changing softwares..

[n4eem]

hey ive been making music with the MAGIX music maker since 2004, but now i feel i want to go in to more proffesional recoding feature..... i was thinking to upgrade to sony acid pro 6! any feedback?

 

[therage!]

That's kind of a loaded question.

I'd make a list of the kind of features you need as a starting point.

If your looking to go with Acid I take it you do a lot of looping type work?

 

[Mindset]

Acid isn't a big step ahead my friend. What's your current setup? There will be no point in upgrading to say samplitude, when your just routing mic to mic input on your built on sound card, into Music Maker. A lot of people on here use Reaper which I believe is $40 bucks, and does a lot of things that all these higher end programs do, especially the routing (from what I heard). I myself have never used Reaper. For 1 what your working with, what's your budget, what level your trying to reach (is this just for hobby, are you trying to go some where etc..) I know I know, a lot of sh!t in just wanting to upgrade a program... but why waste your money if your just doing it for a hobby, no?

 

[Freddy]

Acid isn't a big step ahead my friend. What's your current setup? There will be no point in upgrading to say samplitude, when your just routing mic to mic input on your built on sound card, into Music Maker. A lot of people on here use Reaper which I believe is $40 bucks, and does a lot of things that all these higher end programs do, especially the routing (from what I heard). I myself have never used Reaper. For 1 what your working with, what's your budget, what level your trying to reach (is this just for hobby, are you trying to go some where etc..) I know I know, a lot of sh!t in just wanting to upgrade a program... but why waste your money if your just doing it for a hobby, no?

I have used (and do use) Reaper.

I would recommend it. I see it as a "higher end program" without the "higher end" price

The question however (as Mindset asked) is "what do you want to do"?

None of the available products is the best at everything, and if you have specialist demands there may be a specialist program just for you

On the other hand, you could just download Reaper and try it .. it will take you 30 seconds to do so. http://Reaper.fm

Damn, that's two posts in a row I have told people to go to Reaper. I had better stop.

 

[n4eem]

thnx for your replies guys, basicaly i would like more (easy use)midi capabilty with my progamme, in magix it crashes to much and it jus carnt keep up with what i do, i want to eventualy route a big mixer so i can mix (hands on) wow! thats a dream come true! and yes magix is looped based, so basicaly i want to just paint my tracks along then having to fit it each bar(so annoying and time consuming) my set up at the moment is....

Behringer mic or fantom x---behringer mixer---m-audi firewire 410-----Magix music maker 2006!-----m audio studiophile monitors 5.1 surround!

it was a hobby, but now im getting more work, and im loving and getting really invovled! what u think?

 

[Freddy]

I'm not too hot on midi, so can't comment. I believe that some DAWs suit some people's workflow better than others (and most of us are biased toward what we are used to).

Reaper may work for you (there are a good number of midi people using it successfully) but there may be aspects that are important to you that are not in as yet (though development is very fast). Groove quantize for instance.

You could check it out, or post at http://www.cockos.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=20 if there are certain features that are "must-haves" and you want to see if they are in.

 

[zed32]

Acid Pro was my main program for quite a while. if you're going to be using loops, then it's probably one of the easiest programs you'll ever use. i switched to Cubase, which to me seemed better at some things, but looping was definitely much easier in Acid. then i tried samplitude for a short while before jumping into Reaper.

Reaper is easier with loops than Cubase, and after messing with a few old projects in Cubase recently, Cubase just seems real "clunky" in comparison to Reaper.

i can't tell you much about Acid's midi capabilities since i never used midi back then, but in Reaper it's pretty nice. i'd say though, for the price and features along with the ease of use, frequent updates, customization, and support, Reaper just kills anything within $500 of its price range.

 

[surfmaster]

I use reaper as well. i would recommend it to a beginner as well as an expert. try it out!

-surf