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Mike Freze
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Hi! Still trying to get an answer for my question concerning what entry-level program is better: Cakewalk Home Studio 2 XL or Cubase LE. I don't know if my first post on this got deleted or what. I can't afford to upgrade right now, so I'm asking for some honest opinions for what I have at the moment to work with.
I have played around with both recording software programs and I can't see much difference between the two. Cakewalk Home Studio 2 XL is an older program (archaic, compared to the Sonar versions) and only half the size of my Cubase LE.
Yet reading both manuals (and experimenting with the features), I can't see where the larger Cubase LE offers anything more than my Cakewalk Home Studio. Cakewalk offers unlimited tracks to work with (audio or midi) and Cubase LE limits the tracks you can use.
Both offer these things: audio and midi recording/editing/mixing in the same project, plug ins, amp simulators, virtual compressors/limiters/gates/ etc., track automation during mixing, bouncing, export features, panning, EQ, and on and on.
So what's the difference? Cakewalk also allows loop recording and editing on a level that Cubase seems to lack.
So why is my Cubase LE twice as large? Is it ONLY becuase you maybe get more plug ins or virtual instruments included? Or could it be something else?
I need to make a decision soon on which product to stay with until I upgrade later on.
Mike Freze
I have played around with both recording software programs and I can't see much difference between the two. Cakewalk Home Studio 2 XL is an older program (archaic, compared to the Sonar versions) and only half the size of my Cubase LE.
Yet reading both manuals (and experimenting with the features), I can't see where the larger Cubase LE offers anything more than my Cakewalk Home Studio. Cakewalk offers unlimited tracks to work with (audio or midi) and Cubase LE limits the tracks you can use.
Both offer these things: audio and midi recording/editing/mixing in the same project, plug ins, amp simulators, virtual compressors/limiters/gates/ etc., track automation during mixing, bouncing, export features, panning, EQ, and on and on.
So what's the difference? Cakewalk also allows loop recording and editing on a level that Cubase seems to lack.
So why is my Cubase LE twice as large? Is it ONLY becuase you maybe get more plug ins or virtual instruments included? Or could it be something else?
I need to make a decision soon on which product to stay with until I upgrade later on.
Mike Freze