Sharing tracks made with GB

GianlucaT wrote:
Do you know if it exists a web site where to share your own tracks made with GB? I mean something like a community where a drummer ask to add a bass line to its own track and so on?

There is a really great site http://soundcloud.com/ where a lot of people collaborate via it. There are a couple of specific GarageBand groups that you could post in with such a request. The thing though is that you cannot exchange GB files per say, only your exported audio files which you can make free for others to download and use. I have done a collaboration this way where I recorded vocals and guitar in GB and someone else did the rest. It worked really well.

www.kompoz.com - I'm loving it!

GianlucaT wrote:
Than you very much Gjmnz! Just one question: why cannot someone exchange GB files?

With Soundcloud you exchange Audio files. GB files have a different file format and contain a variety of information related specifically to GB and your project which ultimately are used to produce the said audio files.

You can exchange GB files with other GB users via the net but you need either to .zip it up or user a file sharing site like http://www.rapidshare.com/ or similar. GB files can get HUGE.

gjmnz wrote:
.zip it up or user a file sharing site

just to save some headaches, even using the latter you'd need to zip the project file first (same with straight ftp to the majority of servers)

Martyputz wrote:
www.kompoz.com - I'm loving it!

Had not seen that before... looks promising. Thanks.

There was another around http://jammm.in but looks like its being overhauled.

HangTime wrote:

gjmnz wrote:
.zip it up or user a file sharing site

just to save some headaches, even using the latter you'd need to zip the project file first (same with straight ftp to the majority of servers)

Yep... good call HT.

How can you send it so the receiver can open it and see all the tracks and not just the song? I guess it's as easy as just sending the (large) file and dragging it into GB to open it? Hmmm....

Find your actual GB file in finder... Control click it > choose compress file option (to zip it) upload to share site for receiver to DL.