Garage BAnd?

[metalliviper]

is the computer program Garage Band any good? im not looking for studio quality just enough to get a good sound out of it and recording..

[pos69sum]

it's good enough for that. check out icompositions.com to hear some really impressive tracks made on garageband

[jacksonjs30]

i played around with it on a kid in my class' lap top it didnt seem like there was anyway to record guitar into it you could only use the stuff they had recorded in there but then again i didnt have a mic or anything to try it with

[pos69sum]

you can record guitar w GB if you have a usb or firewire interface (+a mic if you want to record an acoustic)

garageband is basically the lite lite version of logic

[Wylde_Overdrive]

The school that I attend has Macintosh computers, with GarageBand. I love that program. Is it available for PC, because that is what I own at home?

[FreCKo]

Originally posted by pos69sum
you can record guitar w GB if you have a usb or firewire interface (+a mic if you want to record an acoustic)

garageband is basically the lite lite version of logic

I'm guessing that you can record by micing an amp as well? maybe an dumb question, but I know nothing about recording, and I'll probably buy some smaller recording-gear to get some ideas on the computer...

Oh, sorry if I hijacked the thread... :o

[sirterrapin]

Originally posted by FreCKo
I'm guessing that you can record by micing an amp as well? maybe an dumb question, but I know nothing about recording, and I'll probably buy some smaller recording-gear to get some ideas on the computer...

Oh, sorry if I hijacked the thread... :o
Yup, you can do that. Of course, mic'ing an amp with a computer mic will just give you a big wall of overloaded mic preamp noise, so you'd need to get a soundcard or external mic interface.

[aficky]

I don't think you even need firewire or usb, my comp has a mic-in jack so i'm guessing if i could find a little piece that connect instrument cable to a 1/8in. (i think) plug in, then i could just go straight into the comp from the guitar

[/\/\usic/\/\an]

Its good for getting ideas down quickly and easily, but if u want something to record and master well with i would go with something better...

[kiki_90291]

+1

It's a very easy tool to learn and use, so good for throwing ideas together, but somewhat limited if you want to do more elaborate/elegant things.

Not available on PC, but Ableton Live (expensive) and Acid (cheap) are and do similar things (I'm not sure if you can record into Acid).