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Offline juSe

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A new Mac user looking for help
« on: July 30, 2011, 08:58:37 PM »
Ok Folks,

Got a question for all of my Mac users out there.  I just purchased a MacBook Pro 13" i5 this week *Praise Break in Eb* and am looking for advice.  I purchased it for school (which I start in 4 weeks) and am looking to also use it for recording and live mixing purposes.  I am wondering what softwares you cats are using for mixing?  I am looking for something that I can use live on stage to run a monitor mix out of and potentially mix a live show from.  I do have Garage Band on it but am not sure what all I can do with it (yet).

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2011, 09:06:51 PM »
I suggest you start w/GarageBand. It's already there, and will get you up to speed on recording + playback.
For live situations many Mac users use Abelton Live. There are downloadable demos on the Abelton site...
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2011, 02:38:35 PM »
Garageband is definitely a good start. I myself skipped it completely and went straight to using Logic (deleted Garageband completely to free up some hard drive space) but I hear that both applications are similar.
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2011, 09:37:35 PM »
Quote from: DeeMee on August 01, 2011, 02:38:35 PM
Garageband is definitely a good start. I myself skipped it completely and went straight to using Logic (deleted Garageband completely to free up some hard drive space) but I hear that both applications are similar.


Yes, Logic's good. Maybe start w/GarageBand if you are new to music software, or go right to Logic Pro if you have experience...
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2011, 01:14:38 PM »
You may also want to send a PM to SirTJ, ArkhamsFinest, and 3rdDay. I'm sure there are a lot of folks that use Macs for that kind of stuff, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

And btw, hey stranger!!!! :-*
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2011, 10:00:25 PM »
Hey Juse!!  Congrats on the investment!!  What I use especially for Live performances is Ableton Live!!!  I absolutely love it for live applications.  You can manually trigger loops, sequences, tracks, etc.  I actually have it hooked up to SPD-S to trigger each song.  You can also use the SPD-S and trigger locations.  For example, I didn't have a pianist at my church and actually recorded all the tracks for the sequences run at church.  What I did was put locators on for example, Intro, Verse 1, Verse 2, Chorus 1, Chorus 2, Coda, etc. and then assigned specific pads for each locator.   So if the PW leader wanted to go back to the Chorus, I could always go back without any issues.  Hope this helps.  Also, for mixing purposes, you can't go wrong with Protools or Logic.  Take care and God Bless.

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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2011, 05:44:18 AM »
Does Garageband have the ability to put 'clicks' in a song? I tried it once but it was hard. Though alot of videos i watched on Youtube, drummers have a macbook beside them and i think theyre using Garageband.

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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2011, 09:59:16 AM »
Yes, GarageBand and Band-in-a-box have the ability to put clicks in. It might be found under 'Metronome'. I usually use one of the Drum Loops to record to, although you can record one of the drum sounds (stick click) every beat for a lead-in...
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2011, 01:08:26 PM »
I haven't really use Garage Band but Logic has a great feature for live performances called MainStage...It's definitely worth looking into
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2011, 11:01:09 PM »
I've done all of my live shows running Pro Tools. Had about 20 or so tracks going with a drummer mix and such.

Digital Performer is actually the best one to run stuff through that program refuses to crash. just make your tracks in something else and run it in digital performer.
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2011, 12:20:37 AM »
can Digital Performer import from Logic? Am thinking about cross-platform apps...
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Re: A new Mac user looking for help
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2011, 01:48:49 AM »
Ableton live is a good one! We use that ....
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