need advice on software

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hi

i want to mix some songs that i have in wavs

i already have cakewalk 9 and i'm not an expert on pc mixing but a friend has many programs...cool edit, pro tools 5, cakewalk sonar

if i'm going to choose just one to learn which one would be the best?

in the future i may do some recordings on pc too

thanks for any suggestions or advice,

will
 
willow said:
hi

i want to mix some songs that i have in wavs

i already have cakewalk 9 and i'm not an expert on pc mixing but a friend has many programs...cool edit, pro tools 5, cakewalk sonar

if i'm going to choose just one to learn which one would be the best?

in the future i may do some recordings on pc too

thanks for any suggestions or advice,

will
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Cool Edit Pro is highly regarded but the program that is top of the tree for most peeps here is Wavelab. And you can dither and burn direct to CD from it. Expensive, but worth it.
 
And if you want something better than Wavelab, you should try Sound Forge! :p


Software is a personal issue. Well, almost. Everybody know that Sonar 3 rules the world.... :D
 
Yeah...

Cool Edit doesn't do any MIDI at all... not even it's newer version (Adobe Audition). It's great wave editor with multi track capability, but without MIDI, I'll put it on second line on the list...

Pro Tools is expensive. Beside, you need their EXPENSIVE dedicated gears to run them. Once you acomplish something, you realize you need something more... and that means more expensive gears... The point is... it's too damn expensive!!! Just skip it, will ya...

Cakewalk Sonar... Well... you betcha get it now and never look back!!! It's da best of all!!! :D

;)
Jaymz
 
depends which software your friend will let you borrow and who here will lend you the manual :D .

just kidding of course. Seriously though, the easiest to use, for me anyway, is cool edit (or audition, same prog basically). I have heard good things about traction from ssscientist and samplitude as well but since they are not on your list...
 
actually i'll go out on a limb for once, and support the vegas suggestion. i would say that vegas is comparable to cool edit in its ease of use.

if anybody knows this, i was just wondering: wasn't vegas originally a video editing program or am i confused?
 
minofifa said:
if anybody knows this, i was just wondering: wasn't vegas originally a video editing program or am i confused?
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Yep, your correct on that one!

Porter
 
haha nuendo is the most outrageously priced software.... at least with pro tools you get a digi 002 with it.
 
minofifa said:
haha nuendo is the most outrageously priced software.... at least with pro tools you get a digi 002 with it.
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And a hobbled version of the program. It must be so nice to have to use their interfaces exclusively.

Like I said, when you get serious, when you get to play with the big dogs, you need something more than a sequencer with a little audio built in.
 
When you get serious, move up to Nuendo or Cubase
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true, nuendo is definately a step up from cakewalk's flagship software. that said, i would choose sonar over cubase any day. tried em both and sonar is the better product all around. Of course that is my personal preference, i guess that is why i am posting in the cakewalk forum and not the cubase one :)
 
minofifa said:
wasn't vegas originally a video editing program or am i confused?
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No. When it came out, it was meant as an audio multitracker with some video capability. It has evolved into a dual purpose app - multitrack audio and non-linear video editor. It is excellent in both regards. In fact, I know of some professionals who use Vegas exclusively for video editing.
 
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It is excellent in both regards. In fact, I know of some professionals who use Vegas exclusively for video editing.
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good to know. between vegas, soundforge and cd architect, sony gives great value in its products. acid is pretty sweet too
 
Farview said:
When you get serious, move up to Nuendo or Cubase
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Jason, you gotta be joking?Cubase? You're having a laugh aren't you? :confused:

In any case, its not what you've got, its the way you use it that counts ;)
I'll stick with Sonar, thanks all the same. :cool:
 
Farview said:
When you get serious, move up to Nuendo or Cubase
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If you are using Sonar 3, going to Nuendo or Cubase will seem like a downgrade... ;)
 
IMHO, If you are mixing a bunch of wavs down..... like you have 4 takes of a song and you are going to select 4 measures from take #1, then 16 measures of #3, then 8 of #4, then 16 of #1 etc. I think Vegas is the easiest to use. For audio editing of a stereo wav track, I prefer Soundforge as the most intuitive, but Audigy (or whatever CEP is called now!) is pretty good as well. Most of these programs have tons of power and it boils down to work flow and how you like to make your music.
 
i disagree,
if you want to take chunks of four songs and make one, as long as your grid snaps to the proper beats (which is should if you recorded to the metronome) it is quite easy and powerful in sonar.
 
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