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[ediddy]

ok i need some help. about two weeks ago i got a g4 powerbook and use garage band i also bought remus rmx, a trigger finger pad, and a oxygen 8 keyboard. now im making ok beats but i feel like when i go to make the drum with beat and clap i cant control it. What i mean is i use a kit from rmx then go to garage band and use the trigger finger pad to make the basic beat but the tempo never matches up right. is there an easier way to get it so the tempo matches the basic beat. cause right now i move the tempo then see if the basic beat will fit in the 2 bars or w/e. is there a way to make the basic beat then it will automaticly fit or set its tempo. please help me out im new at this.

[dwwave]

It depends on your pocketbook!

If you want to stay with a Apple product Logic Express or Logic 7

The express is just under $300.00, Logic ( Apple bought the Logic

program as far as I know, is close to $1,000 with tax)

I have a copy of Tracktion 1, they were giving it away (its a Mackie

product) prior to releasing (for sale) Tracktion 2 , I have not used

it that much so I really do not have a honest opinion about it

Reason (Propellerhead) is very popular as well as Native Instruments (lots of plug-ins)

there is also Pro Tools and its variants

Have you checked out www.harmonycentral.com

go under user reviews for software and pick by manufacturer

and you will get user reviews

www.sweetwater.com is probaly (to me) the largest online

seller of DAW, VST, and computer based music creation software

out there, I work with Ted Hunter there (he is my sales rep)

he can help you with whatever you need

there is a online form you can fill out or call Sweetwater and ask

for him or any available computer music software salesperson.

This is a good place for help as well as macjams.com

a site devoted to music created on Mac's and he various Mac platform programs

Hope this helps

David
dwwave