Cubase vs. Emagic or others...

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No problem bro. Hey does your mom know you're using the computer?
 
I think that you should look at pro tools. You can download a free version right from the digidesign website. I tried to use cubase...it made me want to give up recording altogether. Pro tools is remarkably easy to use. You dont even need a owners manuel to get started. (There is a reason why its the industry standard.)
I also own a Roland VS-1680 and pro tools blows that away too.
 
Sorry I forgot something... The free version of PT does have some buggs and issues...but when I got the real thing a"digi-001" Wow!!!!I have a HP Pavillion and it is THE most stable program of any kind. See they just want you to get a taste(w/the free version)...just like all the other programs out there. BUt the difference is that once you go PT you never go back....
 
Adding to the off-topic argument...

heinz - I'm not going to defend piracy as "good" or "right" but you're over-simplifying it just like the pirates. I guarantee that cracked versions of Logic Audio are entirely responsible for many purchases of the software because there is no demo version. Chalking up every download as a monetary loss to the developer/publisher in the amount of the purchase price of the software is incorrect. Piracy IS wrong and it IS theft but I'll tell you this: I don't spend $500+ on software without trying it in fully usable form, especially if it's not returnable. If I have to weigh the "Right Thing to Do" against something that's wrong but doesn't hurt anybody and could save me from wasting hundreds of dollars on something that sucks, I choose what's wrong.

One last point; there's a big hole in the analogies made in these arguments comparing software to common consumer goods: with consumer goods there are warranties and return policies.
 
Marty -

I've considered Digi001 - the problem with that is that it also involves changing my interface - which is not a bad idea. I though I'd start with software first though. As far as Interfaces are concerned, I'm looking at MOTU 2408MKII, MOTU 828, or an ECHO interface.

Diragor -

I completely agree with what you're saying.

Heinz -

Dude, get over it. If you're so bent on this, start your own thread and discuss it there.
 
moelar2 said:
Thats precisely one of my questions...does software sound "better" than other software - and I'm not talking about plugins or what you can do...i'm really just talking about the bare bone effect software has on sound without user alteration...
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Yes, the issue is: does Cubase or Logic sound better than Sonar? Obviously, some software is going to produce better results which is why people purchase more expensive plug ins when others are available for free. But is there something about Sonar that makes it somehow inferior when recording and mixing a project?

Hey c9 is there a Cubase SX demo?
 
I also would like to know whether the choice of software affects the quality of the initial recording. I'm a newbie, and for the past week I've been (legally) trying out the demo version of Cool Edit Pro. It's easier to use, for me, than N-tracks, and it seems to have all the features I need. I'm using Windows XP, so I couldn't try ProTools; that demo apparently runs only on earlier versions of Windows. I like Cool Edit. What more would ProTools or Logic or Cubase or Samplitude or Sonar or Cakewalk or whatever give me?
 
I too am new to computer recording.I bought Logic Platinum three months ago and haven't even been able to look at the first screen yet.emagic reps are suppose to be sending me a new copy because apparently something is wrong with the one i've got.DUH.....i don't know how there product is but i've found it impossible to get through on the phone to their support.just get a busy signal.i hope it is as great as the package looks.that would be cool.in any case this has been one of the best post i've read lately.i love it when you guys piss each other off.very amuseing.
 
I'm flattered! - one of the best threads heh? Cool!

I've heard a lot of people say they use cooledit pro as a multitracker - how and why? I just use mine to edit waves - isnt' that its primary use; an editor?
 
If your recording multitrack band stuff, and arn't worried about midi then try cooledit pro. Shits on the rest as far as im concerned.
 
Cool Edit Pro is what I started with because it has the easiest interface to learn and use, hands down. It's fairly limited, though. No realtime effects (which was the #1 reason I needed to find something else), it didn't seem all that stable, and mixing was a chore because of the non-realtime EQ and lack of visual mixing controls (no mix window, just the waveform display thing that Logic calls the Arrange Window). I think editing was destructive, too. There's a new version of CEP but it looks like the same thing to me.
 
the new version of cool edit (ver 2) does have realtime effects and does have visual mixing controls. It also has track eq and is very stable. Sounds like its perfect for what you want. But there's no point in me argueing about it. If you don't think its any good then Im sure you'll find something else. Good luck.

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Just those two things make a huge improvement over the version of CEP I was using but I've long since moved to Logic anyway. I doubt they've caught up with Logic in one version but I can see from the website that they've hit some of my major beefs with the last version; adding a metronome, some realtime effects & EQ, and busses. Some of the things I don't see: MIDI composition features, ASIO driver support, VST plugin/instrument support, mix automation. For $250 CEP is at the very least a great way to start, though.
 
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