Any Mac users here who can point me straight the no-question best (free
would be nice) audio recording software for my Mac mini?

I downloaded Audacity the other day but took fright from the look of it
and unloaded it again, but might give it another go if anyone told me it
was the best option...??

TIA.

Keith G wrote:

Any Mac users here who can point me straight the no-question best (free
would be nice) audio recording software for my Mac mini?

I downloaded Audacity the other day but took fright from the look of it
and unloaded it again, but might give it another go if anyone told me it
was the best option...??

GarageBand is already on it.

I have no idea what 'best' means in the context of your requirements.

Daniele

D.M. Procida wrote:
Keith G wrote:

Any Mac users here who can point me straight the no-question best (free
would be nice) audio recording software for my Mac mini?

I downloaded Audacity the other day but took fright from the look of it
and unloaded it again, but might give it another go if anyone told me it
was the best option...??

GarageBand is already on it.



I looked at it and it didn't look suitable....??




I have no idea what 'best' means in the context of your requirements.



Creating wavs (and possibly MP3s as a bonus, but not essential) from
microphone recordings and 'digitising' vinyl.

"Keith G" wrote in message
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D.M. Procida wrote:
Keith G wrote:

Any Mac users here who can point me straight the no-question best (free
would be nice) audio recording software for my Mac mini?

I downloaded Audacity the other day but took fright from the look of it
and unloaded it again, but might give it another go if anyone told me it
was the best option...??

GarageBand is already on it.



I looked at it and it didn't look suitable....??




I have no idea what 'best' means in the context of your requirements.



Creating wavs (and possibly MP3s as a bonus, but not essential) from
microphone recordings and 'digitising' vinyl.

I haven't personally used Garage Band (Macs are the work of the Devil as far
as I'm concerned....;-) ) but some of my colleagues with Macs use it a lot,
so it obviously works OK.

I use Audacity and Cool Edit 2000 myself, and both are quite suitable for
your application. Audacity has a useful declicking and noise-reduction
facility which was an option on Cool Edit, but I never got it to work
properly.

As Audacity if free, I suggest you have another look at it and compare it
with Garage Band and use whichever you get on best with.

S.

Serge Auckland wrote:


As Audacity if free, I suggest you have another look at it and compare
it with Garage Band and use whichever you get on best with.

Audacity is simpler than GarageBand and will save as .wav [plus AAC,
AIFF, MP3] if you feel you really must.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

Keith G wrote:


Creating wavs (and possibly MP3s as a bonus, but not essential) from
microphone recordings and 'digitising' vinyl.

Why would anyone _want_ to create a .wav file when there are so many
lossless formats out there?

If it's simply from a mic then Audio Hijack should do it - either from
the mic or from anything else plugged in - and will also capture
streamed on the computer. It saves as either MP3, AAC, AIFF giving you a
choice of quality and is [fairly] simple to use.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:01:17 +0000, Keith G
wrote:

GarageBand is already on it.



I looked at it and it didn't look suitable....??

I think there's a perfectly functional audio recorder underneath all
that "make a collage of samples" stuff. Trouble is, Macs aren't
aimed at creative people, just at wannabe creatives who lack any
skills :-)

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:01:17 +0000, Keith G
wrote:

GarageBand is already on it.


I looked at it and it didn't look suitable....??

I think there's a perfectly functional audio recorder underneath all
that "make a collage of samples" stuff. Trouble is, Macs aren't
aimed at creative people, just at wannabe creatives who lack any
skills :-)



I don't claim to have any 'skills' but I seem to be importing non-Mac
software for the jobs I need to do! iPhoto is a handy, simple/simplistic
prog for dealing with my snaps, but I haven't really gone with any other
of the bundled Mac software yet!

That said (Rob) I do like the machine a lot - it's nippy, neat and has a
clean-looking front end with a much better 'feel' than 'bloaty' old
Windows Vista!!


Early daze....

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:11:11 +0000, Keith G
wrote:

I don't claim to have any 'skills' but I seem to be importing non-Mac
software for the jobs I need to do! iPhoto is a handy, simple/simplistic
prog for dealing with my snaps, but I haven't really gone with any other
of the bundled Mac software yet!

That said (Rob) I do like the machine a lot - it's nippy, neat and has a
clean-looking front end with a much better 'feel' than 'bloaty' old
Windows Vista!!

"Bloat" always makes me think of a Mac, with those inflatable icons
:-) I'm sure it can be configured not to do this. Even Vista is
pretty configurable too. What's important is how it behaves when
you're in an application. On Mac I'd be paying for a suite of
entry-level "creative" applications that I don't want or need. I
guess that's "bloat" as well.

On 14/01/2010 17:11, Keith G wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:01:17 +0000, Keith G
wrote:

GarageBand is already on it.


I looked at it and it didn't look suitable....??

I think there's a perfectly functional audio recorder underneath all
that "make a collage of samples" stuff. Trouble is, Macs aren't
aimed at creative people, just at wannabe creatives who lack any
skills :-)



I don't claim to have any 'skills' but I seem to be importing non-Mac
software for the jobs I need to do! iPhoto is a handy, simple/simplistic
prog for dealing with my snaps, but I haven't really gone with any other
of the bundled Mac software yet!

That said (Rob) I do like the machine a lot - it's nippy, neat and has a
clean-looking front end with a much better 'feel' than 'bloaty' old
Windows Vista!!


Splendid!


Early daze....


Indeed - it is all a different way of doing things. I use very little
non-OS Apple software - iPhoto, iTunes, that's about it.