help on chosing software

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Oh REALLY????
hi,

my question is why you guys think CE is better than cakewalk. i wouldn't have a clue so don't go in to specific.
Thanx very much

guhlenn
 
I like the overall feel and how you can view your wav lengths and such. It has great efx as well. I'm not saying it's the best program out there but if your trying to do home recording it's defintley more user friendly than Cakewalk.
 
i'll be almost exclusively recording my band: jamming rehearsals and the new cd... so
well i don't know, more and more people say that cakewalk is more of a midi program than a multitracker...
help me out here...
guhlenn
 
Yeah Cakewalk is more for Midi Cool Edit will do alot of the things you need to beef up your guitars tweek up your drums,etc...... I say just go with cooledit I'd show you what i've done but I don,t have anything with me right now.

Dioxide
 
Cool Edit Pro vs Cakewalk Pro Audio 9

I'm not sure if I made a costly mistake or not? I am a novice and I bought Cakewalk 9, thinking it was all I needed to get my music on my hard drive, edit and then burn on a CD.
Can anyone out there enlighten me? My budget is maxed out and can't afford another $300.00 plus program.
I appreciate any and all feedback.
Thanks
 
sorry man, this post upset you?

no I think you're fine...

cause lots of people here rave about cakewalk. I think it's a matter of religion. And a little taste. or something.

hell i don't know at least YOU got a rec program ;)

guhlenn
 
They are very different programs. Cakewalk not only support midi, but when you are ready to mix your song etc. it allows you to preview effects and eq and stuff without changing the sound file. It is an "all in one" type of program. The problem with all in one's is that they are sometimes not as strong in a particular area as a stand alone. Cool Edit is a stand alone, primarily an audio wave editor. It is stellar at that. CEP is much more specialized that Cakewalk. If you have Cakewalk you are set. If you do a lot of audio editing, think about CEP/
 
Cakewalk Pro 9 vs Cool Edit Pro

Thanks to all of you that posted a reply to my question. I appreciate it very much. So far, I have come to the conclusion that I will need to add Cool Edit Pro to my computer. If I understand correctly? Cake Walk can do it all, however it is not user friendly and takes a lot of time to learn.
Cool Edit Pro focuses on wave file editing and it VERY USER FRIENDLY.
I set a goal last November 1999 to create my own CD and have it ready to market by the end of the year. I am very close. If I can just figure out how to create a wave file, put it on my hard drive, add a couple of effects like reverb and maby a little echo, Im in business.
Again, thank you all for your input.
Blue
 
now someone back me up here but isn't sound forge ideal to master and burn?

guhlenn
 
I've been recording for a short bit a time, and more often than none, I'm usually asking questions on this forum.
I do have Sound Forge and Cool Edit Pro. I use Cool edit as more of a mixer-recorder-tweeker.
After I record my tracks into Cool Edit, I go edit with Sound Forge.
After all is complete with Sound Forge, I go back one more time in Cool Edit and use a little of the features in Cool Edit to get everything to sit right in the mix.
The only thing I dislike about editing in Cool Edit is some of the efx, such as reverb or 3d echo which don't allow you a preview, like most of all of the efx in Sound Forge.
As far as burning and mastering, I'm sure it's very possible, simply mix down all waves in Cool Edit, then go to sound forge and compress, EQ, etc.
So it all depends on how you want to work with it.

My 2 cents.

I-AM
 
Hi: I'm a Cakewalk user of several months still trying to learn how to use it. I just started using Cool Edit Pro ( a scaled down version that came bundled with my audio interface). I really like it. It is very user friendly and more of a cake walk than Cakewalk. I'm thinking of getting the full version.
 
With any type of music progrmam there are really 2 questions: 1. What do you want it to do and 2. How do you like to work? In the "do it all" programs, some people love Cakewalk (like me), others live and die by Cubase while n-tracks has many fans. Cool Edit, Sound Forge, Sample Wrench and other programs all have their fans for audio editing. If you are interested in sequencing keyboards or modules, you can't do it in Cool Edit. While you can edit audio in Cakewalk, it is more cumbersome than in Cool Edit. (then there are people interested in editing synths or printing music scores etc.) Think about what you want the software to do, download demos of the common software types that do that, experiment for a while, then buy the software that suits YOU! Have fun!
 
Soundforge is limited to 16-bit files. Which makes it totally inadequate for anything resembling mastering or editing..or anything else besides laying out CDs in CD Architect.

CEP can feel good at 24-bit, which makes a huge difference, but is still not Ideal for mastering, due to its lack of real-time, multiple effects preveiwing.

I dont use CW, so who knows, eh?

xoxo
 
so camn,

what do you use?
and i'm lost right now. why do people use soundforge then? i don't get it. could you explain?

thanks
guhlenn
 
My 2 cents again,

Like I said before I am no type of guru at recording and have a limited budget, but I think that most people use Soundforge for editing actual sound data.
I think, and I "I think", what camn is saying is that finalizing with Soundforge or Cool edit lacks a certain degree of sound quality due to the program limitations.
People do use both programs, but to add quality to the bit rate, they will have some sort of bit converter, which is actually what goes onto disk, or what have you.
This is usually a pretty expensive item. I would even say close to "Sony Studio Quality". Don't eat me up if I am wrong forum. :)

Peace,

I-AM
 
Some people think that editing at 16-bit is OK. I dont, so I dont edit in SF. Sound forge, however, has a lot of cool automation things (like running effects on 15 files all in a row, you go have lunch, come back and its done.) and it has CD Architct... which rules. I use soundforge to Batch process my ROUGH MIXES, and to layout cds. BY ROUGH, I mean that Ill mixdown to 16 bit in CEP, and run a batch thru SF.. maybe I compress and Normalize them.. Then press a quick disk. But I only do this when I am a) Pressed for time and b) dont care about sound quality very much. Like if Im testing MIXES and Im sure I can hear thru the crap.

For the Important stuff, I use CEP, but Im toying around with Vegas, right now., cuz it had real-time effects... but no single wave editor (i set CEP as its editor, NOT SF)
I like them because they can handle Higher bit depths.

xoxo
 
if you need to have just one program cakewalk is where its at because it does it all and has cool plug ins.for the specific editing features cool edit has its great,but it wont mow the lawn and get you beer from the fridge like cakewalk will..

why not use both?if you could only get one id suggest cakewalk.but.....id really suggest cubasevst32,or logic platinum.

btw i have found using the digi 001 with pro tools for audio and logic for midi to be particularly effective.

if you cant figure out how to use the software try reading the frigging manual geesh.god forbid you ever used logic,youd be totally lost.logic isnt that difficult either its fairly easy,but its deep as in theres always other stuff because you actually design the configuration you want it to present.

cakewalk is all you need,if youve got all the outboard gear to get started.you definately did not waste your money.unless youve found something that limits you with cakewalk that would lead you to cool edit dont get it.
on a tight budget only get what you cant live without.
 
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