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
...
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.

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

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

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 :-)

On 14/01/2010 15:01, Keith G wrote:
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'd probably give Audacity a while. Maybe Wavepad but I didn't get on
with the multiple windows/floating toolbars. Twistedwave looks good -
but pricey.

I can't fathom GarageBand, at least for the stuff I do (similar to you).
Curiously, it does work with a Yamaha keyboard I have, but I haven't
gone beyond noticing.

Or there's:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/

and

http://www.pure-mac.com/audio.html

Or Mac's own Logic Studio/Express - people speak highly, but I can't
seem to get into their whole 'workflow' way of going things. I think it
works well if you do things a lot, as a job for example, but it just
seems like too many steps to do one thing to me.

I've stuck with Audacity.

Rob

Rob wrote:
On 14/01/2010 15:01, Keith G wrote:
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'd probably give Audacity a while. Maybe Wavepad but I didn't get on
with the multiple windows/floating toolbars. Twistedwave looks good -
but pricey.

I can't fathom GarageBand, at least for the stuff I do (similar to you).
Curiously, it does work with a Yamaha keyboard I have, but I haven't
gone beyond noticing.

Or there's:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/

and

http://www.pure-mac.com/audio.html

Or Mac's own Logic Studio/Express - people speak highly, but I can't
seem to get into their whole 'workflow' way of going things. I think it
works well if you do things a lot, as a job for example, but it just
seems like too many steps to do one thing to me.

I've stuck with Audacity.

Rob


OK, I've got Audacity recording as I type - still feels and looks like
'toy stuff'...??

We'll see!

Thanks everyone for your replies!!

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....