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hey wuts up guys... I've been looking for a decent piece of software for my project studio that I can do some editing/mastering in.... im using a fostex mr-8 so i can export all of the tracks I record as .wav files to my pc. I've been looking at CoolEdit Pro 2... any reccomendations?
 
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yeah.. Cool Edit Pro 2... I've tried a few other, but CEP2 is really really nice.
 
If you're exporting individual tracks to do mixing in the PC (rather than a 2-track mixdown), I'd go with a more native multi-track package like Cubase/Sonar/N-Track, etc..

I have CEP, and it's more of a Mickey-Mouse-ish 2 track package. I know that CEP2 is supposed to support multiple tracks, but it seems like more of a 2 track package that's been modified to allow more tracks. ...just my opinion.
 
Actually Cool Edit Pro has a simple, powerful multi-tracker that has tons of tracks and pro features. Combined with a very precise two-track editor it is one of the best bang-for-the-buck deals out there.
I use Vegas which is also a good deal.
 
for recording and mixing i use Sonar.

for mastering I use Samplitude Master.
 
allright... thats some advise... so i could use a multi tracker program like sonar as sort of a sequencer? is sonar a complete recording package that can go from exporting wav file tracks to mixing to mastering?
 
yes, yes, and yes. You can also sequence MIDI until the cows come home. It also has some fairly powerful loop-based features as well.

Of the different recording packages I've worked with over the years, the only bundled (included) effects I liked more than Sonar's were the ones I use now - Nuendo. It is, however, a significantly more expensive package (and I haven't worked with Cubase SX yet).
 
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If you're exporting individual tracks to do mixing in the PC (rather than a 2-track mixdown), I'd go with a more native multi-track package like Cubase/Sonar/N-Track, etc..

I have CEP, and it's more of a Mickey-Mouse-ish 2 track package. I know that CEP2 is supposed to support multiple tracks, but it seems like more of a 2 track package that's been modified to allow more tracks. ...just my opinion.
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Uhh... what? Cool Edit Pro (all versions) CLEARLY supports, and works VERY well as a multitracker. You MIGHT be talking about Cool Edit 2000, which is another story.. And I'd harldy call CEP Mickey-Mouse-ish..
 
I knew that one would spark up some friction :)

Actually, yes. It is Cool Edit 2000, my bad. My work purchased it for use with their phone system (long story - it was the cheapest one that supported 8 bit LAw compressed files).

However, the multi-track plugin that we could have bought with it at the time supported a whopping 4 tracks with, what looked like a fairly cheesy interface. No Midi, sluggish performance compared to Sound Forge, some of the most cheesy multi-track advertising I've ever seen, and features like ....brainwave synchronizer? C'mon, that's just screaming M-I-C-K-E-Y.

Also, the fact that Office Max and Best Buy always had it in stock, led me to believe that it was a more common package for non-studio folk who wanted to "dabble" with their Soundblasters - not exactly the industrial-strength studio package I was looking for.

In all fairness, that was my own opinion conjured from some obviously less-orthodox methods. I've heard a lot of people here happy with Cool Edit Pro, and my apologies for the mixup.

To clarify then, Cool Edit 2000 should be packaged with the Disney logo and a large piece of cheese, not Cool Edit Pro.
 
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I agree,, you can't go wrong for basic stuff with Cool Edit Pro.. but if your wanting to go the next level.. Sonar or Cubase SX is probably your best bet.. But if you got tons of money I'd buy Nuendo.. simply the best I've ever used on PC format... but in short.. yeah you can do a great job with Cool Edit Pro.. just have to be more creative and might be more time consuming....
 
allright with all that said i think i've got a better idea of what to look of now. ;-) last question.... being only that this is a project studio that i am setting up and the fact that I'm only running a 300mhz amd k6-2 how decent is n - track?
 
300mhz is going to be tough - I believe Cool Edit Pro 2's minimum requrements are above that. There are a lot of N-Track users on this board - mostly, you'll hear that it's a great package. Probably a few less bells and whistles, but it'll definitely do the job.

Depending on how far you want to go with this, you could also look for an older copy of Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 or 9 (I've seen them very cheap on e-bay). It'd offer fewer features than Sonar, but it'll probably run pretty well on your PC. I used Pro Audio 8 with a 166mhz PC way back in the day. If you decided to upgrade your PC later, it'd be easier to migrate your projects to Sonar.
 
Actually n-Track has more bells and whistles, and most of them have "issues."

If it were between n-Track and CEP, and the person has the money, I couldn't recommend n-Track over CEP, unless that person required VST or ASIO....but if we're spending money there is always nuendo!

Let's not confuse CEP with Cool Edit. They are not the same product.

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For that computer I'd look for an old Cool Edit Pro original version 1.2.
It will be tough to record many tracks on that. My first computer was a 360 k62 that ran cool edit pro 1.2 alright.
Don't worry about MIDI until you need it, then I guess cubendo is fine.
 
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