Cakewalk w/ souundcard

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This will sound really dumb but I have to ask.

I am going to get a program, probaly cakewalk. Does it come with the soundcard or not? I have talked to people and they have told me both ways. Please tell me. If it doesn't come with a soundcard does any particular soundcard work better with cakewalk than another.

Thanks!
 
Cakewalk by itself does not come with a sound card, however some sound card manufactureres have bundled cakewalk with their cards.

Note that the 'free' version of cakewalk that might come bundled with your card, while a fine program and functional in all ways, is not Sonar.

I believe that the Cakewalk included is there largely to drive upgrade business for Cakewalk.

I bought a Q10 soundcard and figured, since it came with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, that I should stay with Cakewalk programs to make sure everything runs right...

Pro Audio 9 is a fine program. The sonar upgrade is nice too.

I would suggest that you download the sonar demo and see if you like it.

Hope this helps.

Jim
 
I've seen some software bundled with some soundcards, but not the other way around. I think you should head on over to the computer recording/soundcard forum and ask them for suggestions. It all depends on what your system is and what you're going to record. I use an Audiophile 2496 card and love it. It beats the hell out of my old soundblaster. Of course, I record alone and only require one set of stereo ins. It's all kind of baffling at first isn't it? Welcome to the jungle.:D
 
jdier said:
Cakewalk by itself does not come with a sound card, however some sound card manufactureres have bundled cakewalk with their cards.

Note that the 'free' version of cakewalk that might come bundled with your card, while a fine program and functional in all ways, is not Sonar.

I believe that the Cakewalk included is there largely to drive upgrade business for Cakewalk...
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Couldn't explaining much better than that, jdier :cool:
Any regular "Windows" sound card usualy will work with Cakewalk (SONAR). But trust me, you'll scream for the poor quality. Check this link... for "best" soundcard for home recorders...

;)
Jaymz
 
mbuster said:
It's all kind of baffling at first isn't it? Welcome to the jungle.:D
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Absolutely! Especially if you were not experienced with even hardware 4-track recording before you started. Learning the terminology, and technology of recording itself (let alone computer recording) is the hard part. Beyond learning how to use the tools, and having decent equipment, its all in just how well you can sing, play, write, etc. and how well your ears work. :)

I just picked this up recently, so I'll pass it along to you, beatle, you will want a soundcard AND at least a mic preamp. There are all kinds of options, but you want to use the Line In on your soundcard, not the microphone jack. So you need some kind of preamp, mixer, etc. to hook up your mic or instrument cable or whatever, and then hook up that preamp/mixer to your Line In.
 
I just picked this up recently, so I'll pass it along to you, beatle, you will want a soundcard AND at least a mic preamp.
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Very true....unless you get a soundcard that comes fitted with a pre-amp. Like the Delta 66+omni. Or the USB omni, both from M-audio:
http://www.midiman.net/;)

Or the Edirol cards too.
 
Basically, you have about 1000 options. Lukily, only about 250 of them appropriate for your purposes, so that narrows it down a bit.Now, if you're anything like me, you can't afford any of the 250. After exhaustive research ,(which this site is great for) you'll purchase something regardless of your ability to actually pay for it. Then, once you've got your new gear in hand, you'll spend a while trying to get it to work. This could take longer than it took for you to pick out the gear. Once you've finally made a few recordings you'll either be totally stoked or sorely disappointed. Either way it becomes obvious that you absolutely MUST have more gear to accomplish this or that sound or function you never realized existed but now cannot possibly be creative without. Then the cycle begins again. It makes me look back fondly to the days when I actually made music. Oh. well............;)
 
Recording is like that swimming pool in the back yard: A hole in the ground you pour money into and the water is still cloudy
 
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