HeadCrusher
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You have to buy a Mac/OS X to get it though...
And iirc you're limited to 8 tracks in GarageBand, aren't you?
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You have to buy a Mac/OS X to get it though...
And iirc you're limited to 8 tracks in GarageBand, aren't you?
Kazrog
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There's no track limitation. You have to buy a PC / Windows to run Reaper.
Incorrect. There's a Mac build of Reaper on their site, and though it isn't finished, it worked flawlessly on my Hackintosh.
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Cool! So I figure they changed that in some current version or I got something wrong in the first place...
How does GB compare to other DAWs when it comes to included FX like EQ, Comp, ... and other features like grouping, sends and so on? Does it have (at least some of) these or is it more leveling/panning the tracks and that's it?
(No Bashing! I'm just curious...)
This wasn't meant as a PC vs. Mac thing. What I meant was that you pay for GB through purchasing OS X and therefore it is not free of charge by itself.You have to buy a PC / Windows to run Reaper.
(E.g. Audacity is a truly free audio program even though it doesn't compare to a DAW but just to give an example.)
Garageband is ok, it has a few fx and you can run 2 Au's along with the built in compressor/verb/delay and stuff but theres no grouping or sends as far as i can tell, its quite basic, level's and pans, but it does actually have some automation in there which works surprisingly well, and it isn't actually that bad at editing stuff. It's pretty good for people who only like to dabble a tiny bit i guess. Plus its nice for quickly getting down ideas and the virtual instruments are quite nice for that purpose.
To be honest i think really it was built up mostly for podcasting as it has the kind of interface and editing that suit that really well.
To be honest i think really it was built up mostly for podcasting as it has the kind of interface and editing that suit that really well.
That's the impression I had, too, and thus it makes comparing Reaper and Garageband a bit vain. At least in my book, Reaper is a full blown DAW.
Yep. At least from my experienceGarageband has very limited features but I could be wrong. I don't know why its being compared to Reaper. The more I look into it, Reaper has the potential to rival the major DAW players out there...and its free for god's sake. The routing options are limitless, and it as several types of freeze and rendering options. For me, the freeze and bounce functions are the most important aspect in a DAW right now because my PC quickly gets maxed out once I get all my effects, keyboards and drum samples loaded. I still like Cubase's interface and midi over any other DAW I have used (Pro Tools and Sonar), but I think I could get used to Reaper.
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