My foam lined, home studio is finished and the condenser mic and interface have been purchased. So I'm just about ready to get my freelance, audiobook recording business up and running. As soon as the new tax year begins, I'll be ready to invest the rest of my available money in some very important stuff, most especially, my DAW. But here's the challenge. I've been trying to do my homework and investigate which DAW will best meet my needs. Since I'm only recording my own voice and not in need if all the bells and whistles a band might need in their recording sessions, I see no reason to pay the BIG BUCKS to purchase an expensive, full blown piece of recording software, like Pro Tools. Not necessary. But what's really important is the ability to do "Punch and Roll" recording. I'm having a hard time identifying which pieces of software will do this important task. I know Pro Tools can and Studio One can because I watched a UTube video on how to do it with that DAW. But when reading the specs. etc. on the other products, I can't get a feel if they will do this, or not.
So I thought I'd come to this forum with my question and seek your advise. Which Professional (not free) DAW software system would you recommend I purchase that you are positive can do "Punch and Roll" voice recording? Also, but of lesser importance, are Mastering capabilities. After I produce a finished .wav file, sometimes (not always) I will need to do some basic EQ and compression. If the DAW software can do this, without getting too expensive, fine, but it's less important because I can always get free software to just process my .wav file after the bulk of the recording is finished on the DAW.
Thanks.
So I thought I'd come to this forum with my question and seek your advise. Which Professional (not free) DAW software system would you recommend I purchase that you are positive can do "Punch and Roll" voice recording? Also, but of lesser importance, are Mastering capabilities. After I produce a finished .wav file, sometimes (not always) I will need to do some basic EQ and compression. If the DAW software can do this, without getting too expensive, fine, but it's less important because I can always get free software to just process my .wav file after the bulk of the recording is finished on the DAW.
Thanks.
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