Recording Music on to a MAC
RAJ
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So the PC is history in my house. I bought a iMAC last night for home and plan to use it primarily for recording music. I've been using Garage Band on my lap top and it's good for what it is.. but I was looking for something a little more grown and sexy. My impression of Pro Tools is that it's for professionals and you need a big G5 Tower to get down. I was looking for sounthing like Sonic Foundry's ACID... but I see that Sony gobbled them up and am not able to find even a MAC version of it. I am rambling.What are my options foo!?
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Nah! I'd go with Pro-tools.
If it's for drums recording session, this is perfect.
i hate the way it sounds-dodoo on a stick and cold
logic-owned by MAC now-a real pain in the ass to use and un logical as hell
a finely honed technical program that will do everything but is unusable without the manual/memorizing perfunctory steps everytime you make a move
a true german nightmare
nuendo=bingo -sounds great and it is very intuitive and super fun to use
my fave
sound forge just started multi track recording
audacity is free and it works fine
as you well know shityy is pretty-see those super on point articles gabe roth penned in big daddy issues 4-5
dude i know you are recording drums/funk
you will never get that butter tone without tape.
even if you usea cassette 4 track it will be waaay more authentic than anything you convert into 1s and zeros in slow tools.
also many studios /people are offing unused 8 track 1/2 inch and 1 inch machines for cheap in favor of pro tools.
i have a tascam tsr-8 and it sounds like a studer!!
there is no comparison ,especially for drums
Mega
But is there a straight Mac OSX version? I run my PC version through boot-camp, but that feels unholy and I??d rather have a mac version to avoid the lag. Oh and I??d also rather not pay the DIZZYING amount of money it costs... so any help on this?
Cheers
- J
yes it will run on 10.2 or higher
i have a legal copy that has been lisenced to 2 computers
i don't have a cracked copy
if i did i would send it to you........really
Logic Express is nice because you can use any audio input, vs Pro Tools you gotta have the Digidesign (or M-Audio, if you have Pro Tools M-Powered) hardware... But PT is the gold standard... Logic is dope because it has notation, recording, loops etc, and PT is pretty much straight up recording, they have put new MIDI stuff in, but it doesn't seem like it is as good for looping/software instruments... Plus Logic Express is only $300... Get a decent USB or Firewire audio input with Mic-Pre-amp and you are good to go!
Just my 2 cents!
Peace
DJ Zest
Thanks for further convincing me to NOT spend a grand on that software
If you are just recording vinyl to MP3 then hell, Audacity or Audio HiJack Pro is sweet too...
If you are recording a band or MCs: Pro Tools is hard to escape, cuz it works, I agree it sounds tinny/digital but you can use a lot of ways to get some good analog warmth to your mixdown...
Has any one used the Mackie Tracktion deal? Also MOTU products are good...
Peace
DJ Zest