Garageband on the Mac
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Topic: Garageband on the Mac
Posted By: John McIntyre
Subject: Garageband on the Mac
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 16:35
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I've just seen an acquaintance of mine briefly using Garageband on a Mac. I believe that Garageband comes as a free application with a Mac in the same way that Minesweeper comes with a PC. I'm not prepared to cough up the thick end of £1000 ($1500) for a Mac when I already have a PC. So, is there an equivalent to Garageband for a PC that I can go out and buy? I hope this hasn't already been covered - I did look at previous posts, but you can only go so far back! ------------- I am one of only about 1,800 people in the world with an original M400 Mellotron! |
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Posted By: John McIntyre
Date Posted: October 18 2011 at 17:42
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I know, I'm answering my own question, but a friend of a friend says that a near equivalent is CUBASE (pronounced Q-base or Cube ace) by someone called Steinburg. He says he's going to give me a copy to try. ------------- I am one of only about 1,800 people in the world with an original M400 Mellotron! |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 08:45
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Yeah to be honest other than it's initial easy learning curve Garage band is really nothing special. In fact it is quite limiting when using real mics, the graphic equalizer is horrible, and it just has so many limitations when using REAL instruments and no direct input midi. Cool Edit Pro will give you as much control over your sound files as you could ever imagine, very great 32 band EQ (maybe a bigger one, but I forget). However I did used to load my already mixed files into garage band and fix the levels/panning throughout, but that can also be done in Cool Edit Pro. ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 08:46
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And I am envious of your being 1/1,800 people with an M400. ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 09:22
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I think you're looking for a sequencer to start with. Cool Edit Pro is indeed a great way to start. It's simple, fast, and quite solid. Its editing interface is also much easier to use than other 'sophisticated' DAWs. You would also find Magix Music Studio at a fair price and pretty easy to use. If you plan to go advanced pretty quickly, a good choice is Cubase Essential 4 or 5. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/why-music Prog trio, from ambiant to violence https://soundcloud.com/m0n0-film Film music and production projects https://soundcloud.com/fadisaliba (almost) everything else |
Posted By: John McIntyre
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 16:55
By the way, Mono, I just LOVE the Paris Metro! I could stay on it all day!
Bear in mind that I'm talking about the ORIGINAL 1800 made by Streetly from 1969 - 1987. Mine is serial number 360, dating from 1970. A lot of the 1800 were scrapped by their owners due to their fragility. Rick Wakeman torched 2 of his M400s in his garden at his then home in Switzerland on 5th November 1982. Also, Streetly had to rename their Mellotrons as NOVATRONS, cos of a legal cock-up in the USA.. To complicate matters, someone in Canada (Markus Resch in Calgary???) continued to make Mellotrons to the original spec, AND someone in Sweden did the same thing. ------------- I am one of only about 1,800 people in the world with an original M400 Mellotron! |
mono wrote:Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 17:08
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Mixcraft by Acoustica does much the same thing in a slightly lesser quality. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: tanyaRedii43
Date Posted: May 16 2018 at 09:29
You don;t have to go and buy a paid version of garageband for windows because there's isn't any. Use vmware to install macos on your windows pc and then install garageband on the virtual machine
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Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: May 20 2018 at 09:25
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Your (most likely cracked) copy of Cubase which your friend has given you piddles all over Garageband from a great height. Cubase is massively expensive. Try www.reaper.fm . ------------- |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: July 16 2018 at 14:00
| I use GarageBand for my own original multitrack recordings, prog and otherwise. |
Posted By: TiddK
Date Posted: August 14 2018 at 09:42
| Logic Pro is the musician's choice over Garageband. GB is great for beginners and the like, but it would be like a photographer using iPhoto instead of Lightroom - no contest! |
Posted By: flyingveepixie
Date Posted: September 18 2018 at 03:11
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Garageband is basic but ok. Logic is better. |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: September 28 2018 at 13:05
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$ is what keeps me from upgrading to Logic Pro. But....... I'm a long-time musician, and find that GarageBand does everything I need to produce professional recordings, even of prog. music. Limitations need not get in the way. Even folks like Eno used limitations to their benefit. It's something to only work around, not to be an obstacle.
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Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: September 30 2018 at 07:31
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As I keep saying, Reaper is free. ;-) ------------- |