Microsoft recommends GarageBand for advanced audio editing
It's rare that a rival in the marketplace tosses anything but a canned compliment your way, so it's always refreshing to highlight such a kind gesture. In what is likely a mixup at Redmond or simply the work of a covert Apple guy behind enemy lines, a Microsoft product page about having more fun at home recommends GarageBand for advanced audio editing (scroll to the bottom). Of course, the entry also cites iLife '05, but they even work in a plug for the ever-useful Jam Packs as well.
Now, who wants to place bets as to how soon Apple will recommend Microsoft Expression for 'advanced' web design?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jonathan Allen said 10:29AM on 2-12-2007
Awesome
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niclet said 10:38AM on 2-12-2007
That's sweet from M$ but as a professional, GarageBand (enhanced with Jam Packs) is ONE of all the softwares that I use for production. As other, it allow me to make things that I can't do with others but I wouldn't use it only to finalize a whole project.
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daveyJ said 10:40AM on 2-12-2007
Truth be told, Expression is rather nice. It's the closest thing PC geeks are going to get to TextMate without having a Mac. Apple doesn't really produce any competing product.
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Danny said 10:44AM on 2-12-2007
How strange. And also a little odd that GarageBand is placed in the 'Advanced' category alongside Cubase. I'm a fan of GarageBand - you can do quite a lot with it, even running on a G3 iBook you can use most of the s/w instruments as long as you limit the number of tracks and effects. But it's very limited compared to Cubase or Logic. It would seem a natural for the 'Intermediate' category.
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Greenline said 12:07PM on 2-12-2007
That doesn't make any sense, it reads like you can use it on your PC. What gives?
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Rob Jones said 12:58PM on 2-12-2007
I understand the irony but Apple recommends the use of Microsoft Office.
Not that big of a deal.
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Bellamy Budiman said 2:23PM on 2-12-2007
Is it me, or did they remove it from the page?
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chris said 1:13PM on 2-12-2007
Looks like it's been rewritten to remove garageband. Oh well fun while it lasted.
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Todd Bradley said 1:20PM on 2-12-2007
That's a bizarre idea, that GarageBand is really suited for "advanced audio editing." No serious sound engineer I've ever talked to would consider GarageBand's capabilities to be "advanced." And what's weirder is that some of the best - and most used - audio editing software around is only available for Windows. There was a discussion on the sound_design Yahoo! Group about this very topic just a couple weeks ago.
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Dave Love said 12:08PM on 2-15-2007
Still available in Google's cache:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:4YnzePsh9xEJ:www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/makemusic.mspx+http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/makemusic.mspx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
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Stephen said 3:55PM on 2-12-2007
It's still available at archive.org:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060428201400/http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/makemusic.mspx
-Stephen
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mlk said 3:24PM on 2-12-2007
Still on Google cache: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:4YnzePsh9xEJ:www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/makemusic.mspx+http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/makemusic.mspx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
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Stephen said 2:02PM on 2-12-2007
I would hardly call Garageband advanced. For real editing Pro Tools or Nuendo is the way to go.
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pixelslut said 4:17PM on 2-12-2007
Yeah, im not a pro engineer or producer but if you asked me to name the pro level apps i would think were in the soundy's tool kit... garage band would nt be one of them. Probably wouldnt be anywhere on my list if let me extend the rankings either... Hardly seems industry standard.
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Danny said 4:18PM on 2-12-2007
Wow! GarageBand has indeed gone. While they were editing it, you'd have thought they might have noted that Cubase SX 3.0 isn't available anymore. The latest version is Cubase 4, with an stripped down entry edition of the older version (Cubase SE) available for those with a tighter budget. The article is dated October 2005. C'mon Microsoft. Is making music on your PC so little valued by you guys, that you can't get just a little more up to date than this.
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Bellamy Budiman said 9:28PM on 2-12-2007
Man, it really took a while for the comments to get in my mailbox.
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EYtan said 2:12AM on 2-13-2007
For those who missed it:
Advanced:GarageBand (U.S.$79)
Part of iLife '05, a suite of integrated applications (including iMovie and iDVD), GarageBand is a popular program that turns a Mac computer into a professional-quality recording studio for musicians.
The intuitive interface lets music lovers create and record music by selecting from the more than 50 virtual instruments (including a convincing grand piano) and more than 1,000 professional-quality audio loops that can be used in a new composition. Players can also attach instruments to their computer, such as music keyboard or electric guitar (via analog input or microphone), which can be recorded, edited, and mixed together with other tracks.
GarageBand users can also add more instruments and loops with any of four Jam Packs (U.S.$99). These expansion discs each add more than 2,000 additional loops and dozens of new software instruments, among other features.
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Mr Lizard said 5:05PM on 2-12-2007
Interesting. That page was like that since October 2005. TUAW draws attention to it, and suddenly it's gone.
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Graham Fluet said 6:32PM on 2-12-2007
"15. Interesting. That page was like that since October 2005. TUAW draws attention to it, and suddenly it's gone."
LOL
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mike said 8:56PM on 2-12-2007
"I understand the irony but Apple recommends the use of Microsoft Office."
if by recommend you mean, they are producing iLife 07 to stamp out Mac users touching Office.. yea.. they sure recommend it..
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