[DoeJury]

I have some mp3 I want to record my own vocals on top of. nothing fancy, don't need cakewalk or protools or anything. Is there anything free that works in OS X that would enable me to use the built in mic in the new iMac to record vocals on top of an mp3. Not too hard I would presume but am not having much luck.
joe

[york28]

Easily. Go to Versiontracker.com and download Amadeus, Sound Studio, or any other OSX native sound editor.

Then comes the fun part. All of these types of programs should be able to open an MP3, but they only handle up to two channels of audio in a file, and the chances are that your MP3 is stereo, which takes up two already. So open up the song in the audio editor you downloaded and save it as a mono file. Then open it up and add the vocals by adding a new track, or copying the audio from the mono file into a new stereo one.

If you want to not have to do that, then the easiest way would be to download ProTools Free and run it in OS 9. Then you can have up to 8 tracks, and there is none of the mixing down mentioned above.

Good luck with your recording.

[andymcdeee]

Funny how as technology gets updated (ie. OSX) certain things seem to go backwards.

I seem to recall the Beatles bouncing across with limited tracks in the sixties for Sergeant Peppers.

Maybe OSX is trying to teach us our roots. I know things will change soon but Audio and the Mac is definitely at a wierd, and crucial, time.