I just got back onto Mac for some of my workload. Of course, I’m taking advantage of the goodies that come with it that have nothing to do with my job…
One such morsel is Garageband. Although I’ve got a ton of software experience in various professions, I’m not all that savvy with recording programs. Not so much because of the programs themselves, but because I’m pretty ignorant about all that goes into recording. I have used a bunch of them though. I started with a $25 eBay resale of Cakewalk’s Guitar Tracks (v.1). Really easy to use which was great, but pretty limited in it’s features. My neighbor was teaching me how to use Project 5 so we could record together, but it was over my head and I didn’t want to put the time into learning it. And of course, I’ve seen Pro Tools unleashed in the studio.
Garageband is right up my alley. It’s very easy to get everything in place, simple to add/modify/edit your stuff, and the bonus is how it’s integrated with iTunes.
Anyway, after getting back-in-mac, I spent 2 hours in Garageband (mainly seeing how performance would be – I’m on a Macbook vs. the Macbook Pro I was using previously).
Here’s the outcome of my little one man jam band session. Stick with it, it gets fun starting around 34 seconds in…
[removed - see "two hours redux" post for audio]
