Garage band seems to be accessible enough nowadays. About iLife, I'm not sure. I can't remember if you get a dvd with that software with your macs ...if so, i guess you could just install iLife on the iMac as well.
On Dec 30, 7:02 am, Austin Seraphin <[email protected]> wrote: > It always amazes me how Mac users have a family vibe. We feel empathy when we > hear of the death of a fellow Mac user. Because of this, I first wanted to > pass on the sad news that a long-time Mac user and professional musician has > passed away. Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson helped found such legendary > industrial bands as Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil. He died in his > sleep on November 24th. > > While reflecting and self-reflecting upon these reflections, I decided that > this marked the time to finally get into making music on my beautiful iMac. > I've started using Amadeus Pro at the excellent recommendation of list > members. That does multi-track editing. Now I guess I need a sequencer. I > don't even know exactly what I want. I created .mod files as a teen-ager, if > anyone remembers those. I also toyed with some Windows sequencing before my > installation crashed fabulously for the final time. > > I've heard about the new Garage Band, supposedly with improved accessibility. > One guy told me he didn't find it so, but others seem to like it. I've also > seen some other music programs in the Apple store and elsewhere. I want > something I can easily learn, something with which I can start making trance > music as soon as possible, and something that will give me room to grow, with > a shallow learning curve. I also plan to do strange and wonderful things with > instruments, including using sacred mathematical scales, as researched by > Hans Cousto.http://akashaproject.degives examples of this. I'd appreciate any > recommendations anyone may have. No doubt others have asked similar > questions, so I apologize in advance. > > - Austin > > PS: I have iLife 11 on my MacBook Air. I would rather have it on my iMac. I > wonder if I could just transfer it from one machine to another? If not I > guess I'd have to pay the $49 if I want to go that route. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
