recording software.......?

Question

for a macbook what is the best recording software if the main reason was to record a band(mainly guitars)
Final SongWriter
Final PrintMusic
Arobas Music Guitar Pro 5.1

Also what is the difference between the two Final??

Answer 1

I'm not a Mac person, but Finale Songwriter and Finale PrintMusic are really notation software, for writing Lead Sheets, Piano scores, band parts, etc.

For recording, you likely want something like pro-tools. Ntrack is good but that is PC based (www.ntrack.com)

Answer 2

The best recording software is made by Apple. All Macs come with Garageband, which is actually a pretty damn good piece of recording software. You can add all kinds of plug-ins, as well. I'm using Garageband with GuitarRig 2.

If you want to go semi-pro or pro, you can use Logic Express or Logic Studio. From what I know, those are the best of the best.

I haven't used the Finale software much, as I really don't read music. I've done some great recordings in Garageband though. Check out a YouTube video I made using Garageband:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtj-Wik_8NY

Also, check these out:

http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband
http://www.apple.com/logicexpress
http://www.apple.com/logicstudio

Answer 3

SoundTap Streaming Audio Recorder
http://www.welldownload.com/Streaming_Audio.html

Answer 4

Audacity is a good choice and it is open source.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
or you can go straight to the download page:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/