by antbrown on February 7, 2008
I was just sorting through a bunch of old CD’s when I came across one filled to the brim with Soundfonts – You know those magical files that are actually software instruments made up from samples – Well it turns out You can use Soundfonts in Garageband! Here’s how:
- Copy your soundfonts to “/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks” folder (It can be the one in your Home folder if you like)
- Goto Track info (create a new track first if you don’t have a spare one)
- Click the Details button (little triangle)
- Next to “Generator” choose “DLSMusicDevice”
- Click the Edit button (looks like a pencil)
- Next to “Sound bank” choose the Sound Font you just copied across
That’s it!! Simple stuff.
Now here’s a video of how to find all that stuff in GarageBand:
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by antbrown on July 1, 2007
Sending Live a MIDI signal to start recording an audio track, and then the same MIDI signal to stop recording is cool, but what if you don’t like that take? You have to walk over to your computer and press the Cmd + Z keys, or Delete, then start again.
How frustrating…
Enter MidiPipe a little utility that gives you full power over any MIDI signal entering your computer. The thing that really got me drooling over this app is that you can run AppleScripts from a MIDI signal!! But really, how cool is that? I’ll tell you… it’s tubular cool.
The guy that made it, Nico Wald, seems to have his finger on the button, the app is designed very intuitively, as all Mac apps seem to be.
Not only that, it comes with a default environment for Live!, so just load it up, change MIDI signals to suit and control Ableton Live right from your MIDI Controller… oh yeah baby, I’m digging it. You could even program your Mac to start podcasting your set via a simple MIDI command hooked into an Applescript, it’s just beautiful.
Anyone keen for a screenshot tutorail? Just leave a comment below (it doesn’t take much to convince me)