reason 3.0 or Sonar 4

[Modern_Talking]

good day to everyone on here.

i've been reading quiet a bit now and nows it's just a matter of which software would be better for me, even as a newbee ..

i was looking at getting reason 3 as the sounds are awesome. but what i need also to do is record my vocals too in the software . what i mean is record the drums first, then the bass, guitar, keyboards, strings, piano etc and then the vocals. then do my final tweeking and record it into a wave file or mp3 and durn it onto a cd. all on the computer.
now do i need to get all these external effect units like reverb, eq, delays, compressors, exciters etc or maybe theres some reverbs built into the softwares etc.
can someone please point me in the right direction .
i do have a mackie 1604 vlz mixer, an sm58 mic, jv1010 module, m-audio controller keyboard 61 keys, audiophile 24/96 sound card with a P4 2.4ghz with 512mb ram and a 80gb hard drive. m-audio bx8 monitors.
now i'd like my final mix to sound as close as we hear on a cd (i guess not exactly as a cd as it would be hard to achive and i'm sure the gears they use in pro dtudios must cost a lot of cash). if hardware is a better way to go in creating some music what would be some good gears to invest in to make some good pop music. i would like to create music like dan hill, elton john, celine dion, things like that kind .
so what would you recommend for me to get started at . the software or hardware section.
i'm not going to be doing this for money or anything, but it's more of a hobbie thing. i just like to have or do some nice and clean recording which will sound good to my friends and families.
thank you guys for reading this you all have a nice day

 

[Fendophile]

good day to everyone on here.

i've been reading quiet a bit now and nows it's just a matter of which software would be better for me, even as a newbee ..

i was looking at getting reason 3 as the sounds are awesome. but what i need also to do is record my vocals too in the software . what i mean is record the drums first, then the bass, guitar, keyboards, strings, piano etc and then the vocals. then do my final tweeking and record it into a wave file or mp3 and durn it onto a cd. all on the computer.
now do i need to get all these external effect units like reverb, eq, delays, compressors, exciters etc or maybe theres some reverbs built into the softwares etc.
can someone please point me in the right direction .
i do have a mackie 1604 vlz mixer, an sm58 mic, jv1010 module, m-audio controller keyboard 61 keys, audiophile 24/96 sound card with a P4 2.4ghz with 512mb ram and a 80gb hard drive. m-audio bx8 monitors.
now i'd like my final mix to sound as close as we hear on a cd (i guess not exactly as a cd as it would be hard to achive and i'm sure the gears they use in pro dtudios must cost a lot of cash). if hardware is a better way to go in creating some music what would be some good gears to invest in to make some good pop music. i would like to create music like dan hill, elton john, celine dion, things like that kind .
so what would you recommend for me to get started at . the software or hardware section.
i'm not going to be doing this for money or anything, but it's more of a hobbie thing. i just like to have or do some nice and clean recording which will sound good to my friends and families.
thank you guys for reading this you all have a nice day

Sonar 4 will do what you want to do in spades. I've never used Reason 3, so I can't comment on it.

Sonar 4 comes with lots of plug-ins, plus there are quite a few plug-ins available on the internet. Some are free, some are not. Sonar comes with the basic plug-ins that you will need.

Your recordings can only be as clean as your system, which includes the interface to the outside world. You must pay attention to matching impedances. For instance, you do not want to plug a guitar or bass into your computer's mic input. That will be noisy. You want to use the proper interface card to match impedances.

Be ready to do a tremendous amount of reading and learning. This is not a simple task, but it is a lot of fun once you are able to get even the simplest results. Good luck in your venture.