DAW and soundcard on a budget

[webstersp]

Ok I bought protools 8 M-powered, m-audio fast track ultra and a pod x3 few weeks ago and decided to sell everything because I did not want to record on xp or vista 32. But I liked protools a lot, lots of cool plugins.

I decided to go with the toneport UX8 to record my band. I live in an appartment so I cannot track drums here but I will bring my pc to record drums where we practice. Another thing I like about this unit is that it has great guitar sounds, bass and vocal so I can track here at home withotu my guitar amp.

Now my problem is.. wich daw works with windows 7 64?
I have read about reaper and cubase 5... I play punk rock and hard rock music, I don't need much more option like piano etc because I wil only be tracking drums, guitar bass and vocal...

So reaper for 60$ or cubase for 200$?
What about the plugins that comes with them taht I would need??

Thank you very much

 

[tlennon1]

.......So reaper for 60$ or cubase for 200$?
What about the plugins that comes with them taht I would need??

So let me see.... you have a computer.... are smart enough to post in this forum...... but somehow can't go on the vendor's website to get the very information you requested.....and can't figure out what plugins you may need based on the program material you're interested in creating.... and can't decide for yourself how much money you wish to spend..... OMG. These type of questions are a total waste of everyones time.

 

[webstersp]

I just want to know if one or another work best with Toneport ux8 and since line 6 forums is pretty bad I can't find anything there.
And is it worth to pay 200$ for cubase 5 or is reaper 3 as good...
If people tried both I just want to know want they think about them.

As for the plugins I have look at them but when you are a newbie at home recording how can you know what you need!? (reverb, compresion...)

And If you find this question stupid just don't answer it and waste your precious time somewhere else...

By the way.. I recomend that you look at the newbie forum description...

''Just starting? Afraid to ask a stupid question? Don't worry, in here nobody will laugh at you. But if it's on a topic covered in another forum, best to post it there.''

 

[tvaillan]

How you can't loose.

My friend Tony rants about Reaper.

He told me it was free to try and that if you like it, then you can pay.

So why not try Reaper?

Give it a shot. If you like it, buy it, instead Cubase.

It may be all you need.

Your toneport , i believe would act like any other sound card, so it should work with Reaper.

Give it a shot and report back. I'd be interested on what a 'newbie to audio' thinks about Reaper.

 

[webstersp]

I've just downlaod reaper and I should receive my toneport ux8 next week. I'll let you know waht I think about reaper.

 

[The Cancers]

Reaper's got a bit of a learning curve, especially for someone new to the whole thing. I'd recommend spending the week before the toneport arrives reading the Reaper manual. You're not gonna remember everything in there (it's 400 pages), but you'll glean a bunch of info from it, and have an approximate idea of where in there to look when you come across something you want to do but can't figure out how. Because you probably will come across something you want to do but can't figure out, and Reaper will be able to do it, you've just gotta know where to find the info on how to make it happen.