Possible Contributor - Needs Software Recommendations.
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- dipseydoodle
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Possible Contributor - Needs Software Recommendations.
Not many of you know I'm sure, but I perform in 2/3 bands and am actually picking a up 4th one soon. I am really wanting to record some tracks for use in mainline and or UMC, I have several instruments ranging from stringed (Guitar (Ovation Celebrity), Electric Guitar (Epiphone SG) Mandolin (Epiphone A style), Bass (Hofner B-Bass), uke (Yahmaha)) to some native-american crafted wind instrument (not sure who made it - it was a gift) Not that the instrument brands matter but I am looking for a relatively reliable recording software for intel mac (10.6) a is similar to Garage Band (loops not needed) and that is free (GPL'd?)
If you can help with this I'd be very grateful, I already have one song that I think could be used for a battle song, however I lack the software. I also have a USB Keyboard so if the software has USB/Midi suport and not just microphone or whatever, it would be a bonus.
Thanks.
If you can help with this I'd be very grateful, I already have one song that I think could be used for a battle song, however I lack the software. I also have a USB Keyboard so if the software has USB/Midi suport and not just microphone or whatever, it would be a bonus.
Thanks.
Re: Possible Contributor - Needs Software Recommendations.
What's your sound card? AC97 or ASIO?
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- dipseydoodle
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Re: Possible Contributor - Needs Software Recommendations.
It appears that MacBook's sound card is built directly into the motherboard from what I have researched. It seems to somebody was interested in developing audio like me and asked over the Apple help forum so really I can't answer that myself. it also seems that the sound card can't be changed...
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Re: Possible Contributor - Needs Software Recommendations.
Have you tried Apple's Logic Pro software yet? It's definitely not free, and certainly not open source, but my brother uses Logic Express 9 (which he got for about $200 US) for MIDI composing, and he says it's far superior to anything else he's tried. There's also Logic Pro, which is more updated and supposedly has better/more professional features compared to the (now extinct Express edition, that is), and is available on the Mac App Store for $200 US (pretty good considering it used to be more than twice that prior to the launch of the App Store). The price might be a turn off, but it's essentially a much better version of Garageband that allows you to do a lot more in the way of recording/mixing/mastering, so it might be worth the investment if you're serious about recording.dipseydoodle wrote:I am looking for a relatively reliable recording software for intel mac (10.6) a is similar to Garage Band (loops not needed) and that is free (GPL'd?)
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- dipseydoodle
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Re: Possible Contributor - Needs Software Recommendations.
Thanks for the recommendation. My question though, is if you can release what you created under GPL or whatever else.