[CUBE] OT, again!!!: GarageBand question

[A M]

Mark,

A) Format has to be .aiff or any uncompressed format. Wav would do. You
could burn it if it was an MP3 as Toast will automatically convert to aiff.

B) For file sizes, a 3 min song in aiff is about 35-40mb (stereo) (half of
that if it's mono.) So you're looking around 800mb for an hour.

C) If you have the right program to handle the audio you should be fine,
albeit a little low saving the file. I can recommend Peak.

Make sure it's 44.1khz and 16 Bit which is CD quality.

Finally I have no idea about Garage Band!

I think you have a DVD of the samples etc, maybe you could use toast and
create a disc image of the DVD and run it off your ipod.

All the best,

Alex


 

on 8/2/2004 1:49 PM, gooddog at interlync.com at gooddog at interlync.com wrote:

> Folks;
> 
> I attend a tai chi class where our instructor discusses/lectures
> frequently. It occurred to me I can record this using GarageBand and a
> microphone with my 500 mhz dual usb iBook.  However, I'm not sure of a
> number of things:
> 
> A) what format to save it to in order to burn a cd.
> 
> B) What size of file will it be if it's an hour and a half to two hour
> talk
> 
> C) Is it workable to record such a length of audio and not completely
> bog down the system?  I'm not looking for professional quality, though
> this would be great if it were possible, if this will be an impediment
> to the system. "Good enough" will be good enough.
> 
> Most important, since my hard drive is only 10 gb, can I install GB on
> my 15 gb iPod and run it off of there (connected to the iBook, of
> course)?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mark
>