Garage Band has put a time limit on my podcast. help!

November 9, 2007 1:36 PM

Garage Band won't let me record longer than 33:16. What can I do?

I'm recording a podcast in Apple Garage Band and I'm having a problem recording past 33 minutes and 16 seconds. The tape head won't extend past 33:16 (which also happens to be 999 on the beat and measure bar). I've tried clicking and dragging it but that doesn't work. Suggestions?

posted by betafilter to technology (4 comments total)

change the tempo
posted by birdherder at 1:46 PM on November 9, 2007

Yeah, GarageBand has a recording limit of 999 measures. I think Apple imposed a limit to keep GB an "amateur" app...and move more serious recorders to Logic.

Have you tried recording with Audacity? You're only limited by available drive space.

Or, you can just change the tempo, as birdherder suggests,
posted by Thorzdad at 1:49 PM on November 9, 2007

Thanks so much! I changed the tempo and will try to do so before recording next time.
posted by betafilter at 2:26 PM on November 9, 2007

The new version of Garageband in iLife '08 doesn't have this limitation.
posted by mathowie at 10:41 PM on November 10, 2007