What is the best music recording software?

TnT

I have been a "multimedia" pro for a couple of decades. I have always paid top dollar for my tools. That said, anything AVID is good stuff. If I were you, I would simply download Audacity and simulate a "for real" test. Nuthin to lose with a minute or so recording and normal WorkFlow in editing it. That will tell YOU if you will suffer a crash. As I said earlier, the forum page merely said a "few" features fail because of changes to how Yosemite makes certain Cocoa calls - you may not encounter these.

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PS: I have asked our Hosts to move this to the "Other Pro Audio" forum MUCH earlier today - I hadn't noticed that it is STILL in "iTunes for Mac" (how it got there is beyond me - maybe the mere aside mention did the trick)

RE: Audacity - although buttugly in GUI, it is very Pro in features - more so than the ProTools i used in OS 9

buenos tardes

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Phantom post poke

Lemme get it straight:

1. you have an existing file made when running Sibelius?

   What format is it saved in now?

2. Why do you need to "PLAY" it? Audacity should open known audio file format from the File > Open Menu
3. Make your edits
4. Save As - pick .MP3 format
5. Done

What am I missing?

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I think both of us need new optics 😎

I understand your WorkFlow (I think) as

• Play an existing file in Siblelius
• Capture overdub in Wiretap
• Save as (some filetype?)
• add New track to old one in Sibelius
• save as MP3
• playback in iTunes at showtime

Is that it? If so, here's the new WorlFlow

• Open existing Sibelius saved file in Audacity (one time conversion deal)
• Save As MP3
• Open new MP3 in iTunes
• Open Wiretap and prepare
• play song in iTunes
• record in Wiretap
• Save as MP3
• add them together in Audacity
• save as new MP3
• VOILA !

OR, is there something * I * am not seeing?

buenos dias, BTW

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Ooops!

• record overdub in Wiretap OR Audacity
• OR
• Play back track in Audacity and record in Wiretap

OPTIONS, Options, options...

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Soundflower will make a LIVE mix into one stereo track, if I am reading this right. You would lose track independence, methinks. - ÇÇÇ

EDITadded

I think what you really want as a tutorial is http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_multi_track_overdubs.htm l

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/index.html

Hmmmm... you WANT to make a Live Mix of a file + microphone input?

OK. To make "... music [come] intenally from [your] Mac ...", you must have a music (audio file format) somewhere on your Mac. Do this for me:

• In the Finder, find a sample 'music' file (as if you were going to play it)
• select it with a single click
• press ⌘ Command + I ( i the letter ) to Get Info on the file
• ⌘ Command + ⇧ Shift > Press ' 3 ' > release all three

  this will save an image of your entire display to the Desktop with some filename (varies but likely a LONGdate + other stuff)

• Use the camera tool above the compose pane to insert it into a reply

EXAMPLE

I then can look at all the file attributes and get my mind around this

Bottom line... if it is a file already, there is no need to "PLAY" it and RE-record it. CONVERT the fileType MAYBE to get it to play in iTunes

Tell me what you would do at "Showtime"... Play the song and Sing with? You have me guessing, amigo.

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