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AlexI
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Posted: 10th Jun 2006 10:22
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Has any one ver use garage band (its on a mac)?? I used it at school, the school finaly bought something usefull! Any way its really cool becuase you can trag small little record pecies of music onto you track and then once you have added loads of them it sounds amazing! Does anyone know if theres any software like garageband but for windows??
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Lukas W
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Posted: 10th Jun 2006 14:46
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i think E-Jay did something similar to that. but i don't remeber the name of it :/

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Posted: 10th Jun 2006 15:34 Edited at: 10th Jun 2006 15:37
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http://www.cakewalk.com

large selection of stuff there

My wife uses mac and has garage band which I messed around with. seems to be geared towards looping/tracking/recording. The equiv product from cakewalk for windows would be SONAR Home Studio 4 XL which I have been using for about a month - omg.

If asked to compare, I'd say HS blows GB out of the water, but thats just mho. I think the cw site wanted $229.00 for hs4xl but I went online and got it from guitar center for $159.00. If youre doing looping youll want xl since it includes a load of samples. If you're doing tracking (audio/midi) then you can save a few dollars and skip the xl bit and just get sonar hs 4.

I am doing strictly Audio tracking (and maybe midi too) but I am not intersted in loops etc so just going on that I found HS4XL perfect for me. Cake has a ton of packages geared towards certain tasks so you may not even want anything in the HS family - read up on their site.

But as with anything, research everything before you buy anything

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AlexI
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Posted: 11th Jun 2006 13:33
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Thanks CattleRustler, that website looks good at the moment I am downloading some trials of there site


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Posted: 11th Jun 2006 17:29
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cool

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Posted: 11th Jun 2006 18:54
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theres a pretty neat recording app called audocity which is free
a bit simple, but it suits me and allows for layering.
do a google.

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Posted: 11th Jun 2006 22:34
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its audacity iirc

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Posted: 11th Jun 2006 23:48
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Ableton Live 5 sounds like what you're looking for - but beware, it's not some piddily ejay proggy, it's a full on DAW and loop based sequencer with full VST/VSTi support. Blows garageband out of the water, as well.


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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 10:14
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the easiest thing to use to me is acoustica mp3 audio mixer costs like $20 but its not very powerful and no sound editing except for pan and volume

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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 14:26
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you get what you pay for

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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 15:03
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protools 5 is free for mac os 9 and win98se
there are heaps of software for pcs when it comes to audio.

cubase / protools / soundforge being the larger monolithic monsters that if professional
are worth investing in.

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AlexI
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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 18:08
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I Downloaded that trial but is not quite what i am looking for, Basically i want a program like which in garage band on mac's theres a selection differnt pre-recorded music such as drum beats and little tunes and you drag them onto your music.
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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 18:13
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Go with a ejay product, then, if all you want is to be able to arrange premade loops together.


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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 18:39 Edited at: 12th Jun 2006 18:39
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do you mean on of these products?
http://www.ejay.com/software/search.asp


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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 20:26 Edited at: 12th Jun 2006 20:28
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yep, ejay, acid, cakewalk, etc etc can be used to do loops like GB - but GB also lets you line-in instruments and record tracks as well. This is what Cakewalk SONAR Home Studio 4 XL does as well as unlimited midi, and looping etc. Its the complete package. If you want simple drag and drop looping and dont plan to any audio/midi tracking then EJay might be what you want and the packages are very inexpensive. Not to mention there is a plethora of web resources for looping, just have research session with google.

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AlexI
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Posted: 12th Jun 2006 20:32
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does
Quote: "ejay, acid, cakewalk, etc "
come with pre-recorded tunes, or do u have to buy them speratley


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they are usually preloaded with samples/loops parts, that you string together as a start. Then you can buy and/or download other libraries of samples/loops and build your arsenal.

I noticed that in general youre allergic to google - take a pill and go

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