Perl is not ugly. Damian -- God love him -- is just trying to hype what he thinks is an improvement. I think Perl is beautiful, as do many others. Not as beautiful as Damian in a swimsuit, but what is?
I agree on both counts; if there were something new, though, I'd post it. Just yesterday someone submitted a link to an article from this week that said, there were class action lawsuits filed against Apple in December! Ooooooo.
Many people, I imagine, will be either working on stuff they wanted to do anyway, or taking the opportunity to learn something they've wanted to learn. It's not about getting paid for your time, it's about doing something you enjoy, and possibly getting a reward for it.
Heh, yeah, I thought you were just misunderstanding. Yeah, I am not being a snob, except against that original poster, who was being a snob against people who use GarageBand.
You think that is what the original author meant when they wrote, "GarageBand is snoozeware for the iPod generation who think that music comes in a small white-and-chrome can and only need be served lukewarm for public consumption"? That they were saying GOOD things about GarageBand?
Re:Connecting your Guitar
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Check out the "GarageBand Demo" on http://homepage.mac.com/pudge/. I just did that with electric guitar -> cable -> 1/2" mono to 1/4" mono adapter -> iMic. The adapter is just one of the many things I had lying around, got it from Radio Shack years ago. You can judge the quality for yourself; set your balance to the right speaker to cut out most of the synth and hear the guitar better.
But now that I have a Tascam US-122, I wouldn't want to go through the iMic anymore, and I would just go into the L input on the US-122, and record in mono.
Re:I've got my setup pumping out tunes.
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Well, when you gotta sound angry, you gotta sound angry. My guitar understands that. It expects it, dammit!
Re:I've got my setup pumping out tunes.
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I was thinking this might be the app that finally gets me to buy a Powerbook G4, but in your opinion, is 867MHz too slow as well???
I recorded my stuff on a PowerBook G4/867, and it was fine playing back about 6 live recordings, plus a drum loop, plus two MIDI tracks, plus various effects, simultaneously off the internal HD.
Some people might not understand the problem. I figured he was just trolling, but giving a straightforward answer will do. If he replies, I'll ignore him and he'll get modded down anyway.
Now someone mark ME offtopic!
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I've heard excellent string and horn synth sounds, but not in a software package, it was all in hardware modules. That was years ago, though, I'm sure some software sounds exist that sound good. Anyway, in GB, it appears to me the good sounds (guitars, pianos) were samples (recording actual sounds), and the crummy ones (horns, strings) are FM synthesis or the like (faking it by manipulating waveforms until it sorta sounds right).
It means "I am better than you and because it is becoming harder to assert that by virtue of my crummy music, I shall now assert it by virtue of the tools I use to create it, because it is the only way I can bolster my pathetic self image."
You're complaining about slowness during installing? That's not interesting. What you are experiencing is the "optimizing" process, in which the OS updates itself so apps can launch a lot more quickly. It happens only during install, and yes it takes longer to install than on other systems, but it is for larger performance gains after the one-time install.
Complaining about this is boring, and no, the same operation on Windows would not take 2 minutes, because Windows doesn't have this optimization feature. Google for "prebinding" to learn more.
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He doesn't give GarageBand enough credit. First, the sounds: yes, the horn sounds are weak, and the string sounds are not much better, but the piano sounds are very good, and so are the guitars. Also, I don't think he really stresses how GarageBand is good enough for the music recording needs of most people. All most people need is what it does very well.
That said, I am grateful to him for his plea against people pumping out elevator music crap. Loops should be used sparingly, if at all. The only time I really use loops is for drums.
Re:Get some Virus loops for Garageband ..
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Those are the Access loops already mentioned, FWIW.
Mind you, all the MIDI information is lost in the process
Yes, and that makes it almost completely useless.:-) What Dent du MIDI does is converts each MIIDI channel into a separate file that can be imported as a separate track into iTunes, where you can then apply any software instrument voices and effects separately to each, etc. If you're really satsified with the crummy QuickTime Synthesizer sounds, and don't want to separately manipulate each channel, I suppose your method is OK, but...
If you don't care, why do you keep replying? Insulting people on the internet is about the most fruitless thing one can do with their time.... trumped only by questioning how someone else chooses to spend his time. Oopsie on you!
Do you think you DON'T have a pickle up your ass? I mean, really. I'm serious. If you think you're making me look or feel bad, you're wrong. If you think you look cool, you're wrong. You might feel cool, but that's just sad. No one cares, except for the small group of people with pickles up their ass.
Feel free to pull the pickle out of your ass. Not only did none of them claim that they did -- which they surely would have -- but in the end, they all were proved wrong anyway. Come to terms, breathe in, breathe out.
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Perl is not ugly. Damian -- God love him -- is just trying to hype what he thinks is an improvement. I think Perl is beautiful, as do many others. Not as beautiful as Damian in a swimsuit, but what is?
What, Microsoft needs my protection now?
I agree on both counts; if there were something new, though, I'd post it. Just yesterday someone submitted a link to an article from this week that said, there were class action lawsuits filed against Apple in December! Ooooooo.
Many people, I imagine, will be either working on stuff they wanted to do anyway, or taking the opportunity to learn something they've wanted to learn. It's not about getting paid for your time, it's about doing something you enjoy, and possibly getting a reward for it.
HA!
Heh, yeah, I thought you were just misunderstanding. Yeah, I am not being a snob, except against that original poster, who was being a snob against people who use GarageBand.
Elwood, lighten up. :-)
You think that is what the original author meant when they wrote, "GarageBand is snoozeware for the iPod generation who think that music comes in a small white-and-chrome can and only need be served lukewarm for public consumption"? That they were saying GOOD things about GarageBand?
Check out the "GarageBand Demo" on http://homepage.mac.com/pudge/. I just did that with electric guitar -> cable -> 1/2" mono to 1/4" mono adapter -> iMic. The adapter is just one of the many things I had lying around, got it from Radio Shack years ago. You can judge the quality for yourself; set your balance to the right speaker to cut out most of the synth and hear the guitar better.
But now that I have a Tascam US-122, I wouldn't want to go through the iMic anymore, and I would just go into the L input on the US-122, and record in mono.
Well, when you gotta sound angry, you gotta sound angry. My guitar understands that. It expects it, dammit!
You're just jealous.
I was thinking this might be the app that finally gets me to buy a Powerbook G4, but in your opinion, is 867MHz too slow as well???
I recorded my stuff on a PowerBook G4/867, and it was fine playing back about 6 live recordings, plus a drum loop, plus two MIDI tracks, plus various effects, simultaneously off the internal HD.
Don't make me mark you offtopic! ;)
Some people might not understand the problem. I figured he was just trolling, but giving a straightforward answer will do. If he replies, I'll ignore him and he'll get modded down anyway.
Now someone mark ME offtopic!
I've heard excellent string and horn synth sounds, but not in a software package, it was all in hardware modules. That was years ago, though, I'm sure some software sounds exist that sound good. Anyway, in GB, it appears to me the good sounds (guitars, pianos) were samples (recording actual sounds), and the crummy ones (horns, strings) are FM synthesis or the like (faking it by manipulating waveforms until it sorta sounds right).
It means "I am better than you and because it is becoming harder to assert that by virtue of my crummy music, I shall now assert it by virtue of the tools I use to create it, because it is the only way I can bolster my pathetic self image."
You're complaining about slowness during installing? That's not interesting. What you are experiencing is the "optimizing" process, in which the OS updates itself so apps can launch a lot more quickly. It happens only during install, and yes it takes longer to install than on other systems, but it is for larger performance gains after the one-time install.
Complaining about this is boring, and no, the same operation on Windows would not take 2 minutes, because Windows doesn't have this optimization feature. Google for "prebinding" to learn more.
He doesn't give GarageBand enough credit. First, the sounds: yes, the horn sounds are weak, and the string sounds are not much better, but the piano sounds are very good, and so are the guitars. Also, I don't think he really stresses how GarageBand is good enough for the music recording needs of most people. All most people need is what it does very well.
That said, I am grateful to him for his plea against people pumping out elevator music crap. Loops should be used sparingly, if at all. The only time I really use loops is for drums.
Those are the Access loops already mentioned, FWIW.
Mind you, all the MIDI information is lost in the process
:-) What Dent du MIDI does is converts each MIIDI channel into a separate file that can be imported as a separate track into iTunes, where you can then apply any software instrument voices and effects separately to each, etc. If you're really satsified with the crummy QuickTime Synthesizer sounds, and don't want to separately manipulate each channel, I suppose your method is OK, but ...
Yes, and that makes it almost completely useless.
Yamaha makes one for about $30-$40 or so.
If you don't care, why do you keep replying? Insulting people on the internet is about the most fruitless thing one can do with their time. ... trumped only by questioning how someone else chooses to spend his time. Oopsie on you!
Thanks for proving my point, btw.
You didn't have one.
Do you think that's a valid assumption?
Do you think you DON'T have a pickle up your ass? I mean, really. I'm serious. If you think you're making me look or feel bad, you're wrong. If you think you look cool, you're wrong. You might feel cool, but that's just sad. No one cares, except for the small group of people with pickles up their ass.
Feel free to answer the question this time.
Feel free to pull the pickle out of your ass. Not only did none of them claim that they did -- which they surely would have -- but in the end, they all were proved wrong anyway. Come to terms, breathe in, breathe out.
Are you factually aware of this, or is it a statement made without proof?
Those are not mutually exclusive. You're not very good at this, are you?
Do you know that, or are you just randomly spewing stuff?
You present a false dichotomy I am unable to adequately respond to.