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Don MacArthur



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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 1:19 pm    Post subject: Software for Building MP3s? Reply with quote

I'm a PC user and do not have the ability to use Garage Band for MAC. My understanding is Garage Band is a pretty good program for doing all kinds of things related to recording. Is there a similar program out there for PC? I have some instructional CDs with guitar part on the right and backing on the left in a stereo split. What I would like to do is rip MP3s of just the backing tracks so I can record my own guitar parts over these tracks.

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Don
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kbgtr001



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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:14 pm    Post subject: Audacity (Re: Software for Building MP3s?) Reply with quote

Don MacArthur wrote:
I'm a PC user and do not have the ability to use Garage Band for MAC. My understanding is Garage Band is a pretty good program for doing all kinds of things related to recording. Is there a similar program out there for PC? I have some instructional CDs with guitar part on the right and backing on the left in a stereo split. What I would like to do is rip MP3s of just the backing tracks so I can record my own guitar parts over these tracks.

Thanks,
Don


Don,

For audio, there is the *free* Audacity;

Both Mac and PC compatible

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity


Windows Download;
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows


Audacity doesn't support midi, so if you need to convert midi files to audio,
another app is required for that purpose.


Additional 'optional' installers include;

- 'Lame' MP3 encoder which allows Audacity to *export* MP3 files.

-'VST Enabler' which allows Audacity to load VST plug-ins.


In addition to the software, a hardware 'audio interface' is also required to record your instrument.

-Kb
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Don MacArthur



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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks. I downloaded Audacity last night. I tried recording one of a backing tunes from a CD I have. It doesn't work. I keep getting the error message that says "Error While Opening Sound Device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate." Any idea what this means?
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Don MacArthur



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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I figured it out. Not intuitively obvious. I can now make the backing MP3s I want and it was free!

Don
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