I would like to use a software program, preferably cross-
platform, that would allow me to record and edit songs
with family over the internet. Does such an entity exist?

What I envision is recording guitar music/vocals and
posting the music to a website. Family members would
then download the file, add their own music tracks using
the same software and repost to website.

(preferably inexpensive, and at least Mac platform)

Thanks for help!

This post has been edited by dcwzb: Sun 21 Sep 2003, 01:27

Well, there are several different ways to go with this. The challenge would be getting all your family to adopt the same software/hardware/level of personal expertise. That could prove to be a tall order getting everyone on the same system (read: spend the same amount of moola).
One way to go: You could all invest in, say, Pro Tools LE with everyone owning Pro Tools LE and an mBox ($450-ish)for in/outs
(http://www.bayviewproaudio.com/digidesign_mbox.html and http://digidesign.com/products/mbox/).
With this system, you could be using a Mac and your cousin using a PC --both using Pro Tools.
You could, for example, start a PT session at your home, recording guitar and vocals to a click track (important step), then you could email the session file (which is pretty small) to your bro-in-law in Poughkeepsie so he can add a drum track and percussion on his G5 Mac with Pro Tools. Then you would have to also upload your current audio takes (of guitar and voc) to an FTP site that the whole family shares access to. Bro-in-law would then download the audio takes you uploaded, import them into the session file you emailed him, and then he can get his drum tracks added.
He, then, could save the file and email the session file to your great Aunt Gladys in Anchorage using her Dual Pentium 2GHz PC. She, in turn, downloads the uploaded audio takes from the FTP site (guitar, vocs, & now drums), and imports them into her session file that was emailed to her. She can now play that lead tin whistle part on new track. ....And so forth.

There's also another way to go, where you all subscribe to an Internet network such as rocketnetwork, which costs fees I think. In this scenario, the main session file stays in one place while different people add new tracks and takes. I'm not sure of the details, so you may want to investigate, but the first scenario may be better for you.

Good luck.

i think rocket network went under.

i was thinking of doing the same thing with friends. our idea was to do it over an ftp connection where one person can upload a track, then anyone can take it and do what they want with it, then uploading it backto the ftp. from what i know you don't need to all be using the same sequencing programs.