Comparison of Music Composing Software: Nyquist IDE, Audacity, and Garage Band

Yuheng Lin

2024

Abstract

The art of music composition got great leaps forward with Nyquist IDE, Audacity, and GarageBand applications. In the present work, it will be valuable to compare them and work out how they correspond to various user needs. Nyquist IDE is very powerful for controlling sound synthesis by codes, but this system has a very high learning curve for beginning users. Audacity is less complicated, having a simpler interface, and is more apt for basic editing, though it does not have the variety of advanced functions necessary for professional production. GarageBand is then more accessible, with its good balance of ease of use, though not professional due to a shortage of advanced tools for manipulation and mixing. Adding machine learning into the feature set for these platforms could exponentially increase their functionality, i.e., Nyquist autocompletion, AI modification and cleanup for Audacity, and adaptive instruments for GarageBand. These results underline a future where a choice between the toolset has to be made based on creative needs but points to a future of development in which the bridge between casual and professional users would be mended and the advanced music production toolset would become more accessible to all.

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Lin Y. (2024). Comparison of Music Composing Software: Nyquist IDE, Audacity, and Garage Band. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Data Analysis and Machine Learning - Volume 1: DAML; ISBN 978-989-758-754-2, SciTePress, pages 208-213. DOI: 10.5220/0013512700004619


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@conference{daml24,
author={Yuheng Lin},
title={Comparison of Music Composing Software: Nyquist IDE, Audacity, and Garage Band},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Data Analysis and Machine Learning - Volume 1: DAML},
year={2024},
pages={208-213},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013512700004619},
isbn={978-989-758-754-2},
}


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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Data Analysis and Machine Learning - Volume 1: DAML
TI - Comparison of Music Composing Software: Nyquist IDE, Audacity, and Garage Band
SN - 978-989-758-754-2
AU - Lin Y.
PY - 2024
SP - 208
EP - 213
DO - 10.5220/0013512700004619
PB - SciTePress