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To Tekker:

Thanks for the tips! Even though I'm 99.9% Mac-using (my PC is only used as part of a network render farm for Bryce), I think it's vitally important to have good tips for both platforms in any tech-related thread. People should definately look to you for any Windows-based audio engineering tips! Of course, there's very likely other Mac users here who have far more experience in audio, but as you can see I'm not shy about taking the time to capture screenshots and write up basic tutorials. (Just wish this forum would let me go back and fix the typos and add things like below).



To All:

Just a clarification I noticed that I should add: If you use GarageBand and you want to share your recorded playing with others, clicking File > Export to iTunes will not instantly turn it into mp3 format. This saves it in your iTunes library as Apple's AIFF format. This file format is higher quality than mp3 and usually smaller file size too. However, since not all audio players support AIFF then after you copy it out of iTunes onto your desktop you might be better off converting it to mp3 before posting your playing on the web or emailing it to your friends. Every audio player I know of can play mp3s, so this ensures greatest compatability. Converting to mp3 can be done with Audacity and most other audio editing software.

Again, I have been told by others that the newest version of Garageband can export the recording as an mp3 or many other formats directly without the additional step of using iTunes + some other editing/encoding software, but since I only own an older version of Garageband I cannot verify this myself.