Two macs, one old, one newer. Trying to combine to distinct iTunes libraries into one, without losing playlists.
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posted by Bohemia Mountain
on Feb 1, 2013 -
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I have a Macbook Air and an iPad. When they're both at home I want to be able to control music playback on the iPad from the Air. What do I want?
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posted by slow graffiti
on Sep 16, 2012 -
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My older Mac mini cant handle my music making needs anymore.
I use it to run Logic, Reason, and many soft synths. as well as record
8 channels of audio and applying effects etc.
I am not sure if I should get an Imac or a MacBook Pro.
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posted by digividal
on Aug 19, 2012 -
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Logic Pro 9 question: suddenly when I bounce a song from Logic to my desktop (in .aif format) and then try to play in iTunes, it will import into iTunes, but it won't play. I'm relatively new to logic, but I've done this before with no problems. What gives?
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posted by Lutoslawski
on Oct 30, 2011 -
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I'm a professional musician, but specifically a classical musician with essentially no experience with sequencing, recording, amplification, or anything to do with electronics. Can you tell me how I become a bedroom musician?
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posted by Busoni
on Oct 9, 2011 -
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I feel like this must be a tremendously stupid question: what's the best way to backup my photos on my mac?
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posted by lilnublet
on Jul 23, 2011 -
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What sequencer+daw on the Mac handles clips/phrases in a song as links back to a master instance of the clip, rather than as individual copies?
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posted by txsebastien
on May 24, 2011 -
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Is there a free program or way to have my macbook act as a pitch pipe/tuning fork, at various frequencies? For example, a sustained A at 441 Hz. And then other notes from the chromatic scale using equal temperament.
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posted by Busoni
on Oct 8, 2010 -
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In iTunes, how do I arrange the order in which my playlists are arranged? The default is alphabetical, how do I arrange them in my own chosen order.
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posted by slowtree
on Apr 28, 2010 -
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Please help me find cheap, easy-to-use, music recording/MIDI software for Mac.
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posted by jalexc
on Mar 3, 2010 -
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What's the best wireless audio bridge / networked digital audio receiver that works on the Mac?
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posted by nitsuj
on Nov 29, 2009 -
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A desktop, a laptop, an external hard drive, an iPhone, and me. How should I sync my iPhone?
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posted by doift
on Jun 29, 2009 -
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Looking for good composition software on Mac. No actual recorded tracks- it'd be all Kurzweil PC-88 inputted MIDI. Must-haves include fairly easy ability to just jump in and start composin', a music score notation interface, very realistic quality of the instruments (i.e., that my midi inputted keyboard can still sound like a darn good bass guitar), and decent ability to refine the sound quality. [more inside]
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posted by hincandenza
on Jun 23, 2009 -
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How can I make a stop-motion animation in Final Cut Pro from a series of many photographs? Details inside.
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posted by andromache
on Apr 24, 2009 -
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Switched to Mac, looking for Adobe Audacity replacement. Should I go for Logic Express?
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posted by treepour
on Apr 9, 2009 -
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A family friend recently gave my kids a first generation iMac G3 (the bondi blue one). We've got loads of PCs around the house, but this is our first Mac. We also have a Yamaha P-120 digital piano. The kids are away for Spring Break and I'd love to surprise them by connecting the two so they can compose, experiment and generally mess around with music on the computer. The problem? Despite strong geekish tendencies, I know nothing about macs, midi or music. And googling isn't leading to anything particularly helpful for someone who knows zero about this stuff.
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posted by Hali
on Mar 17, 2009 -
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Is there a (hopefully free) Mac app that will let me draw (and listen to) a waveform? I just switched to a Mac 4 months ago, and I remember there being all sorts of little audio tools that did stuff like this, but now I need one that will allow me to simply draw a waveform.
Now, ideally I'd like to paste in graphical or vector shapes (photoshop or illustrator) and use those as the waveforms -this is really what I'm looking for - like a line to waveform ability. Would an oscilloscope-type software be more what I'm looking for, and would that allow me to "dial" between the drawn waveforms? Thanks!
posted by itchi23
on Jan 16, 2009 -
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I have a song I composed / recorded / etc. I'd like to make simple video by cutting together fragments of public-domain films with this song. I have a MacBook. How to get to point B? iMovie is crashing on every import.
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posted by tmcw
on Oct 29, 2008 -
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I'm going to be relying on my iMac and the music stored on it for a while. I would like to get a set of speakers so that the computer sounds better. What reasonably-priced powered speakers have folks had success with? I'd rather not get a separate subwoofer. I'd be willing to get a small amp and use my small stereo speakers if all the other options are too crappy. Thanks.
posted by OmieWise
on Aug 7, 2008 -
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Legitimizing iTunes Library. I have *ahem* a friend. This friend has a reasonably large digital music collection being managed by iTunes on a Mac. He would like to understand the cost of ensuring this collection is 100% legal, having realized that the vast majority of it is not.
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posted by superfurry
on Jun 20, 2008 -
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Macbooks; I'm going to university this September to study a music technology course, all their computers are macs, I'd like to buy one so I can take my work home. For music recording and production, which macbook is most suitable for me?
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posted by ilumos
on Jun 10, 2008 -
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Tracking software makes me weep. Help me find a simple program for making music on my computer.
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posted by gc
on Jun 5, 2008 -
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PCtoMacFilter: Is there an easier (faster) way to get my 37 gigs of music stranded on my PC formatted iPod onto my new Macbook than copying it to a PC with 3rd party software, burning it to dvds, and then ripping the dvds onto the Mac? Apple says "no," but please tell me they are wrong.
posted by Hollow
on Mar 15, 2008 -
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I want to buy a small, Mac-compatible digital camcorder. My budget is under $1000. I will be using the camera to shoot videos that I will project when I play gigs with my band. I will probably also use it to film other people's gigs.
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posted by pollystark
on Sep 21, 2007 -
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I'm a long time mixtape (er CD..) enthusiast and MAc user, and I'd like to take things to the next level by actually doing some real mixing and looping etc in my creations. I've researched a lot of DJ tools (Tracktor, Logic, Mixxx, etc), but I'm not really interested in doing anything live or realtime. Nor do I particularly care to replicate decks.
On the other hand, I don't think high-level audio production suites are what I'm looking for either. Overkill. Either way, the costs seem prohibitive in most cases.
It boils down to this: I need to be able to beatmatch, crossfade, loop and save to mp3 and then split the resulting track into smaller ones of my choosing. My thoughts so far are to use a BPM counter in Itunes and then try my hand at Audacity. Don't really know how to split mp3s yet...
Any alternative ideas or successful set-ups?
posted by two7s_clash
on Jun 16, 2007 -
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Anyone know of an applet that creates MP3 tag info from file names for Mac OS X?
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posted by gyrom
on Mar 17, 2007 -
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Does anyone know of a mac program to catalogue cds - which will allow me to IMPORT my exisiting files (.csv) from my PC Music catalogue program?
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posted by Megamix
on Mar 11, 2007 -
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I'm interested in setting up network-attached storage for my media, which mostly consists of digital photos (iPhoto) and 70+ GB music accessed via iTunes. I'd appreciate any links to blogs, etc. discussing this sort of thing for the Mac.
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posted by cahlers
on Feb 5, 2007 -
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Help me fill my home with music: I want to play my iTunes library over two separate home stereo systems at the same time. What's the easiest, cheapest way to do this?
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posted by fearless_yakov
on Feb 4, 2007 -
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I'm looking to connect an Alesis QS8 keyboard to my iMac, with the intention of making some music. I'd like to do a bit more than use it as a simple MIDI keyboard, though.
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posted by hifiparasol
on Jan 24, 2007 -
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Any way around these two (Mac) iTunes annoyances? First, iTunes apparently cannot remember my password for "Check for Purchases". Second, iTunes always jumps the focus back to the next song it's playing despite how much further down I'm browsing and adding songs to playlists.
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posted by ontic
on Dec 11, 2006 -
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All the
Woz buzz reminded me of a program I ran on a Mac 128 at school. It was a music authoring toy, that let you build MIDI tunes by dragging notes onto a staff. I had so much fun with that thing! Any idea what it was called?
posted by owhydididoit
on Oct 4, 2006 -
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