Export Garage Band Tracks To Pro Tools?

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> Is there any way to export Garage Band tracks to Pro Tools?

I assume by this that you want to export the individual tracks of your
Garage Band project and bring them into Pro Tools on separate tracks.
I don't know Garage Band, but I would assume that it has some sort of
mixdown/export function whereby you can save your entire mix to a
stereo file. Try soloing 1 track (or muting all others) and doing a
mixdown. That will probably give you a file with the contents of that
1 track only. Repeat for all tracks.

Good luck,
Travis Garrison

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Well more elegant may not be possible, but if you "mixdown" each track so
that each track has the same start time, then you will be able to import
them into protools and they will maintain sync.


"Don" <don@aveburyrecordstogo.com> wrote in message
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> In article <1120607914.271091.104140@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> "Travis Garrison" <travisgarrison@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > Is there any way to export Garage Band tracks to Pro Tools?
>>
>> I assume by this that you want to export the individual tracks of your
>> Garage Band project and bring them into Pro Tools on separate tracks.
>
> Exactly!
>
>> I don't know Garage Band, but I would assume that it has some sort of
>> mixdown/export function whereby you can save your entire mix to a
>> stereo file. Try soloing 1 track (or muting all others) and doing a
>> mixdown. That will probably give you a file with the contents of that
>> 1 track only. Repeat for all tracks.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Travis Garrison
>
> Thanks, Travis. I was hoping for a more elegant export function that
> would keep all the tracks synced, but I guess that may not be possible.
>
> I'm not familiar with either program, so I'm truly on a fishing
> expedition.
>
> - Don

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You may also wish to make note of the project tempo setting in GB and then
set the new session in PT to the same tempo before importing the tracks,
that way the grid function in PT will accurately line up with the imported
tracks for editing.

malachi

"Don" <don@aveburyrecordstogo.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you and everyone else who responded to this!
>
> In article
> <NnKye.391716$cg1.252214@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "Iain Fraser" <strawstud@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>> Well more elegant may not be possible, but if you "mixdown" each track so
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 01:05:34 -0400, John Albert wrote
(in article <42CCB81E.2BABE1D8@snet.net> ):

> Don asked about moving audio files created in GarageBand into ProTools.
>
> I use Cubase LE - not ProTools - but I believe that what works for me, will
> work for you as well.
>
> Although you can use GarageBand's "export" feature, if you wish you can
> actually grab the "raw audio" tracks directly, and import them directly.
>
> First, you will have to locate the folder in which your GarageBand projects
> are stored. I _think_ it is in the home folder somewhere - look in either the
> "Documents" or "Music" folder in your home folder. (As an aside, I've moved
my
> GarageBand projects folder elsewhere, so I don't recall the exact default
> location that GarageBand establishes to store its files).
>
> Once you have located it, open that folder. Within, you will see the
> GarageBand documents. I believe they are identified by the suffix ".band", so
> if necessary, you can search for them using that string.
>
> Be aware that although they appear in the Finder as standalone documents, the
> ".band" files are actually "packages" that contain numerous individual files.
>
> To see what's inside the package, right-click on it (two-button mouse) or
> control-click (one-button mouse) and choose "Show Package Contents" from the
> contextual menu.
>
> In the window that opens, you will see a folder called "Media". Open it.
>
> In the Media folder, you should see one or more ".aif" files. These represent
> the acutal recorded audio files for each track (some tracks may have more
than
> one file in that track). If you click ONE time on one of these files, then
> type "Command-i" (Get Info), you will actually be able to listen to the audio
> content in the Get Info window.
>
> These seem to be nothing more than ordinary .aif files that you can move
> anywhere you wish. Cubase LE can import them, and I would think that ProTools
> can, too.
>
> Hope this helps,
> - John

John,

Thanks for that. I hadn't quite needed the info yet, but was about to.

Regards,

Ty Ford



-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

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> In article <42CCB81E.2BABE1D8@snet.net>,
> John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> wrote:
>
>> Don asked about moving audio files created in GarageBand into ProTools.
>>
>> I use Cubase LE - not ProTools - but I believe that what works for me, will
>> work for you as well.
>>
>> Although you can use GarageBand's "export" feature, if you wish you can
>> actually grab the "raw audio" tracks directly, and import them directly.
>>
>> First, you will have to locate the folder in which your GarageBand projects
>> are stored. I _think_ it is in the home folder somewhere - look in either
>> the
>> "Documents" or "Music" folder in your home folder. (As an aside, I've moved
>> my
>> GarageBand projects folder elsewhere, so I don't recall the exact default
>> location that GarageBand establishes to store its files).
>>
>> Once you have located it, open that folder. Within, you will see the
>> GarageBand documents. I believe they are identified by the suffix ".band",
>> so
>> if necessary, you can search for them using that string.
>>
>> Be aware that although they appear in the Finder as standalone documents,
>> the
>> ".band" files are actually "packages" that contain numerous individual
>> files.
>>
>> To see what's inside the package, right-click on it (two-button mouse) or
>> control-click (one-button mouse) and choose "Show Package Contents" from the
>> contextual menu.
>>
>> In the window that opens, you will see a folder called "Media". Open it.
>>
>> In the Media folder, you should see one or more ".aif" files. These
>> represent
>> the acutal recorded audio files for each track (some tracks may have more
>> than
>> one file in that track). If you click ONE time on one of these files, then
>> type "Command-i" (Get Info), you will actually be able to listen to the
>> audio
>> content in the Get Info window.
>>
>> These seem to be nothing more than ordinary .aif files that you can move
>> anywhere you wish. Cubase LE can import them, and I would think that
>> ProTools
>> can, too.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> - John

Hi John,

Fascinating. I get all the way to the Media folder, but when I open it
there's nothing inside.

I agree that where GB puts things is confusing. I recall that they ended up
in my project file the last time instead of in Music>GarageBand, which is
where the sessions are.

Regards,

Ty Ford


-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com