13th June 2006

Garageband for Windows?

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I am having a blast today working with teachers in Bryan, Texas, creating short, simple podcasts with Garageband.

But what about folks who have Windows computers? I remember hearing about free software Sony had developed for Windows computers similar to Garageband– but I can’t find that link. Anyone know what that is?

M-Audio has developed a new software program called Session that is being touted by some as Garageband for Windows. I haven’t tried it yet, however.

On this day..

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  1. 1 On June 13th, 2006, Raj Boora said:

    Fruity Loops is something that many people have used in my courses to get GB like functionality from their Windows boxes.

  2. 2 On June 13th, 2006, Peter Kirn said:

    You’re probably thinking of Sony ACID (possibly the Express edition). It predates GarageBand; Apple even hired away one of its original creators. So it’s GarageBand that’s like ACID, not the other way around.

  3. 3 On June 13th, 2006, Scott S. Floyd said:

    I use Acid Music Studio 6.0 and love it. It just doesn’t have the publish to podcast button like Garageband. I have started using Audacity more because it is free and I can always convince teachers to try podcasting much easier when they are not out any money. So I needed to get use to it again.

  4. 4 On June 13th, 2006, Wesley Fryer said:

    Great, thanks for the info. Man I love being able to ask questions in the edublogosphere! :-)

    Sony ACID XPress (free) is the one I had heard of before. I’ll have to give it a try. I really like Audacity for creating audio-only podcasts too, even on a Mac with Garageband. Garageband does not support direct exporting to mp3, you have to use iTunes, and for some reason the exported Garageband/iTunes mp3 files always get corrupted for me when I use CCPublisher and upload to the Internet Archive– so I end up having to manually ftp the files. A pain! I never have that problem with the mp3 files I create with Audacity.

  5. 5 On June 14th, 2006, Christopher Harris said:

    For the younger learners, Sony also has Super Dooper Music Looper that does loops with a very easy interface. You can record your own track in the program, but there is no way to import outside files (and trust me, I have tried all kinds of ways short of actual code editing).