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Garage Band versus Soundtrack

This was the only real positive thing about the keynote for me. i think that GarageBand is a great offering that fills a good sized niche for folks who don't need a big scalable daw but want to do an ep or a demo either backing themselves up with virtual instruments or tracking their band.

also, AU support is a pleasant surprise.

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This post has been edited by wlevin: Wed 7 Jan 2004, 01:24

I am also excited about this release. Like many others on this forurm, I am sure, I began with synthesizers when their connections to computers was in it's infancy. I used to have Sequential Circuits woefully under powered "Six Trac" whihc was one of the first MIDI keyboards introduced. I went on to other pieces of equipment and settled with VISION whihc alos became an anacronism. I am a MIDI hobbyist, but the announcement od GarageBand was music to my ears. I simple couldn't justify the cost of CUBASE for my humble needs.
I have ordered GargeBand and the JAMPACK. I hope to share my experiences and questions here.
I am also surprised that I could not find the Keystation 49e listed among the products at m-audio <http://www.m-audio.com>. My keyboards are aging and the small one I was planning to use with GarageBand (DX-100) does not send velocity sensitivity. I am thinking of cancelling my order of the 49e and ordering the Oxegen8. Anyone using it?

i would go for a pcr-30 from edirol. or at least consider it.

way more controls and adjusting knobs and sliders on screen with knobs and sliders in real life is handy in lots of apps.

Does anybody know how many audio tracks Garage Band can record? And what about bits? 24/96? Can it import MIDI tracks? With velocity?

If so to all those things Garage Band could be useful. I've looked on the Garage Band page and can't find those specs.

i think it was 64 tracks of audio. not sure what bitrate and freq.

i remember somebody saying you could only automate volume though. but it's not going to be a real daw- that's not the point, ya know?

Yeah, you can clearly see the volume automation features in the screenshots. Very cool.

And I agree, not a real DAW but it's something that may make a great, great sketchpad even for the rest of us. Just like sometimes I like to write ideas in TextEdit and not Word!

i totally agree with that completely, i'm looking forward to seeing if it's just faster to use for me than dp because i'm not a poweruser like some of the folks here and right now i'm just recording rough cuts of jazz standards to send to my bassist friend as mp3s.