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Powertracks Pro Audio vs. GarageBand: Which One is Better for Mac Users?

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  • Aug 20, 2023
  • 7 min read


Cubase is Steinberg's advanced music production system, including audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing. Version 4.1 added MusicXML import and export support. Cubase Studio also included MusicXML support in its 4.1 and 5.x releases.




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The MaxScore Max object adds common Western music notation to the Max visual programming language for media. When used with Max for Live, it also adds notation to the Ableton Live digital audio workstation. MusicXML export and import for MaxScore and LiveScore is provided via JMSL.


Melody Scanner is a web application from Klangio that transcribes audio recordings and lets you edit the resulting sheet music. MusicXML import is supported in all plans, while MusicXML export is supported in the Premium subscription plans.


Noteflight is an online service for writing and sharing music notation online, and then embedding the results in web sites and blogs. The Noteflight Score Editor displays, edits, prints and plays back music notation in standard web browsers running HTML5 web audio. MusicXML import and export are both supported starting with the version 1.1 release.


Nuendo is Steinberg's audio production environment for audio post, studio production and live recording. Nuendo added MusicXML import and export support in version 4 via the music notation features of the optional Nuendo Expansion Kit add-on package. The Nuendo Expansion Kit features were incorporated directly into Nuendo in version 8.


REAPER from Cockos is a digital audio production application for Windows and macOS. Version 5.20 added a notation editor, followed by MusicXML export in version 5.22 and MusicXML import in version 5.23.


ScoreCloud from DoReMIR Music Research is a notation application whose main entry method is via live MIDI or monophonic audio input. All subscription levels can import MusicXML files, while Pro subscriptions can also export MusicXML files.


Songs2See Editor is an authoring program for the Songs2See Game software. It converts audio to music scores and also allows editing of MIDI and MusicXML files. Songs2See was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology and is distributed by Songquito UG.


AnthemScore from Lunaverus is a music transcription application designed to automatically create sheet music from audio as accurately as possible. It converts audio files into MusicXML files and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.


capella audio2score pro is an app for editing audio files in a symbolic manner, including conversion of audio MP3 and .wav files to MusicXML files. It is available for Windows and macOS in German only.


MOTU's Digital Performer is a leading digital audio workstation for Mac and Windows. Its QuickScribe feature is well known for its MIDI to notation transcription quality. Version 9 adds support for exporting MusicXML files from QuickScribe notation.


Frettable transcribes audio from electric guitar and other instruments into sheet music using machine learning technology. The Premium service includes MusicXML downloads of the transcriptions. The mobile app is available on iOS and Android.


Piano2Notes is a web application from Klangio that transcribes audio files or YouTube videos of solo piano music into MusicXML, MIDI, and PDF files. There is also an Android app that transcribes microphone recordings.


Sinsy is a web-based singing voice synthesis application. It reads monophonic MusicXML files in UTF-8 encoding with Japanese (hiragana or katakana) or English lyrics that are uploaded to the site. It then creates an audio file with the results of the Hidden Markov Model (HMM)-based singing synthesis, which can be played or downloaded.


Greg Jopa has created a proof-of-concept HTML5 Guitar Tab Player. It reads MusicXML files, displays them in an HTML5 browser using VexFlow, and plays them using the beta Firefox 4 audio API, a predecessor of the W3C Web Audio API recommendation.


Today I verified this behavior exists regardless of 32-bit or 64-bit engine setting. For grins and giggles, I booted in to Windows and tried under Cakewalk Sonar Platinum (exact same hardware, exact same cabling). Sonar records audio from SPDIF just fine, same as Ableton. This appears to be limited to Cubase, and limited only to SPDIF optical (the analog inputs record fine).


VSL is just another library, although VSL has something called VE Pro which allows you to use any libraries on multiple computers streaming the audio back to your main computer, saving a ton of CPU and RAM on that main computer.


My recommendation would be to learn piano/keyboard first. And not just chords, and pop songs. You need to learn to read music. While it is true that some film composers have been able to make a career without the ability to read music notation, they are the exception. You do not have to be an excellent pianist, but you will need the ability to play in your music into a digital audio workstation (DAW).


Check your drum module. Some pretty modest modules such as the Roland TD-11 actually act as their very own audio interface. This means that you can simply connect your drum module to your computer via a USB cable, install the necessary drivers, and away you go.


Drum modules generally include a headphone output so you can easily monitor your practice and performance, but they also generally feature audio outputs that you can use for recording and live performances.


Audio interfaces usually connect to your computer by USB. Drivers for these are usually very easy to install. The audio signal from the audio interface can then be easily recognized and recorded to your software.


I highly recommend the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen) audio interface (Amazon link, Thomann Link (EU)). I have always found their audio interfaces to have very good audio quality for their price point. It is a very popular interface and its build quality is superb. It records very nicely and has 2 inputs and 2 outputs.


In my opinion, the best option is to combine both of these option together if you can, as it gives you the most amount of freedom. Higher-end Roland V-drum modules usually include a USB connection that can transfer both audio and MIDI at the same time, which is a fantastic feature.


If I understand correctly on some of the above articles, I can connect the headphones output of my DTX-700 (3.5mm TRS female) to 1 of 2 inputs on my Focusrite audio interface (6.35mm XLR/TRS female) by using this cable (see amazon link below).


Hi Mike,When I connect the audio output from my e-drum module (it has L and R, and I use one of them) to my audio interface Focusrite 18i8, I can see the green halo light coming on, but I can not hear or record any sound in my iPad GarageBand. This input works fine with other instruments. What am I doing wrong?Thank you for your help with this question.


Hooked my Alesis Command to my PC laptop using Studio One Pro 5, windows recognizes the AC and Studio 5 recognizes the v-drums both show as Alesis Command but I am not getting signal response in Studio 5. Watched several vids on setting it up but still no go. Per Alesis web I should be able to go straight from the usb/midi port to usb on my pc. I do not see where there are any drivers involved but I am using asio drivers for my midi keyboard through audiobox 96. Any thoughts of guidance would be much appreciated!


Hi Stuart, if you want to record what you hear through the headphones then you would need to record the audio output from the module using an audio interface (alternatively, connecting it to the line in or microphone input on your computer might also work but you would get bad recording quality from this).


Am I right in thinking that means all I need to do is plug my module into my audio interface, Then plug that into my laptop and load up a DAW and I can then use that DAW to record the sound? Or do I need a VST to convert the MIDI?


Hello, I finally got an audio interface and thanks to your advice I can hear my laptop and drums in one set of headphones, Thank you so much! but when I try to record them they are EXTREMELY low in volume. In my headphones that are connected to the interface they are loud, but when I record on audacity they are almost inaudible on playback. I have completely new wires and my gains are on full as well as my drum module being on full volume but it is still very quiet, Any advice or pointers would be amazing.


You can select more than one input at a time, and these will be mixed together for the next stage in the pipeline. You can also have more than one effect: the audio will be passed from one to the next in the chain. You can reorder effects at any time by tapping and holding, then dragging into position.


On devices with enough space (iPad, or iPhone in landscape mode), a CPU meter appears on the top right of the screen. This provides an estimation of the amount of device resources being used for audio processing. As the indicator approaches 100%, the risk of audio drop-outs and audible crackles increases, so it is recommended to keep an eye on this number.


If you find yourself running out of CPU resources, you can increase the hardware buffer duration (see Settings for details), which gives your device more time to process audio, at the cost of increased latency.


This is the default screen in Audiobus, and controls all of the audio routing: that is, things that actually do stuff with sound. It's here you add synths, guitar sims, drum machines, delays, EQs, autotuners, live-loopers and samplers, and it's here you select physical audio inputs and outputs.


You may run one instance of an app at a time, although an app may provide multiple ports of different kinds (accessed via the button in the selector) which can be used simultaneously. A live-looper like Loopy, for example, may be used in the output slot in order to receive audio, and simultaneously appear in the input slot for further audio processing at its output. It may also provide individual outputs for each track, so you can apply different effect chains to each, or use a multi-track recorder to record each track separately. 2ff7e9595c


 
 
 

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