PC mixing software?

[cellardweller]

What would anyone/everyone suggest for a beginner who made the mistake of buying a Dell instead of a Mac, as far as which software to use and which is the most user friendly, which is most versatile, etc...

 

[Rogerpf]

Check out cakewalk.com. But there is a ton of stuff out there. Pick up a homerecording magazine or visit their website.

Good luck

 

[jazzrich9]

just to beat anybody else to the question... what do you want to do? midi / audio? what other gear do you have...

There is no mistake with pc's... they are clearly superior animals to macs.


(begin flames here)

 

[cellardweller]

Well that is somewhat reassuring to hear (PC superiority).

I have a mackie powered mixer, a Fostex MR-8, a Zoom RT-323(I think that's the #) and a Dell on the way with 2.2 gig celeron, 256 SDRAM, and a CD-RW, which I've never had the opportunity to play with before. Oh yeah, several guitars and one antiquated dinosaur farting keyboard.

I have a small plethora of lyrical material I've amassed over the years, along with oodles of riffs and songs which I would like to combine, if for no other reason than my own jollies.

If I have not yet said it without words, I am very new to all of this recording stuff.

 

[tdukex]

I would buy more RAM. You can never have too much. Cakewalk Sonar is a very powerful Sequencer, so is Steinberg Cubase. Try the demos and see which one you like. Both Cakewalk and Steinberg offer lite versions of their sequencers.

Personally, I tried Cubase and didn't like the layout. I did like Sonar, and it is less expensive.

You will need to get a good sound card like the M-Audio Audiophile or Delta 44 or the Echo Mia.

I also use a Soundblaster Live for soundfonts (MIDI).

 

[BluesMeister]

CellarDweller,

If it's your intention to record no more than two inputs at a time, you could consider CakeWalk HomeStudio 2004.

The latest version of this software now supports ASIO which should result in low-latency depending on your choice of audiocard and how good the drivers are.

HS2004 is also very affordable software and can do most of what SONAR can.

--
BluesMeister

 

[j7b]

You will need to get a good sound card like the M-Audio Audiophile or Delta 44 or the Echo Mia.

Or the Tascam us-122 perhaps...

http://www.tascam.com/products/computer_recording/us122/index.php

No, I don't work for Tascam.

 

[jack8649]

Cakewalk

I'm looking at getting into using my PC along with my Korg digital recorder & I was looking into Cakewalk - I've heard both good & bad things & not being the most computer savy guy I was hoping to get some feedback. Thanks

 

[Jeff_D]

Damn Jack- way to resurrect a 6 year old thread!
Go download a copy of Reaper. http://www.cockos.com/reaper/

If you need help with something specific, start yourself a new thread.