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[Closed] An idiots guide to Garageband please.

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Have this installed on my Mac Book.
Can't make head or tail of it even after reading the instructions.
All I want to do is record radio shows from another source and then put them on my iPod.
Is this possible?


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 7:27 am
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Not with Garargeband. Audio Hijack or similar is what you want for capturing sound from the web.


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 7:42 am
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Hmmmmm, not really what GarageBand is aimed at, it's all about creating music.

Let me have a think.


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 7:44 am
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Garageband is for making music - i.e. connecting instruments up to it and recording them and using loops, multitrack, etc. It's not really designed to record big lumps of sound from other sources. I'd have a browse of the app store to find something that meets your need


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 7:45 am
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Checked out Audio Hijack and a message comes up from Virgin saying I can't look at that page as its naughty.


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 7:55 am
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Audacity?


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 8:01 am
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You can record via the line in jack from an external source, It does have a 2gb size/time limit

"share" is the equivelent of export and has itunes functions.

radio stations may have their own offline apps like the BBC?

I'm on virgin and have no issues accessing audio hijack.


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 11:27 am
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[i] record radio shows from another source and then put them on my iPod.
Is this possible?[/i]

You need...Mini disc!

Tried Tune-in Radio for recording onto the iMac?


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 12:14 pm
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You need...Mini disc!

Still got mine! It was great for recording stuff off of 'Later...', I could even title all the tracks using a PS2 computer keyboard plugged into the front. Has fade in/out on it to. Great machine. 😀


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 12:23 pm
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How would the songs get from mini disc to iTunes?


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 3:13 pm
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I think DezB is being a bit naughty about the Minidisc thing, I'm not entirely sure how you'd get music from disc into iTunes without third-party software. Sony's proprietary audio format for Minidisc is DRM'd up to the eyeballs, you can only make a single copy of any given disc, for starters.
Something like Audio Hijack is what you're after, an app that can record streaming audio and save the files as AIFF, AAC or MP3 files. I used to use Wiretap, but it's no longer available, sadly.
I don't know about Audacity as a streaming audio recorder, I've never really used it, and it has it's own little idiosyncrasies, apparently.


 
Posted : 20/04/2014 11:53 pm
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Checked out Audio Hijack and a message comes up from Virgin saying I can't look at that page as its naughty.

Strange as Rogue Amoeba are a legit software house and I got through to them straight away (on Cable from Virgin).


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 9:43 am
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Most radio stations do podcasts now so you should be able to put a radio broadcast onto your iPod for later listening anyway. A mate of mine used WavePad.


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 9:52 am
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[i]How would the songs get from mini disc to iTunes?[/i]

You don't need to! You listen to em on a mini disc player silly 🙂


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 9:38 pm

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