audacity

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ive bnever used this, but looking to very soon.

is it good for free software?

can u fade add reverb etc?

would it be ok to record instruments on - e.g guitar modules
 
What's keeping you from just trying it out?

Audacity is excellent for free software. You can control gain, create fades, mix tracks, etc. Effects are added using plugins. The list of available plugins depends on your platform (Mac, Windows, etc.). A shortcoming of Audacity when compared with similar programs is that effects are not added in real time, but must be applied to a track destructively. Well, destructive in a sense. You can always undo.

Some people do use Audacity for multitrack recording, but it would not be my first choice for that application. There are better free/inexpensive tools for that purpose.

Cheers,
Don
 
thanks mate

what would u suggest for recorsing the instruments. be it free or a cheap software?

thanks

joe
 
You can try REAPER for free: http://www.reaper.fm/.

If you keep using it after the evaluation period, the cost is $39.95 for non-commercial use. A lot of people seem to think it's pretty good.

Don
 
Yup, REAPER is better.

More like the full-blown DAWs like Cubase, Sonar, ProTools than Audacity.

(You'll still want to keep a copy of Audacity on your computer; it's free and a great quick sound editor...)

You can use REAPER free forever until you get guilty enough to pay for it; well worth $40....
 
Audacity is a good program for learining the basics of how digital recording works. It's easy to learn and use. Most of what you do in Audacity can be applied to other recording software. If you have a decent PC with a decent soundcard (audio interface prefered) you can make some decent recordings with Audacity. After you get the basic idea of digital recording you will probably want to upgrade to a more complex program.
 
I would second Reaper (if you're on a PC) - the Mac version isn't exactly in fullu functional mode yet...

Audacity is definitely good though for quick edits of things - but as someone else said, the effects you apply are desctructive (they are applied to the track and stay like that, as opposed to plugins, which only alter the output of the track's sound as it is played, leaving the track stored in memory alone).
 
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