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I'm running Garageband 2.0.2 because I have an old mac powerbook 800Mhz that apparently won't run the 2 newer versions very well. Honestly, I task this poor old girl pretty hard when using Garageband, but I definitely make it work, since I can't afford to buy a newer mac.
So I posted a video on youtube of the video I did using my 6 year old powerbook with Garageband 2.0, plus a copy of Final Cut Express 3.0... Everything was done on the powerbook. Plus I got a hold of a guy I met over Youtube from the Netherlands (I'm from Denver) to play the guitar parts, I did everything else... He just emailed me mp3 files of his recordings, which I overlaid in Garageband, which worked flawlessly...
So during the video, I made many mentions of using an old mac laptop and the free Garageband software to do the entire recording.... We're getting like 2000 hits a day right now, but no one is mentioned anything about the powerbook or the free software. We're getting a lot of hits because the video/audio that I put up is actually top notch quality (of course, it was done in GB on the mac!!!) and people are blown away by it...
My question is why do people not appreciate what the macs can do out of the box, compared to Windows boxes??? I have a hard time with this topic. I work on PC's for a living, but have used macs for 7 years personally because they are so much better...
Any thoughts?
Also, I"m sorry if this post doesn't belong here, but I wanted to get some feedback (from people that appreciate GB) on how great not only the mac is, but GB, too... Especially for being free software that comes with the computer. Plus, this project opened up, for me, anyway, the real power behind Garageband. I've used it for years, but with this project, I had to learn so much about it... I don't have any books or anything, I just figured it out and it's so easy and intuitive...
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Jimmy
oh, if you're curious about the project, it's a cover of Hotel California with over 30 tracks of vocals, percussion, piano, guitars, etc., and it's here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAM1g0oX4OE

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