I agree wholeheartedly with Peter. Live and Reason And others are often the right tool for the job. especially since you can get limited versions of these programs as bundles with various hardware. Most notably M-Audio's Transit which is a great USB audio I/O for $99. -- Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy mag at macaudioguy.com http://macaudioguy.com/ On Jan 21, 2004, at 2:08 PM, Peter Kirn wrote: > > On Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004, at 15:54 America/New_York, Mohit Bhansali > wrote: > >> A tad OT. Would Ableton Live be able to arrange >> backing loops and tracks for live triggering? I play >> in a band and would like to have my powerbook hooked >> right up to a midi controller to trigger backing >> sequences to come through the PA for some of the cover >> tunes that we do. > > Yes, absolutely! OT for Garage Band, yes, but people should know what > software options are out there. > > Live would really be your best option for this. > > Peter > > -- Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy mag at macaudioguy.com http://macaudioguy.com/