Click to expand.They do. I use both along with a third, Audio In, when I record interviews over Skype. Wd passport backup software for mac. Audacity seems to screw up sound on my Mac hence the use of Audio In (with Soundflower and LineIn) for recording. I use Audacity (on FreeBSD usually) to edit the resulting AIFF file which I then export for importing into Garageband if I want to add other stuff and finishing touches. Garageband works well for recording but it appears to be limited to around 33 minutes (at least for editing) so it's useless when my interviews run to 1 hour or more. Audacity also allows for more fine grained editing, at least it's easier to use Audacity. Garageband makes working with blocks of sounds very easy but Audacity is the better editior for fine grained control. GarageBand is the easiest way to create a great-sounding song on your Mac. Add realistic, impeccably produced and performed drum grooves to your song with Drummer. Easily shape the sound of any instrument in the Sound Library with Smart Controls. I think that's the best way to sum up. I use both along with a third, Audio In, when I record interviews over Skype. Audacity seems to screw up sound on my Mac hence the use of Audio In (with Soundflower and LineIn) for recording. I use Audacity (on FreeBSD usually) to edit the resulting AIFF file which I then export for importing into Garageband if I want to add other stuff and finishing touches. Garageband works well for recording but it appears to be limited to around 33 minutes (at least for editing) so it's useless when my interviews run to 1 hour or more. Audacity also allows for more fine grained editing, at least it's easier to use Audacity. Garageband makes working with blocks of sounds very easy but Audacity is the better editior for fine grained control. I think that's the best way to sum up. Of course you said it better than I did. Click to expand.Thank you, both Andy's, I think you have made me realise there are no shortcuts to understanding Audio processing which I guess should come as no surprise to me:-/ Perhaps you could give me a pointer to a *relatively* easy way to achieve what I want to do? In a nutshell, we want to produce a little PodCast from time to time. I want to be able to record from a Microphone and then be able to cut out bits here and there. Also I'll need to add other bits here and there, like backing tracks, promo's etc. Can I do that all in GarageBand by sticking the audio files at different places? I'll also hit Google tonight as I plainly need to go out there and find some kind of 'dummies' guide. Click to expand.I'll tell you what I do and you can make up your own mind whether to read it or not. ) If it's just me I use Garageband but only because of the poition of the Mac (more comfortable seating by my Mac) and because I don't record anything over 30 mins. I record in short segments so I can redo rather than edit if I'm not happy. It's rare that I can save a screwed up segment by editing. Microstrategy office excel for mac. If I'm working with someone else, either over Skype or locally, I use Audio In on my Mac then import into Audacity (as I said, usually on FreeBSD but I could use my Mac instead) for editing then import the edit into Garageband to add further comments, sounds or music. That last stage is optional. If I'm not going to add anything I just export the MP3 directly from Audacity. Click to expand.Yes, that'll do what you need, although Andy seems to have more experience. I have tended to convert audio to different formats, and specifically vinyl to digital, attending to the faults on a track is best done manually, and for that I found Audacity a damned good tool, and GB a useless one. In your case, I suspect you might simply need to record and manipulate the tracks. For which GB will do you, Audacity will probably be a bit overkill. You might even be able to do something in iMovie too, that can add multiple sound tracks (3), and cross fade and what-not. There is an option to extract audio.
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