Comments on: M-Audio Clones GarageBand for Windows, But Will Windows Users Care?

By: dave

dave — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:50:40 +0000

I also tried this when I was looking for a GarageBand for windows but in the end Mixcraft was what came the closest for me. I found that Mixcraft had much better sound quality, with less latency when using the ASIO codecs. The m-audio versions feels similar, but obviously quality of audio wins over cosmetics every time!

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:42:00 +0000

I absolutely love the software…using to mix an independent album by my band right now. The only downer is it was a total pain in the ass to find a proper driver to install the software. I bought for FIFTEEN DOLLARS at best buy. You can’t beat that price for something of this immense quality.

By: kkidd

kkidd — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:08:40 +0000

well the software is free…it comes free when you purchase some maudio hardware, so for 96 bucks you can get a usb producer condenser mic w/ sessions software…same for the fasttrack hardware…i got my sessions when i purchased the producer usb mic(which works well btw)…I was surprised with how easy it was to actually record and mixdown a song. Ive used several progs in the past, but thier was a steep learning curve…so i stuck with kristal audio, because it was free and easy….Sessions is much better, although there are some options which are missing(such as fade in). The only real problem i have is that it doesnt host vst plug ins, but, I can still record on kristal and just import the track to Sessions if i need a certain plugin. If you are a serious musician this isnt for you. But for a home studio like mine, its a definite compliment to my gear.

By: mistawaffles

mistawaffles — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:14:32 +0000

they should give this crap away 4 free

By: Chip

Chip — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:43:17 +0000

y doesnt some one come up with a pettition(or watever) to get apple to make garageband work for windows all i see is people wanting it for windows…i want it for windows…if they make it then charge a small price for it then they could make some profit instead of giving it free to mac users only…

By: Mark K

Mark K — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:58:46 +0000

WELL I JUST BOUGHT THE PROGRAM, SO I CAN HAVE IT ON MY PC LAPTOP, IT IS NOT GARAGEBAND BY FAR
NO VIRTUAL KEYBOARD (YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THAT SEPERATLY) Many crashes and errors occur (Mac rules) and im not sure but you cant edit you midi
notes like raise their volume and move them around
and so on,If this is true this programs sucks and i will burn it (im a pro producer and i use garageband and logic) and i love them I was looking for a good clone but I dont know yet I have to spend some more time and figure it out
The free Instruments are cheesy not pro
for that you must buy third party programs like
Symphonic Orchestra, Korg legacy and such im not sure if i can use those with m-audios Session

By: MusicFAN

MusicFAN — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:31:51 +0000

Has anyone found a driver or app. that makes the IControl (By M-audio)work on awindows PC!

Thanks Aric

By: GARAGE BAND FAN

GARAGE BAND FAN — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:02:13 +0000

Can you get it for a normal windows pc?

By: And

And — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:52:34 +0000

hey

i am in need of help badly.
all i would like is a garageband style program, with synthesisers and instruments built in already, which can be played through the normal computer keyboard and recorded..
i am struggling to find such a program and now believe i am quite useless.

many thanks to anybody who can help

By: WOOP COME ON MA CRU

WOOP COME ON MA CRU — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:38:14 +0000

Init mon

This is ok but i think mac uses procise movement and strong realistic sythethsieres (etc…techinical instruments) Blah blah…(lol) but it would be good for windows

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!