On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:42:20 +0100, fred wrote: >Le 27/10/2015 16:02, Paul Davis a écrit : >> shorthand: the tools ARE limits, but the limits are the wellspring >> of real creativity, as imagination collides with the possible. >> >> >Remembering the first records at home, with very limited tools (4 >tracks on Tascam cassette deck, Boss DR-5, bass played >with guit..) IOW you didn't experience the limitations of GarageBand instead you experienced an approach similar to Qtractor, Ardour or Rosegarden. Remember, this thread is about migrating from GarageBand to Linux. GarageBand comes with a special kind of limitation. As already pointed out, it e.g. provides a virtual acoustic guitar with an autoplay feature for 4 playing styles. It sound absoultely realistic, even a very good soundfont doesn't provide guitar playing techniques, to get this, there is the need to carefully play the sample and most of the times there's also the need to edit the MIDI events, but assumed you're willing to spend that time, then you get more than just 4 playing stiles. IOW if somebody used to the GargeBand tool migrates to Linux, it could be that this person is missing soundquality, not because Linux sounds less good, but because this user isn't aware about the advantage not to use GarageBand features. OTOH for some "musicians" this might not be an advantage, they might not have the skills and don't want to get the skills to play (and edit) on their own, what's provided by a GarageBand auto-feature. Am I the only one who tested GarageBand ;)? Note, I was a 4-Track user and I'm a Qtractor, Ardour etc. user, even on the iPad I use something similar to Qtractor and Ardour. I do not use GarageBand. My standpoint is that GarageBand comes with limitations, I only tested it to help those who want migrate. However, those GarageBand feature experiences likely raise expectations, IOW we need to know what work-flow a GarageBand user has got, to give useful hints for the first migration steps. If possible take a look at GarageBand too, a 4-Track + Boss DR-5 + the ability to record a real guitar, is much more than GarageBand provides. GarageBand is more comparable to an ElCheapo home organ that provides e.g. an absolutely realistic sounding virtual guitar. The only problem is that the absolutely realistic sounding instrument is limited, if you play 20 songs using 4 patterns, you might consider to spend more time using no autopaly tools, but as recompense for your efforts you get your own 20 patterns. It take hours instead of minutes and it requires knowledge, but you aren't limited. Using GarageBand you very quick and easily get very good sounding results, but I doubt that you can use GarageBand very long, after a while you'll experience that a 4-Track + Boss DR-5 + the ability to record a real guitar or using Qtractor or Ardour is not that limited, even if your first impression was, that a 4-Track + Boss DR-5 + the ability to record a real guitar or Qtractor, Ardour etc. are limited compared to GarageBand. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
