Cakewalk?

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Hey, I'm a bit very new to computer recording, but my question is: what is the best recording program?
I mean, I have a Behringer 2004(MX) as mixer;
I record the whole song at once (so no overdubbing)
What would be the best program for me?
And what has Cakewalk to offer that other programs dont?
Thanx.
 
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And what has Cakewalk to offer that other programs dont?
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Basically, all recording software does the same thing...

Sonar only does it better, IMHO... ;)
 
All the cool kids use Sonar:cool:

But if you want to be shunned,laughed at and generally abused go ahead and get another type of software.:rolleyes:
 
If all you are doing is recording your band "live" (all at once) through your mixer into your soundcard, Cakewalk might be overkill. Cakewalk is a combination audio multi-tracking and MIDI sequencing program, and it sounds like you don't need to multitrack or sequence MIDI. You just need to get the signal coming out of your mixer recorded in your computer as a stereo audio file. Cakewalk can do what you need, for certain, but all the other features might just get in the way.

N-track studio could do it. Goldwave could do it. Cool Edit could do it. Sound Forge could do it. Whatever software that came with your sound card could probably do it.

OB
 
Osbick Bird said:
If all you are doing is recording your band "live" (all at once) through your mixer into your soundcard, Cakewalk might be overkill. Cakewalk is a combination audio multi-tracking and MIDI sequencing program, and it sounds like you don't need to multitrack or sequence MIDI. You just need to get the signal coming out of your mixer recorded in your computer as a stereo audio file. Cakewalk can do what you need, for certain, but all the other features might just get in the way.

N-track studio could do it. Goldwave could do it. Cool Edit could do it. Sound Forge could do it. Whatever software that came with your sound card could probably do it.

OB
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I would take Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 over n-Track.
 
It depends on what you want to record and in what quantity at the same time. And how often you intend doing it:)

Questions like:

Just Audio recording?
Or just Midi recording?
Both?
Both simultaneously?
One instrument at a time ?
More than one instrument at a time?
Will you use soft synths?
Will you use plug in fx?
16 bit or 24 bit record and play back?
44k1, 48k or 96k bit rate recording and playback?
Once a day? All day? Once a week? Fortnight? Month?
What is your future goal? Own studio? Never more than a bit of your bedroom/loft/basement/garage?
And whats your budget? For now? Next year? Eventually?

Because you have a mixer you can sub-mix and just go into your sequencer software with a stereo pair of inputs. With Sonar and all the other sequencers, its not necessary to have a mixer, just more inputs on your soundcard.

Sonar is a ProAm software tool that can be used by Home Recorders to get some great results. But Cakewalk caters for others too. For guitarists there is Guitar Tracks and for the less professional/students of the medium of recording, Cakewalk offer a cut down version of Sonar called Home Studio 2002, as posted by my friend brzillian:) You can always update later for less money coz Cakewalk have a great upgrade policy:D

Hope this helps.
 
Cum ooon paul...
He's just a newbie asking a simple question, you nuke him with your questions... :D :D :D

Home Studio 2002 would be a great place to start, you'll learn more and more, then you realize that you're gonna take a leap to SONAR. You can fo to their site ( www.cakewalk.com ) and download the demo, and ask your self if that's what you like to use. And if you still can't understand how to do what in HS 2002, go to this forum and ask here...

;)
 
brzilian said:
I would take Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 over n-Track.
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Well, whatever works :) I'm not so much recommending anything over anything else as I am worried that something like SONAR, when all punx wants to do is record a couple of tracks straight from his board, might be a rather Byzantine and costly solution to a simple problem.

I'm a Cakewalk Fan myself, for the record.

OB
 
James, I am sorry to nuke a newbie with so many questions but what I was trying to do was to raise issues that might influence punx choice of gear. This game is expensive enough without investing in something that in a short while, you come to regret. And I did give a full reply:)
 
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