transferring between Garage Band to Sonar (or recording with standalone units)

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2013/01/14 16:52:34 (permalink)

transferring between Garage Band to Sonar (or recording with standalone units)

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I don't really know if this belongs in the 'getting started' section, but I don't know where else to ask this.  I use Sonar X1 at home.  My girlfriend, who lives a few hours away, has a MAC with Garageband.  I sometimes find myself there on weekends when I don't have to work and she does, and am trying to figure out if there is a way I can record during those days and bring the files back to Sonar.  My estimation, from digging online, is that I can record and simply export each track to it's own wav file and import them into Sonar.  I'm guessing that as long as I set the bpm in sonar to the same as Garageband before I import the files, things should match up correctly.  This would be a necessity, since I would likely be using Ezdrummer on both maches and so I would need the midi to line up perfectly.

Does anyone know of a better method to do this?  The other thing I was contemplating was if there is a standalone unit for relatively cheap ($300 or so) that would work better for this.  I'm just looking for any feedback from folks who have done this type of thing before.

Thanks!
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    Kalle Rantaaho
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    Re:transferring between Garage Band to Sonar (or recording with standalone units) 2013/01/16 02:56:57 (permalink)
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    Hi All! 


    Does anyone know of a better method to do this?  The other thing I was contemplating was if there is a standalone unit for relatively cheap ($300 or so) that would work better for this.  I'm just looking for any feedback from folks who have done this type of thing before.

    Thanks!
    -joetink
    You are right. Exchanging wav-files between the projects is the only way.
    What exactly do you mean by this standalone unit? A digital recorder? If so, Tascam and Zoom among others have a selection of those.


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    Re:transferring between Garage Band to Sonar (or recording with standalone units) 2013/01/16 15:15:07 (permalink)
    Thanks for your reply.  Yes, i was talking about a standalone unit like a Tascam or Zoom, but wondering if there are any that would seamlessly and quickly allow me to come back and import into Sonar. 
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    Re:transferring between Garage Band to Sonar (or recording with standalone units) 2013/01/16 15:18:30 (permalink)
    The recorded tracks can be really effortlessly imported into SONAR from the flash cards of the recorders (assuming you have a card reader).

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