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Hi all,

The reason that i am getting a macbook is to create a home studio recording.
I would like to purchase a multitrack and looking for a mid range which is not too expensive. Can anyone give me some tips on this?
 
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My brother in law has created several CDs of his own music using a plain old second generation white Macbook with garageband. Granted he has all the instruments, mixing boards, mics, and other musical do-dads, but with his thousand dollar regular old one gig RAM Macbook he's been able to make what sounds at least to my ears (and his) like pro-quality recordings.
 
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Well you could like at something like mackie tracktion or ableton live le, either of which wont break the bank.
 
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I am a very active musician and am and have been in several bands, so I have tried just about everything on my mac, as well as actual studio equipment. I have found that when recording with a mac, garageband '09 is definitely the way to go unless you want to spend a ton of money. The only setbacks I have found when using garageband to record are:

1. Limit on the number of tracks (With my Mac Mini, I believe this is 15...I think its a RAM issue, so you should get a macbook pro if you need a ton of tracks per song)

2. NO BOUNCING...this is a major problem, but it can be worked around. When recording with my mac (usually for experimentation and nothing serious) and need more than 15 tracks, I mix everything and then export what I have as a song, and then treat the exported song as a bounced track.

Hope this helps

Also, it seems obvious but you will need to get an adapter to convert the 1/4 to 1/8 (1/8 right? Brain freeze) input that will be the mic input on your MB. If you don't want to get fancy, these cost around $4 at radioshack.
 
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Thanks for the info MattGTO,

I already got myself a macbook, i am experimenting and if everything goes well, I will think of an upgrade at a later stage.



I am a very active musician and am and have been in several bands, so I have tried just about everything on my mac, as well as actual studio equipment. I have found that when recording with a mac, garageband '09 is definitely the way to go unless you want to spend a ton of money. The only setbacks I have found when using garageband to record are:

1. Limit on the number of tracks (With my Mac Mini, I believe this is 15...I think its a RAM issue, so you should get a macbook pro if you need a ton of tracks per song)

2. NO BOUNCING...this is a major problem, but it can be worked around. When recording with my mac (usually for experimentation and nothing serious) and need more than 15 tracks, I mix everything and then export what I have as a song, and then treat the exported song as a bounced track.

Hope this helps

Also, it seems obvious but you will need to get an adapter to convert the 1/4 to 1/8 (1/8 right? Brain freeze) input that will be the mic input on your MB. If you don't want to get fancy, these cost around $4 at radioshack.
 

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