cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x

Professional audio recording and studio engineering, post #45,533
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 adam79
 2008-07-05 14:43:31
 cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x
hey. i have pro tools le, but sometimes i write a song and just wanna
program that i can run, use the built in speaker on my macbook pro, and
be able to record an initial guitar track, overdub a vocal, maybe a lead
track.. something i can boot up fast so i can record a song quickly..
(before i switched to the mac i used a program called n-track that's
only for windows and it worked perfectly.)

it doesn't have to have any bells or whistles, freeware would be
preferable..

thanks,
-adam
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 audioaesthetic@gmail.com
 2008-07-05 12:08:04
 Re: cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x
On Jul 5, 2:43 pm, adam79 <[email protected]> wrote:
> hey. i have pro tools le, but sometimes i write a song and just wanna
> program that i can run, use the built in speaker on my macbook pro, and
> be able to record an initial guitar track, overdub a vocal, maybe a lead
> track.. something i can boot up fast so i can record a song quickly..
> (before i switched to the mac i used a program called n-track that's
> only for windows and it worked perfectly.)
>
> it doesn't have to have any bells or whistles, freeware would be
> preferable..
>
> thanks,
> -adam

all new macs come with Garage Band, so you already have a free program
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 adam79
 2008-07-06 14:42:01
 Re: cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x
[email protected] wrote:
> On Jul 5, 2:43 pm, adam79 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> all new macs come with Garage Band, so you already have a free program

cool. this works perfect. never even thought to go into the garageband
settings and set them to the built in audio.

is there a program that can record from the built in sound card (i.e. if
i was watching a movie and i wanted to record a quote that's being
playing through the built-in sound card).

thanks again. HUGE help!!

-Adam
[email protected]
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 audioaesthetic@gmail.com
 2008-07-06 12:56:34
 Re: cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x
On Jul 6, 2:42 pm, adam79 <[email protected]> wrote:

> is there a program that can record from the built in sound card (i.e. if
> i was watching a movie and i wanted to record a quote that's being
> playing through the built-in sound card).

Rogue Amoeba - Audio Hijack Pro: Record any audio on Mac OS X
< http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ >
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 Scott Dorsey
 2008-07-05 16:24:23
 Re: cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x
adam79 <[email protected]> wrote:
>hey. i have pro tools le, but sometimes i write a song and just wanna
>program that i can run, use the built in speaker on my macbook pro, and
>be able to record an initial guitar track, overdub a vocal, maybe a lead
>track.. something i can boot up fast so i can record a song quickly..
>(before i switched to the mac i used a program called n-track that's
>only for windows and it worked perfectly.)
>
>it doesn't have to have any bells or whistles, freeware would be
>preferable..

Try Audacity. It feels like a 2-track application that someone has grafted
some multitrack stuff onto, but it will do what you want and is free.

Or Garage Band....
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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 Lucky
 2008-07-07 01:04:22
 Re: cheap, no thrills, multi-track recording software for mac os x
adam79 wrote:

> hey. i have pro tools le, but sometimes i write a song and just wanna
> program that i can run, use the built in speaker on my macbook pro,


Built in mic maybe?