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Title: Question for Mac users
Post by: Davidinoz on August 26, 2006, 08:39:51 AM

I have a powerbook G4 laptop as a second machine (my main DAW is a pc) and am looking for software mainly for sampling and loop editing. What do you guys use/recommend for a mac? Keep in mind I don't want to mortgage the house to pay for it ;D ;D

Title: Re: Question for Mac users
Post by: NickT on August 26, 2006, 08:47:17 AM

This looks good Dave and it's free!

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Audio/Loop-Editor.shtml

and:

http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/loop_editor.php

I don't have a Mac....But these may help.

Nick

Title: Re: Question for Mac users
Post by: Gerk on August 26, 2006, 04:15:37 PM

They look pretty cool.  I am a mac user but haven't ever really done loop editing much (since I used to play with Rex in reason -- many moons ago).

Mark

Title: Re: Question for Mac users
Post by: Davidinoz on August 26, 2006, 04:51:06 PM

Thanks for the links Nick, I'll check them out.

Mark - I've been playing with the demo of Reason and it looks good. Of course the price in Australia is ridiculous but then all software is here :(

Title: Re: Question for Mac users
Post by: DoozerDan on September 23, 2006, 05:13:37 AM

Might be a bit late, but check out Garageband, it's got one of the biggest, or the biggest Loop libraries around.  And only for umm however much it is, not much, it comes with the iLife set.  Under $200, not bad software.

Cheers, Dan

Title: Re: Question for Mac users
Post by: Davidinoz on September 23, 2006, 07:07:19 AM

Yeah I looked at Garageband, not bad for the price. ($119 aussie). It can only record 8 tracks at once which cuts it out as a live multitracker but it's pretty good value for loops. I've actually just ordered a USB 2 channel interface which comes with Tracktion. The demo looked pretty good so I'll have a play with that when it gets here.

Title: Re: Question for Mac users
Post by: DoozerDan on September 23, 2006, 07:38:06 AM

I only record single tracks so it works well for me :) hope you find what you need.

Cheers, Dan.