 Best Multi-Track Recording Software For Newbies, Simple, effective, inexpensive, for OS X |
 Fri 30 Jan 2004, 06:48
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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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Thu 31 Dec 2009, 07:28
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 31-Dec 09 From: Spring - US Member No.: 112,234 |
Hello,
I'm new to the MAC. I switched a few weeks ago from the PC. So first of all I have never heard of the 4 applications mentioned. I was not aware that Garage Band was such a hog resource wise as it is bundled with some modest MACs. I bought the new MAC MINI with the 4 Gig Mem and 360 gb drive. I also run logic 9 and I haven't noticed any slow downs on any of the examples. So if I "were" to vote, if you are buying now from scratch -- learn on Garageband but make sure you get the necessary memory. Although Apple claims that Garageband works fine in their new less specified MAC MINI that has 2 Gig and a smaller drive but for the $200 difference it seemed worth it for me not to have to pay for an expensive upgrade later. One comment. I thought latency might be a problem but first trying directly through to the speakers I didn't notice much -- maybe 20 ms. I put on my M-Audio USB Pre Audio interface and it lowered latency to 6 ms. So if you have a lot of tracks I would think that reducing latency might help things along. I hear that an external Firewire Drive might speed things up but I'm I little skeptical that money invested would warrant performance gained. Please this is not advice, as I am a rookie. These are just initial observations based on my years struggling with PC apps like Sonar. Frank |
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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 Dadoo Have had a bit of time to try out Tracktion for Ma... Wed 31 Mar 2004, 07:57 Stuarta Traktion is a great piece of software and relative... Sat 11 Aug 2007, 01:13 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 yikesboy yikesboy has one word for this thread, Cubase 5 (w... Fri 1 Jan 2010, 19:35 |
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