Comments on: What The Best Mac Application For Getting Started With Electronic Music?

By: Brain Beats Audio

Brain Beats Audio — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:38:49 +0000

It’s tough being a Mac person if you want to get into binaurals. There’s so much better software available to the PC. I use Brainwave Generator, Gnaural & Adobe audition on the PC. But for mixing quality I move everything over to the Mac and use Tracktion to put my work together. You can use Gnaural for the Mac for some basic beats too but nothing beats the PC software so far. If you’re serious, pick up a cheap PC (under $400) so you can use Gnaural on the PC. It’s a lot more evolved that the Mac version. Also, be careful with Sound Studio on the Mac. There’s too much bleed between L&R channels and you lose the “beat” quality.

By: Dead Panda

Dead Panda — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:47:17 +0000

First, buy a good hardware synth/controller, I personally like the
Novation Xio Synth, it is a GREAT usb/midi controller, plus it has some
awesome sounds and is cool to use as a stand alone unit (inspiration
strikes everywhere, not in front of the computer).
I would then try out Ardour (http://www.ardour.org/) SAE endorses it,
which is good, and I just used it at ReMix Hotel and it was GREAT.
Get It While It’s Free!!!

By: jwhtn

jwhtn — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:17:20 +0000

I’ve just started checking out Numerology, and it’s very different from other software I’ve used, which is very inspiring. And it can be used as a ReWire client, which means you can run it along side ProTools, if you like. Give it a peek.

By: Gen-xtargetmarket

Gen-xtargetmarket — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:46:49 +0000

You may want to take a look at Tracktion3. It’s the easiest DAW that I’ve ever used & still has a ton of features if needed.

By: Joe McMahon

Joe McMahon — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:27:16 +0000

You should be able to use Soundflower from Cycling ‘74 (free download) to route audio around, so Gnaural can be used for the binaural beats – run it in Safari, and then route the audio over to Garageband. If you want to try generating them yourself you might try ChucK or Supercollider if you’re a programmer, or any number of free Audio Units plugins – Green Oak Crystal might serve you well.

Other DAWs you might like are Ardour and Audacity (a personal favorite – really excellent for nitpicky editing). Both of those are also free.

By: scrantonaddict

scrantonaddict — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:26 +0000

I’m on Windows, so there’s a lot more options available, but there’s an online binaural beat generator:

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~bbl2/GnauralJavaApplet_signed.html

Set the Manual Base to about 50-60 and prepare to get beaten.