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Varix
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This isn't exactly programming, but does anyone know of a garageband ish program for windows? Ive seen acid, but its kind of expensive. I was hoping for something free, or a lite version, but cheap is ok too.
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jinzai
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 04:27 Edited at: 12th Sep 2006 04:27
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I am not sure that I understand your question correctly, but I assume that you want to record and mix tracks, use MIDI, and add effects like reverb, echo, chorus, etc. I like Voyetra Digital Orchestrator for that. Cakewalk is very popular, too. There is a program called SoundForge that is free to try. To find free stuff, use search tools. Those are all under $100, I think.

BTW...it is not even programming. (Maybe you should ask if anyone has worked on this type of project....audio mixers/synths/sequencers.)
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Phaelax
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 09:04
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I have a very very old verson of Voyetra. Bought it for Windows 3.1! My friend got a later version for win95, both have easy to learn interfaces. As for Cakewalk, I've tried it off and on and year after year I hate it all the same.

SoundForge is nice, I've used it to mix tracks a few times.

You can also try Audacity, depending on what you want to do.

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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 15:29
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Garage band encompasses MIDI, Loops, and Audio Track recording. A similar product for pc is Cakewalk SONAR Home Studio - its not free. I doubt you'll find a full featured free product that does everything GB does (all in one app). Let us know if you do.

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Hawkeye
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You might try KRYSTAL Audio Engine - it's free and does pretty much everything that gb does.


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Varix
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 23:57
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ok, im trying krystal. Sorry for posting on programming, but theres no where else to post it.
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Posted: 13th Sep 2006 01:32
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this should be moved to geek forum

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Varix
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hey, in krystal, is there like a visual keyboard to record from?
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Hawkeye
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No - but you can record from a microphone directly into an audio track (I think - it's been a while).


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haha SONAR?! Yu will be looking at aroun 600-800 USD. Weve got SONAR 4 Producer edition over here, nice stuff but very advanced.

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jinzai
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Varix, the screen kbd approach is used in most of these types of programs. It is a popular way of inputting normally transcribed music. Ther is also a piano roll technique that is fast. I have done the beginning of "Riders On The Storm" about a dozen times, starting in DOS 5.0 . Yes, I have used Voyetra's products for a long time. I agree about Cakewalk. Everyone tells me to use it, but...I hate it, too. I got a program and midi files from Voyetra with an 8-bit Soundblaster. The last time I bought Digital Orchestrator (2001), it was about $70. That is very reasonable for the functionality. You get a mixer that can handle any type of audio, or MIDI, or synth track. You can even record live to the mixer console! I used to plug into the PA monitor line out, and record live music. (Of course, it was all performed by the original artist, and all of that....) You can also add effects, and create them, too. Plus, all of the MIDI banks, and drums! Add a decent Yamaha kbd, and you are set for under $300.
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Posted: 13th Sep 2006 15:18
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Quote: "haha SONAR?! Yu will be looking at aroun 600-800 USD"


sonar home studio 4 (which I have) is not that expensive, iirc you can pick it up not for 229 usd like on cake's site, but for 179 usd over the web (Musicians Friend). Thats what I did.

but thats moot I guess, since he needs the free route - oh well

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if you really wanted to as a cheap alternative you can get cakewalk music creator 2 it's around 40 bucks. you should try to get it at like staples or office max. there are some synq issues but nothing that cn be worked around. I personaly user acid pro.

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@CR - Wow, Sonar Home Studio looks sweet. I think I'll have to have an important conversation with my wife tonight


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Matt Rock
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We use Cool Edit Pro, but it isn't exactly cheap. Actually, I think it's probably the most expensive piece of software I've ever purchased lol. But it does everything I need it to do, hehe.


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Jeku
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Posted: 14th Sep 2006 10:04
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But isn't that just an editor? Not really a sequencer, right?


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Matt Rock
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Posted: 14th Sep 2006 10:11
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It has a sequencer plugin for midi but I've never used it. With real instruments I'm pretty decent, but with midi, blah, for whatever reason the plugin and Cakewalk and midi in general always confuses me lol. We use Cool Edit to clean up music tracks and record VAT's and whatnot, extremely useful for that stuff. I guess I didn't really understand the question hehe.


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Posted: 14th Sep 2006 18:29
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Quote: " think I'll have to have an important conversation with my wife tonight "

Lol

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Ooh, I hadn't realized Garage Band did Midis! Whole new realms of possibility are opening in front of me...*floats away on a cloud of apple coloured ecstasy*

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