Mixing audio tracks

[jeudi33]

I've recently mixed music with Audacity but it's not really the best software to handle a lot of tracks. Could anyone advice on what are the best applications? for mac of course!
thanks:)

[nixgeek]

Have you tried GarageBand?

There's also Ardour (http://ardour.org) which is open source but it as lot more intricate in its features than Audacity. Ardour requires JackOSX (http://www.jackosx.com/) although I think you can make it work with CoreAudio. I've got it running on my iMac G5 with Tiger but I need to get myself some sort of breakout box for bringing in audio.

[Ramesh33]

nice tools there thanks for sharing

[ian_k]

traktor, serato, ableton

[nixgeek]

traktor, serato, ableton

While excellent tools to consider, each of them does cost quite a bit of money. Considering that the original poster was using Audacity already, I imagine the original poster might have been looking for a similar free or inexpensive alternative, hecne the mention of GarageBand and Ardour. But still, great suggestions.

[ian_k]

audacity is more of an audio editing /recording software though isnt it??

[nixgeek]

audacity is more of an audio editing /recording software though isnt it??

Yes, but there are some rudimentary mixing possibilities available. Still, this is what the original poster wanted to move away from. This was why I brought up GarageBand which is already included, or Ardour which is free software like Audacity but a little more beefy in terms of mixing features. Ardour is a digital audio workstation that allows for mixing and whatnot. Again, the suggestions you brought up are solid ones and used in the industry, but I imagine the original poster was looking for a more inexpensive solutions, be it free or commercial. At least they have demos that the original poster can test out, so yeah. :)

[Natobasso]

Definitely Garageband.

[VirtualTracy]

Apple.com ... GarageBand/ (http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/)

Improving GarageBand Performance (http://www.thegaragedoor.com/setup/improving.html)

The very 1st music creating app I ever used was FretPe (http://www.thinkyhead.com/fretpet/)t (10 yrs ago now ... )