Garageband "like" software

[Slaphound]

Yep, the 1,700 loops come on one of the two DVD discs that ship with Acid Pro 6. If it's anything like the content that shipped with the version I currently have, it's probably a "taster" collection with a handful of loops from each of their commercially available libraries.

At only $40 each on average (some of them less), the Acid Loop libraries are a pretty good deal, I think (certainly beats the days when I used to fork over $400 a pop for sample libraries for my Kurzweil). Very useful stuff that Acid makes easy to chop up and customize to your needs. Then there are all the third party sources of Acid format loops, including subscription services where you can go on and snag as many loops as you like for a flat fee.

The loops you are talking about are drum loops, Right?

 

[Sean S]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Audacity

I recorded a whole CD with a band on a little digital mixer, then mixed in Audacity...

I think it's easy as GarageBand, if only different...but it's free, so how much can you expect?

saves on $100s in software, or $100-1000s on a mac...although I highly prefer my powerbook

it doesn't have any loops, though...you'd have to cut/copy and past

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[clockworkwar]

Garageband cannot be superseeded by other free software. Audacity is good though.

 

[funkmuffin]

Garageband cannot be superseeded by other free software. Audacity is good though.

All you Mac users (I wish I could join you...), checkout
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Ardour is a full featured DAW, but is open-source, free, and frankly just awesome. It runs in Linux, Mac, and there's a Windows port on the way.

I've yet to see anything in the "less-than-$2K" range that stacks up. It didn't take me very long to get the hang of it.

Garageband is nice for getting comfortable with the recording process, but when you're ready to move up, look at Ardour before you consider Logic.

 

[BassJunkie730]

All you Mac users (I wish I could join you...), checkout
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Ardour is a full featured DAW, but is open-source, free, and frankly just awesome. It runs in Linux, Mac, and there's a Windows port on the way.

I've yet to see anything in the "less-than-$2K" range that stacks up. It didn't take me very long to get the hang of it.

Garageband is nice for getting comfortable with the recording process, but when you're ready to move up, look at Ardour before you consider Logic.

I tried to get ardor online - but my recent version of OSX apparently runs something other than X11 so I cannot get the darn thing to run in that window, and I definitely do not have the patience to build the program from source.

Ugh... I'd really like to use Ardor though.

 

[play4zero]

Nothing like resurrecting the dead. I use Goldwave for manipulating the audio files I create with my Edirol R09. I found Audacity too complex to accomplish what I wanted to do.

Essentially what I'm trying to do (on a shoestring) is mix the recordings I make with the Edirol, i.e. boost the volume change the levels of the various frequencies, etc. Goldwave does that pretty well. Any other cheap suggestions?