 2004, 01:39
digikid If your computer will run OS 9, partition the hard... Tue 2 Mar 2004, 16:07
Dadoo I've downloaded Tracktion for OS X and have ju... Wed 17 Mar 2004, 19:52
mortalengines If you are going to go Direct Injection where you ... Sat 11 Aug 2007, 21:30
Meneudo As far as Getting started, with no music experienc... Sat 17 Apr 2004, 01:14
Dadoo Well, here's the update on my experience thus ... Sun 18 Apr 2004, 20:35
Meneudo Heh. Did you set up your preferences in Inteum? ... Sun 18 Apr 2004, 22:22
Dadoo Yes, I did set the preferences. It still didn... Sun 18 Apr 2004, 23:58
editbrain has anyone every heard the saying "time is mo... Mon 19 Apr 2004, 01:49
fingers If you have a G4 iMac try GarageBand - it runs fin... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 10:41
td3k QUOTE (Dadoo @ Mar 31 2004, 02:57)I do have a... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 16:34
td3k QUOTE (Dadoo @ Mar 31 2004, 02:57)I'm put... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 16:59
fingers QUOTE (td3k @ Apr 30 2004, 15:59)They also ma... Thu 13 May 2004, 13:11
Righteous Bullet fingers by 'original' do you mean the Sans... Mon 7 Jun 2004, 19:45
fingers QUOTE (Righteous Bullet @ Jun 7 2004, 18:45)f... Mon 7 Jun 2004, 20:26
sethjacquay Yeah, why isn't Garageband on the list? The P... Thu 8 Jul 2004, 15:17
Dadoo Hey Seth. Thanks for the input. The reason Garageb... Thu 8 Jul 2004, 16:39
shaneblyth QUOTE (sethjacquay @ Jul 8 2004, 14:17)Yeah, ... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 09:42
Dadoo Thanks Shane. I'm not aware of whether or not ... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 19:08
shaneblyth QUOTE (Dadoo @ Jul 16 2004, 18:08)Thanks Shan... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 23:28
garzita I have used Metro, Intuem and Traktion. Intuem ha... Sat 31 Jul 2004, 08:59
Dadoo Thanks for your reply garzita and your input. Your... Sun 1 Aug 2004, 19:20
Ambeintz Dadoo,I use a G3 iBook 600Mhz,with 640 MB of ram..... Sat 2 Oct 2004, 23:10
Dadoo thanks for the information Ambeintz. I'm still... Sat 2 Oct 2004, 23:39
mibrilane I was fortunate enough to catch the Tracktion free... Sun 20 Feb 2005, 05:58
lucky13 Righty heres a question for you all. Garageband co... Tue 9 Aug 2005, 22:48
MacAudioGuy Tracktion ships with quite a few VST Effects and I... Tue 16 Aug 2005, 16:41
Dadoo Tracktion is now up to version 2. It has a lot of ... Tue 4 Oct 2005, 03:47
Uncle Kvetch Here's yet another possibility to add to the m... Sun 13 Nov 2005, 15:55
mortalengines At first I thought, "99bucks is 200 saved.... Tue 15 Nov 2005, 03:30
Uncle Kvetch I fear you're right, mortalengines--and given ... Tue 15 Nov 2005, 15:40
Bubowski For anyone interested in the LogicExpress v. Garag... Thu 17 Nov 2005, 00:50
lepetitmartien Logic makes a much more intelligent use of the ava... Thu 17 Nov 2005, 14:06
Dadoo I see that Intuem has gone to version 3.5 and has ... Sat 24 Dec 2005, 23:02
S.F.Selecta If u want a great DAW just go with Ardour (its fre... Sun 25 Dec 2005, 03:31
beltunabob QUOTE (S.F.Selecta @ Dec 25 2005, 02:31)If u ... Mon 26 Dec 2005, 03:21
TheCatman I know that this is an old thread, and I didn... Wed 1 Mar 2006, 21:39
Dadoo I haven't had success with Audacity. What I do... Thu 2 Mar 2006, 05:40
gogmagog best advice so far on this thread is the bit about... Mon 27 Mar 2006, 16:04
frank88 Hello, I'm new to the MAC. I switched a few w... Thu 31 Dec 2009, 07:28
yikesboy yikesboy has one word for this thread, Cubase 5 (w... Fri 1 Jan 2010, 19:35
Dadoo I voted myself for Tracktion but this is just from... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 00:12
Martinjhoward Hi, I've been looking for a Garageband blog fo... Wed 28 Jan 2009, 07:01
zelen0 I suggest Garageband for simple recordings, and so... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 06:27
PC88 QUOTE (zelen0 @ Sun 1 Feb 2004, 22:27) I... Mon 14 Jul 2008, 02:51
Dadoo thanks for the suggestion of garageband. Unfortuna... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 06:38
editbrain for a beginner...if they had a medium grade comput... Tue 3 Feb 2004, 07:54
zelen0 can't vote, your options don't include Gar... Fri 6 Feb 2004, 09:51
Dadoo thanks zelen0. I appreciate the feedback. I only p... Fri 6 Feb 2004, 18:02
Dadoo So far only Tracktion and Metro have received vote... Sun 8 Feb 2004, 03:46
rcase Just wanted to second or third the previous Trackt... Thu 12 Feb 2004, 17:06
lepetitmartien Dadoo, can you stop bumping this thread? I'm ... Thu 12 Feb 2004, 22:52
HaraldSchneller Maybe, we are not patient enough... I remember a t... Sun 29 Jun 2008, 14:10
HaraldSchneller Thank you moderator 4 delaying this threat Come on... Tue 1 Jul 2008, 01:20
HaraldSchneller [quote name='lepetitmartien' date='Thu... Tue 15 Jul 2008, 05:09
td3k Hands Down Tracktion. I have' nt tried it, but... Fri 13 Feb 2004, 03:59
editbrain i have an idea... to save money the lastest compu... Fri 13 Feb 2004, 04:04
Dadoo Great feedback and suggestions! Fri 13 Feb 2004, 05:00
td3k I DL'd the Demo of Trackion, it is a very cool... Fri 13 Feb 2004, 05:16
dmrkh Dadoo, thanks for doing this poll. I've been s... Thu 19 Feb 2004, 22:12
Dadoo thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if you vote... Fri 20 Feb 2004, 01:39
digikid If your computer will run OS 9, partition the hard... Tue 2 Mar 2004, 16:07
Dadoo I've downloaded Tracktion for OS X and have ju... Wed 17 Mar 2004, 19:52
mortalengines If you are going to go Direct Injection where you ... Sat 11 Aug 2007, 21:30
Meneudo As far as Getting started, with no music experienc... Sat 17 Apr 2004, 01:14
Dadoo Well, here's the update on my experience thus ... Sun 18 Apr 2004, 20:35
Meneudo Heh. Did you set up your preferences in Inteum? ... Sun 18 Apr 2004, 22:22
Dadoo Yes, I did set the preferences. It still didn... Sun 18 Apr 2004, 23:58
editbrain has anyone every heard the saying "time is mo... Mon 19 Apr 2004, 01:49
fingers If you have a G4 iMac try GarageBand - it runs fin... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 10:41
td3k QUOTE (Dadoo @ Mar 31 2004, 02:57)I do have a... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 16:34
td3k QUOTE (Dadoo @ Mar 31 2004, 02:57)I'm put... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 16:59
fingers QUOTE (td3k @ Apr 30 2004, 15:59)They also ma... Thu 13 May 2004, 13:11
Righteous Bullet fingers by 'original' do you mean the Sans... Mon 7 Jun 2004, 19:45
fingers QUOTE (Righteous Bullet @ Jun 7 2004, 18:45)f... Mon 7 Jun 2004, 20:26
sethjacquay Yeah, why isn't Garageband on the list? The P... Thu 8 Jul 2004, 15:17
Dadoo Hey Seth. Thanks for the input. The reason Garageb... Thu 8 Jul 2004, 16:39
shaneblyth QUOTE (sethjacquay @ Jul 8 2004, 14:17)Yeah, ... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 09:42
Dadoo Thanks Shane. I'm not aware of whether or not ... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 19:08
shaneblyth QUOTE (Dadoo @ Jul 16 2004, 18:08)Thanks Shan... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 23:28
garzita I have used Metro, Intuem and Traktion. Intuem ha... Sat 31 Jul 2004, 08:59
Dadoo Thanks for your reply garzita and your input. Your... Sun 1 Aug 2004, 19:20
Ambeintz Dadoo,I use a G3 iBook 600Mhz,with 640 MB of ram..... Sat 2 Oct 2004, 23:10
Dadoo thanks for the information Ambeintz. I'm still... Sat 2 Oct 2004, 23:39
mibrilane I was fortunate enough to catch the Tracktion free... Sun 20 Feb 2005, 05:58
lucky13 Righty heres a question for you all. Garageband co... Tue 9 Aug 2005, 22:48
MacAudioGuy Tracktion ships with quite a few VST Effects and I... Tue 16 Aug 2005, 16:41
Dadoo Tracktion is now up to version 2. It has a lot of ... Tue 4 Oct 2005, 03:47
Uncle Kvetch Here's yet another possibility to add to the m... Sun 13 Nov 2005, 15:55
mortalengines At first I thought, "99bucks is 200 saved.... Tue 15 Nov 2005, 03:30
Uncle Kvetch I fear you're right, mortalengines--and given ... Tue 15 Nov 2005, 15:40
Bubowski For anyone interested in the LogicExpress v. Garag... Thu 17 Nov 2005, 00:50
lepetitmartien Logic makes a much more intelligent use of the ava... Thu 17 Nov 2005, 14:06
Dadoo I see that Intuem has gone to version 3.5 and has ... Sat 24 Dec 2005, 23:02
S.F.Selecta If u want a great DAW just go with Ardour (its fre... Sun 25 Dec 2005, 03:31
beltunabob QUOTE (S.F.Selecta @ Dec 25 2005, 02:31)If u ... Mon 26 Dec 2005, 03:21
TheCatman I know that this is an old thread, and I didn... Wed 1 Mar 2006, 21:39
Dadoo I haven't had success with Audacity. What I do... Thu 2 Mar 2006, 05:40
gogmagog best advice so far on this thread is the bit about... Mon 27 Mar 2006, 16:04
frank88 Hello, I'm new to the MAC. I switched a few w... Thu 31 Dec 2009, 07:28
yikesboy yikesboy has one word for this thread, Cubase 5 (w... Fri 1 Jan 2010, 19:35
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