Mac users

[Ed]

Can anyone recommend good software for:

Recording mixes
Ripping
Creating tunes

And where might I get some

Cheers
Ed

[Ponka]

dont really know about recording mixes but garage band is quite good and quite easy t use for making choons.... dont really now wat u mean by ripping(obv. i know wat ripping is) but do u mean from cd in which case itunes is easy enough or do u mean ripping from a stream??

[Ed]

Originally Posted by Ponka

dont really know about recording mixes but garage band is quite good and quite easy t use for making choons.... dont really now wat u mean by ripping(obv. i know wat ripping is) but do u mean from cd in which case itunes is easy enough or do u mean ripping from a stream??

Cheers Ponka.
I meant rpping from a stream. Can I do that in garage band?

[Ponka]

Originally Posted by Ed

Cheers Ponka.
I meant rpping from a stream. Can I do that in garage band?

Dont think so mate but try streamripperX ive heard thats alright....

I also got ableton live 5 from the torrents for mac so thats always handy too..

[cjcooper]

audio hijack mate
brilliant and easy,im using a mac powerbook and its no trouble at all

http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/

[Ed]

Originally Posted by cjcooper

audio hijack mate
brilliant and easy,im using a mac powerbook and its no trouble at all

http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/

that looks like what I am after! Tremendous. Thanks man.

[Ed]

Originally Posted by Ponka

Dont think so mate but try streamripperX ive heard thats alright....

I also got ableton live 5 from the torrents for mac so thats always handy too..

Thanks again.

Can you recommend a good Mac torrent site?

[cjcooper]

u could try getting into the www.themixingbowl.org

took me a while to get in as u have to wait for someone to leeve before they open it up for new members, then you have to upload as u download, i grabbed what i wanted and then got banned cause i didnt upload

[cjcooper]

as for a torrent program im using azureus

[Melv]

Two excellent pieces of Mac Freeware:

Audion:

http://www.panic.com/audion/

Allows you to record streams.

MAX:

http://sbooth.org/Max/

Intergrates perfectly with iTunes and does a much better job of ripping/encoding CD's.

[Monty]

For making music if you want the best go for Logic Pro 7 as most top producers use this no matter what there music is {Electronic and Movies etc}as it is the best software out there for making music and is the leader in the music industry,the plugins you get with it are state of the art i use Logic Pro 7 myself,there is also a cut down version called Logic Express.There is also Pro Tools,Cubase and Ableton Live these i suppose are the top 4 not to sure tho but the most popular you hear about,i have Ableton Live but don't use it {well not yet} but i suppose if you want to go for a more easier program to use like using loops etc try Ableton Live or try the other 2 good luck mate

[Ed]

Originally Posted by montydj

For making music if you want the best go for Logic Pro 7 as most top producers use this no matter what there music is {Electronic and Movies etc}as it is the best software out there for making music and is the leader in the music industry,the plugins you get with it are state of the art i use Logic Pro 7 myself,there is also a cut down version called Logic Express.There is also Pro Tools,Cubase and Ableton Live these i suppose are the top 4 not to sure tho but the most popular you hear about,i have Ableton Live but don't use it {well not yet} but i suppose if you want to go for a more easier program to use like using loops etc try Ableton Live or try the other 2 good luck mate

Thanks for al your help Monty and everyone else, much appreciated.
all the best
Ed

[jamesinkent]

i use audacity for recording and rippping, i think download.com might have it on mac

[jamesinkent]

forgot to say on os x or os 9?

[Ed]

Originally Posted by jamesinkent

forgot to say on os x or os 9?

OS x 10.3

I tried audacity but couldn't tell if it was recording in mono or stereo. I think audiojack is the better one, but haven't got around to paying for it yet.

I did rip my first dvd today though, feeling very techno savvy lol.