Garage band

[tzimmy]

So I know that this thread it already posted, but the last post is 2 years old, and I would like a revised answer. So I just tried garage band and fell in love with it. problem is, I dont have a Mac nor the money to buy one or try nor do i have the time/knowledge to hack my PC into making it run and Mac OS.

So, are there any good programs like garage band that a PC can run?

 

[bericd]

So I know that this thread it already posted, but the last post is 2 years old, and I would like a revised answer. So I just tried garage band and fell in love with it. problem is, I dont have a Mac nor the money to buy one or try nor do i have the time/knowledge to hack my PC into making it run and Mac OS.

So, are there any good programs like garage band that a PC can run?

It Depends. If you want to record your own stuff or pull from CDs etc then you can use Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity), it's free and will run on mac, linux or windows.

If you want all the canned instruments etc then you want to look at something like cubase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubase)

For recording and modifying existing tracks then I'd look at audacity - very good value for money.

 

[tzimmy]

one of the things i really like about garage band was that you have the ability to create your own tunes using loops of sounds in the GB database, do those programs have something similar?

 

[closeupman]

Tz,

you don't have enough money to even buy a refurb Mac Mini? You could run garage band on that and you can snag it for under $500!

 

[tzimmy]

If you've got $500 you can lend me, i'd love to buy one.