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Apple iTraks?

Sweet.
Another iApp
I think apple should lanch a iApp Campaign.
You know, 'With a computer so easy to use why make it better?
Because we can' (Apple Logo)

First post (maybe?)
Edit: Yes first post/
 
Definitely. . .

Originally posted by MrMacman
Sweet.
Another iApp
I think apple should lanch a iApp Campaign.
You know, 'With a computer so easy to use why make it better?
Because we can' (Apple Logo)

First post (maybe?)
Edit: Yes first post/
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I agree, this could be yet another product selling point, and I've been yearning for a Pro Tools-like application that is OS X native (and that I can afford). So, like many other Apple products, I'll wait as long as I need to before buying in.:D ;) :) :cool:
 
Originally posted by MrMacman
[BI I think apple should lanch a iApp Campaign.
You know, 'With a computer so easy to use why make it better?
Because we can' (Apple Logo) [/B]
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Absolutely. This would be perfect. Apple needs to show the public what advantages specifically Mac OS X has, like the integrated iApps.

Back on topic, iTraks would probably be pretty cool, although I doubt I'd have any use for it.
 
Logic Jr?

I guess if this is true, Apple needs to have an audio app to go along with Final Cut Pro or, Express to integrate with either their iApps or, their pro Apps because there is a need to have audio for video and the ability to have multiple tracks of audio for soundtracks and sound effects for the budding filmmaker.
:D
 
iApp?

I just don't see this as being an iApp. I mean where is the brao-based CONSUMER demand. I see it more as a prosumer/professional product. I would like to see a good sound editor (much more powerful and more intuitive that Peak) come bundled with FCP.

I would like to see a Mixman-type iApp for making easy mixes and techno/rap stuff. Now that would really sell imacs to teens.
 
I would love more iApps, but I wish apple would spend more time
concentrating on hardware, because that is where they are lacking.
 
I don't see it happening, unless Apple adds a new piece to the iLife puzzle (and sells it for a $50 upgrade) every few months. I think the iLife package is pretty much complete. Next up at Apple will be Office replacement apps like Keynote.
 
I don't think they will release it as an iApp. I figure it will be more along the lines of FinalCutPro vs. Final Cut Express. Logic and Logic Express...or something like that. But considering it'll be an Apple Branded program and not Emagaic I'm sure the naming scheme could differ.
 
Bah...

Originally posted by Over Achiever
As long as apple releases a program that is similar to Logic 6, but has a simpler, more intuitive interface, I don't care what they call it. Just release it!!!
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Just learn Logic, ye wussie! v.6 is going to be the freaking ULTI-LOGIC, the version we have ALL been waiting for (I've been using it since the early v.4 days). The interface is quite easy, once you understand the LOGIC behind it. v.6 will have a setup assistant, and the program already has a good help program. I even like the manual, for the most part.

Logic is the bees knees, and I can't stand it when people say it's too tough to use. Bah! Logic is cake compared to many other "high end" apps.
 
i second that

just wanted to second that Logic is really a great program. it's not especially easy for working with audio, but it's really great for midi. if you try it without using the manual or having someone show you the basics, it will seem impossible. once i got the basics down, i came to love it. big plusses are its stability and cpu efficiency. just thought i'd stick up for my app. :)
 
a consumer app that lets people make their own little mixes and such would be nice, although I don't know how practical it would be...

As for the iApps campaign, I think Apple might be heading there with iLife. They might be waiting until the 25th to release any commercials and stuff...
 
I see this app having great potential.

I remeber making my own audio tapes with little sound bites and other oddities, or creating projects for highschool. It was cumbersome full of errors but alot of fun.

An iAudio app would be great. Just think of burning a CD with your and your loved ones voices recorded and then mailing that out as a christmas card.

I see this as a large untapped area for personal computing.

Audio apps are not just for pros. It is just that nobody really considers the less than average users. (not enough money in it I guess). I lo ed my old "sound edit 16", I have been unable to find anything so easy, simple and powerfull since. Everything is complicated and bloated ready for full studio production. Sort of like vidoe apps before iMovie. OK premeire isn't that professional, but it also is not that easy for the computer illiterate.

Go Apple GO!!!
 
I'd dearly love to see something on the order of SoundStudio or Amadeus - something small, smart, elegant, to record, filter, edit & convert (but not compress) system sounds and general audio, up to & including LP/tape dubs.

And I'm not slamming Logic, OK, but would I pay $199 for the audio equivalent of Final Cut Express? Oh, baby, you KNOW I would!!!

That would be a breakthrough app IMO - there's a HUGE gap between SoundStudio-level apps and the Nuendos, Logics & other DAWs, both in price & capability. I'm sure I'm not the only trapped in this desert, needing much more than SoundStudio, but w/considerably less cash than the DAWs require.

Remember - there was no desktop publishing market before Appple decided to make one, and no perceived DTVideo need until iMovie,
 
Forget Logic, buy ProTools

Everyone who is serious about audio on Macs is using a ProTools system. ProTools 6 was demonstrated at MacWorld but unfortunately no other information came out about it.

I do not think iTracks is something the Mac software catalogue needs right now. It might be useful for the 1% of people who make videos (the other 99% who make videos are too visuals-focused to care). Frankly we would be better served if Apple included a simple sound recording application with the next revision of OS X. Maybe iTunes could have a recording function.
 
The OSX Audio report is a shameless cut-and-paste job from macosXrumors.com's report of Jan 6th - that's why it refers to MWSF as an upcoming event.

Must've been a slow audio news day.
 
I just finished an internship in the music industry and I can tell you that I heard about this program months ago. I even submitted the rumor to arn after hearing it, but it must have been dismissed. My friend knows a few of the people who test the equipment we've all been waiting for, like G5's and all the cool concept hardware that they design at Apple. Now, I don't know how real this iTraks program is or its capabilities, but what I heard was that Apple wanted a simple audio editing suite to be used hand in hand with iMovie. This way, people could create music for their movies with crossfades and using only parts of songs, etc. Take it for what it's worth, just like anything else, I suppose.
 
Originally posted by Buggy
I see this app having great potential.

I remeber making my own audio tapes with little sound bites and other oddities, or creating projects for highschool. It was cumbersome full of errors but alot of fun.

An iAudio app would be great. Just think of burning a CD with your and your loved ones voices recorded and then mailing that out as a christmas card.

I see this as a large untapped area for personal computing.

Audio apps are not just for pros.
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Great point. I remember mixing tapes too, being able to really mix and modify tracks, throw in some voice, would be a killer app for the high school group. I have no interest in such an app, though Apple has a way of creating a desire I never know I needed filling (iPod, for example). Dont teens have lots of cash, and getting them as future Apple buyers like carmakers do would ensure long term brand loyalty.
john
waiting for for the ability to display keynote presentations on an iPod type device...
 
Originally posted by scem0
I would love more iApps, but I wish apple would spend more time
concentrating on hardware, because that is where they are lacking.
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the problem is, they cannot really do anything at the moment...

but come 3Q.
 
DJ tools?

OK - lest we forget, Apple licensed the Roland Sound Canvas sound set years ago for QuickTime Musical Instruments (MIDI)...but they have never offered a UI for it!

That being said, I see this as a beginner's music-production toolkit, oriented towards dance music production. As a user of Propellerheads Reason, I have to say I love that program's intuitive "analog" approach to virtual instruments (just wish it had slightly more sophisticated MIDI track editing) - you can get started really quickly, and gradually 'discover' the more advanced features when you need them.

Sad thing is, the entry-level audio market suffers on the Mac. Sure, we have all the biggies: Cubase SX, Logic, etc - but sometimes you want something small, fast, and resource-light, esp. in portable-studio setups.

If iTraks is what I think it is, it might take the core of MicroLogic AV, add ReWire, REX file, CoreAudio and Audio Units support and wrap it in a shiny new iApp interface with a more task-centric set of menus / toolbars - one interface for multitrack recording (# tracks dependent on your hardware), one for sample looping, one for waveform editing etc.

I imagine an iMovie-like "audio clip drawer" where bundled, prerecorded drum loops, samples, REX files etc can be browsed, as well as user-recorded clips; of course there would be integration with iTunes to browse tracks from your Library and import/edit them - maybe even to import only selected segments (for looping?)

Of course there would be integrated CD burning from this, or export to MP3 (back into the iTunes Library for use in iDVD, etc...)

With ReWire compatibility it would be easy to pipe the output of Reason or Rebirth (slaved to iTraks' transport control) through the mixer, import the stereo mix, or even multiple discrete tracks as audio.

Um, and if it was available for $49.... that wouldn't hurt :)
 
I hope they do come out with something similar to MicroLogic. Or have Emagic come out with MicroLogic. I've been waiting for something for OS X. They came out with Audiowerk drivers just a few weeks ago now I would think they would have the app out that came with the audio card.
 
Re: Definitely. . .

Originally posted by MacKid


I agree, this could be yet another product selling point, and I've been yearning for a Pro Tools-like application that is OS X native (and that I can afford).
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Bias Inc. have an app called Deck and it's a full featured harddisk recording suite.

It only costs about 399. And the the entry level Deck LE only costs 99 dollars.

So the options are there already.

;)
 
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