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Old May 23rd, 2008, 01:11 PM
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Mixing audio tracks

I've recently mixed music with Audacity but it's not really the best software to handle a lot of tracks. Could anyone advice on what are the best applications? for mac of course!
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Have you tried GarageBand?

There's also Ardour which is open source but it as lot more intricate in its features than Audacity. Ardour requires JackOSX although I think you can make it work with CoreAudio. I've got it running on my iMac G5 with Tiger but I need to get myself some sort of breakout box for bringing in audio.
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nice tools there thanks for sharing
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traktor, serato, ableton
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While excellent tools to consider, each of them does cost quite a bit of money. Considering that the original poster was using Audacity already, I imagine the original poster might have been looking for a similar free or inexpensive alternative, hecne the mention of GarageBand and Ardour. But still, great suggestions.
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audacity is more of an audio editing /recording software though isnt it??
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audacity is more of an audio editing /recording software though isnt it??
Yes, but there are some rudimentary mixing possibilities available. Still, this is what the original poster wanted to move away from. This was why I brought up GarageBand which is already included, or Ardour which is free software like Audacity but a little more beefy in terms of mixing features. Ardour is a digital audio workstation that allows for mixing and whatnot. Again, the suggestions you brought up are solid ones and used in the industry, but I imagine the original poster was looking for a more inexpensive solutions, be it free or commercial. At least they have demos that the original poster can test out, so yeah.
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Definitely Garageband.
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