Any suggestions for a good audio (remixer) on a Mac?

Any suggestions, opinions or experiences??

Something simple to “mix tracks”?

I just see this, this and that

·:· Posted 21 May 2005, 03:45 by Jason Hoffman to Stuff  |  

  1. Talking to myself (from justin): logicexpress

    — Jason Hoffman    21 May 2005, 04:21    #
  2. Dekstasy is not a bad free alternative to Traktor, although it is no longer being developed.

    — Alex Payne    21 May 2005, 17:15    #
  3. I would have to say as an mac/audio buff it really does depend on what you want to do. Are you talking about mixing prerecorded stuff or live broadcast? What do you need that Garageband doesn’t deliver?

    I would think that if you are just looking at mixing existing tracks, logic or logic express is going to be overkill with a steep learning curve. Their strengths lie more in music notation and midi control.

    The industry standard for music mixdown is proTools but again, that’s probably overkill.

    If you just need to be crossfading tracks, then something like the software you link to would probably be good.

    If you need to be working on audio effects in realtime, ableton live is probably the way to go. It has good pitchshifting, looping, plugin support etc… I use that for my music; It’s easy to learn and I find that the spreadsheet-esque layout works sort of the way my brain thinks. There are crippleware mac/pc demos to try out. I really think apple made a mistake when they bought emagic (logic)... they should have bought ableton.

    — Paul Oswald    21 May 2005, 21:34    #
  4. This
    is easy and free. Simple enough for me, I like it.

    — mickael    22 May 2005, 00:07    #
  5. Paul: just mixes/remixes of pre-recorded stuff and songs. I’m sorta asking first rather than poking around.

    So thank you for the suggestions.

    — Jason Hoffman    22 May 2005, 03:00    #
  6. GarageBand is an excellent piece of software that probably gets overlooked because it’s free. It’s great for getting your feet wet, but it’s meant more for recording than for remixing.

    Nowadays, I’m doing ALL my audio mixing in either Ableton Live or Apple Soundtrack; then again, I have more complex needs than what Garageband can meet. Both of these programs are ideal for remixing, and Ableton is probably one of the single most awesome pieces of software in existence.

    Logic (express or pro) are definately overkill. Logic was concieved as a midi sequencer for outboard, gear, and the interfaces for both sequencing audio and using virtual instruments feel like they were bolted on as an afterthought. Probably because they were.

    — matt lyon    22 May 2005, 10:02    #