new to the game

[jason4g63t]

I have gargeband and ive been doing some searching around and found this video. There is a certain sound at 4:52 seconds that I cant figure out how to make anyone know it is driving me crazy been at it for over 4 hours now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3awly_2oXo
On another note any advice for gargeband would be greatly helpful along with links to other apps that will work with a mac all I have found so far are windows programs.

[Phase Down]

ableton cubase logic renoise are all programs that can be used on a mac

[Johnst]

ableton cubase logic renoise are all programs that can be used on a mac

+reason, fruity loops, and acid 8 ( ). come to think of it, any major DAW.

[paravrais]

Pretty much all the major DAWs work on a mac 0.o only one I can think of that *might* not is fruity but that's only because I don't know either way with it, anyone else got the info on that?

you can't have looked very hard dude..

[jason4g63t]

I wasnt looking for a program for 4 hours I was trying to figure out how to make the sound from the video.

[paravrais]

I wasnt looking for a program for 4 hours I was trying to figure out how to make the sound from the video.

Gotcha, I'm gonna save you a lot of effort right here and say you aint gonna be able to make anything decent with garageband. If your feeling the limitations it's time to step up! If your short for cash then check out 'Reaper'. Very cheap compared to the other big names.

[jason4g63t]

Thank you for letting me know I downloaded reaper I am just not sure on how to use it yet. But thats what the one sticky thread is for right? Also I got that renoise one downloaded well the demo version atleast. It looks so confusing when I first look its like its in a foreign language....

[JFK]

Also I got that renoise one downloaded well the demo version atleast. It looks so confusing when I first look its like its in a foreign language....

Mate, stay away from trackers for the time being. unless you want your brain to melt and dribble out of your nose.

[deadly_habit]

Also I got that renoise one downloaded well the demo version atleast. It looks so confusing when I first look its like its in a foreign language....

Mate, stay away from trackers for the time being. unless you want your brain to melt and dribble out of your nose.

just because you're intimidated by them don't go slating em
renoise ain't that hard OP right on their site they have videos that will walk you through basic operations and some advanced features
also once you get used to it they are a lot quicker to work in than a traditional sequencer

[jason4g63t]

Ok so I am guessing thats what renoise is then? I will be using reaper and seeing what I an do with that. Ok I will see what I can do with the free stuff for now..... Anyone ever heard of dj 3D rabbit??

[back2onett]

Also I got that renoise one downloaded well the demo version atleast. It looks so confusing when I first look its like its in a foreign language....

Mate, stay away from trackers for the time being. unless you want your brain to melt and dribble out of your nose.

Fully agreed. Get a solid background in production before you go off an the whole tracker ting.

[deadly_habit]

renoise is laid out a lot more sensibly for a beginner in a ton of regards

[Recessive Trait]

dj 3D rabbit

oh please tell me that someone actually uses that name and not just some nerdy teen in his parents' basement.

[jason4g63t]

Yes someone actually uses that name my friend chris that his dude he actually dj's for events and what not.

[RatRaceProducing]

I started with ejay, dance 6 and 7 was pretty powerful and you can mix and match samples between ALL of the version. So buy a few and you have like 1 a 1 million sample soundbank lol. Also has sort of a compressor. a couple of built in synths and is mega mega easy to find you way around. I used this for about 6months i guess then pushed on through to fruityloops best thing about ejay is the older ones are about £5 and the newer ones are around £20. It is basic but taught me ALOT and a lot of people never really explored it properly. There is a lot more on there than people think. Have tried others but a mixture of versatility and familiarity i keep going back to FL (dabble in ableton).
Im pretty sure FL is all good on MAC, problem is some of the best synths for FL dont like the mac lol. Most of the freeware for FL is Windows only as well. Mac is good indeed, but you have brought into the art of spending SHIT LOADS of cash on your gear lol.

Aside note. Mac is good for the creative crew (design, music etc) but set your windows pc up well and its just as good.

My PC is a quadcore 2.4ghz 5400 socket. 4GB RAM onboard sound and graphics and it holds it own with FL (which is actually pretty thirsty) warranty is up soon so new board. more RAM and a soundcard.
So far the system, including optical mouse and keyboard,AND 19" widescreen monitor cost me £340..... 12months warranty..... job done.

[jason4g63t]

This mac has a 3.06ghz i3 processor and 4gb 1333mhz ddr3 ram...
Most of all my other computers have AMD processors.

[contakt321]

Fruity Loops is NOT available for Mac.

The only way to use Fruity Loops on a Mac is if you run Bootcamp and boot your Mac up in Windows. Do-able, but likely not worth the effort unless you know, and love Fruity. Reaper is low cost, and even Logic is relatively inexpensive.

[Basic A]

Most of the freeware for FL is Windows only as well.

What are you talking about? Plugins arent made based on operating system or DAW, they are made based on AU, and VST. Macs notoriously have trouble runnign vsts, even in emulators, but the way you word it it makes it sound like you think plugins are made just for Fuity, they arent.

[jason4g63t]

Ok so I have a sound loaded into reaper right and it isnt putting out any sound I am not sure why everything is setup right it just wont put out any volume....

Nevermind..... seems that sample wont work in reaper I am not sure why though.....

[jason4g63t]

It so simple to make one of those sounds from a horror movie lol.