New to Computer Recording

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Mindset said:
lol all good software should have great routing capabilities regardless... I wouldn't go with any free plug-ins' though, I suggest going out and buying the better hardware. You might want to try Samplitude pro , it's pretty decent in pricing
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Manufacturer: Magix
Retail Price: $1,250.00
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$999.97

wow what a bargain
 
BRDTS said:
I tried Reaper. My take is that if you are simply a hobbyist in this for a temporary amount of time and will never spend a dime over $40, then that's probably a good way to spend $40.

On the other hand, for another $40-50, you can get into something like Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio and have a lot more flexibility,
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Ah fuck! Here we go again! :mad:
 
While I didn't personally think much of Reaper, I also didn't designate it as a piece of hobby software when I posted a few posts back. Great results can be had from pretty much any software nowadays.

I'm a Nuendo and Protools user nowadays. Back in the real old days, I was a SAW user. I spent a fair amount of time learning SAW back between 1994 and around 2000. SAW was a one-man operation with a great set of products. When Bob Lentini suddenly shut the doors and padlocked SAW a few years back (after the break-in etc), my biggest frustration was that I was going to have to find a new platform and go through a learning curve again from scratch. Which I did. Luckily for loyal users, SAW eventually reopened and is still going strong today. Me...I re-learned the ropes with new programs and I'm as busy as ever..so it worked out.

Reaper may turn into another really respected one-man powerhouse like SAW. Ten years from now, it may be the biggest company out there, squashing all the competition.

But if I were a newbie figuring to invest in something for the longer haul...my own personal focus would be to align with something that's been around for awhile. With an interface that doesn't change radically so much as evolve over the years. If I were a hobbyist, I wouldn't care so much about these issues.

Either way, it's certainly no reflection on the quality of Reaper as a program.
 
truthfully, software is software is software

any company can go out of business tomorrow

theres no stock in any company having been around a while, it means different in softwareland than it does in hardwareland

Pick what works and get ready for it to disappear tomorrow
 
truthfully, software is software is software
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VERY good point. Reaper is an excellent way of getting into the DAW game for very little coin and it has all the features of the more established programs. Once you master reaper, if you need to transition into another program it will be straight forward since you have already developed the skills to use ANY program.
 
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