software costs to much

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Ive been looking around for a while for software to purchase instead of pirating it, and only getting some of the plug in's. I have my eye on pro tools with the 003 rack but I can't yet afford it. I have a limit of only 300$ whats a good software that's around 300$ and has a powerful EQ, Mixer, effect's, etc.
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yea my professor told me about this, but I'm looking for something that can trigger drums like in pro tools. Trying to record metal so I'm very picky with my preamps, how much control I have while mixing each drum, and EQ's. lol
 
I am a Pro Tools believer! Amazing program I wouldn't want to use anything else. You can get a mbox with focusrite preamps on amazon.com for around $145, but you'll need to upgrade to pro tools 8 in order to use it's new midi feature.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

You don't have too many options for $300. Maybe a Mbox mini that comes with pro tools 8 and a USB midi controller is the way to go.

If it was me I would save up and get the Mbox pro for $699.00 because it's got all the connections you'll need. It comes with 4 analog inputs and 2 of them have Preamps. Later on you could buy a 8 channel preamp and a 2 chanel preamp and have 12 indapendiant channels for recording with the BNC Word Clock I/O.
 
yea but all the drum tracks will be mixed into one track instead of individual ones and for 700$ you just might as well get the 003 rack for 800$
 
yea man, if you want to record each drum sound individually your definately gonna need more than $300 bucks.because your going to need a minimum of 5 mic inputs on your interface to do that.
 
Vellshank said:
yea my professor told me about this, but I'm looking for something that can trigger drums like in pro tools. Trying to record metal so I'm very picky with my preamps, how much control I have while mixing each drum, and EQ's. lol
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You can trigger drums in Reaper... what made you think otherwise? There are a few free trigger VSTs floating around on the 'net, or you could spend some of the $240 you saved on Drumagog or similar. It also supports MIDI well, so you could use triggers/pads through a drum module/brain thing if that's what you meant.

The rest of what you talk about is down purely down to your hardware, not your software. Reaper just as capable as any other DAW of dealing with multiple-input devices, and has no bearing on the quality of your audio. If you have a decent interface, it wouldn't matter whether you were using Reaper or Nuendo.
 

Im currently evaluating REAPER and I just can't seem to "accomadate" to it...

Ive been an Adobe Audition 1.5 for years now and REAPER is just Idk...dont get me wrong its a good program but I just cant seem to accomadate to it.

One of the reasons Ive tried it was b/c so many people speak highly of it...

 
Mixteco said:

Im currently evaluating REAPER and I just can't seem to "accomadate" to it...

Ive been an Adobe Audition 1.5 for years now and REAPER is just Idk...dont get me wrong its a good program but I just cant seem to accomadate to it.

One of the reasons Ive tried it was b/c so many people speak highly of it...
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Sup Mix. As with all things, REAPER has a learning curve to it. If you have any questions about how to do things in reaper, or maybe want some tips check out the Dont Fear The Reaper forum. Please just try not to hijack someone elses thread. I'm not a moderator or anything, so its not really my place to talk. Just trying to help
-Mikeeb
 
I used CoolEdit for years (Auditions predecessor), and when I switched to Reaper, I couldn't look back. Reaper is perfect for what I do. Occasionally I still use cooledit to trim the dead air from the beginning and ends of my tracks, but nothin else...
 
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