Dr. Varney
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Can I have some help in choosing some software, please? Preferably something free (or low priced) and reasonably simple to use.
I'm layering sound effects over a series of speech tracks, in audio plays/talking books.
What I want to do is trigger samples on individual channels to route to my E=MU DSP Patchmix; out to my Behringer UB120FX-PRO then back in to the computer to a recording program, to create my final mix.
Here's the level of control I want over each track:
1) Able to control source slider output level to DSP Patchmix (E=MU 0404).
2) Able to route individual DAW track to individual DSP strip (optional - summing to DSP is alright).
3) Able to trigger each track seperately.
4) Able to trigger samples as loops, where looped and to loop continuously while non-looped samps. are playing.
5) Able to STOP loops and start them again when desired.
6) Able to automatically restart loop from beginning when re-triggered (optional).
7) Able to record the summed result coming back in to the computer from the outboard mixer and save to .WAV format.
Mouse triggering or MIDI key triggering are both fine but I also want to be able to stop them playing as well.
I'm thinking it might just be easier to place everything onto CD, string a couple of players into the mixer and buy a hardware recorder to mix everything down onto? I'm beginning to go off DAW editing and wonder if I would be more at home using hardware and software combined to suit my style?
Edit: I'm about to try my old laptop as a recorder, with the idea audio quality and latency issues shouldnt pop up if all I'm feeding it is a summed output from my desktop machine. Any thoughts?
Thanks for reading
Dr. V
I'm layering sound effects over a series of speech tracks, in audio plays/talking books.
What I want to do is trigger samples on individual channels to route to my E=MU DSP Patchmix; out to my Behringer UB120FX-PRO then back in to the computer to a recording program, to create my final mix.
Here's the level of control I want over each track:
1) Able to control source slider output level to DSP Patchmix (E=MU 0404).
2) Able to route individual DAW track to individual DSP strip (optional - summing to DSP is alright).
3) Able to trigger each track seperately.
4) Able to trigger samples as loops, where looped and to loop continuously while non-looped samps. are playing.
5) Able to STOP loops and start them again when desired.
6) Able to automatically restart loop from beginning when re-triggered (optional).
7) Able to record the summed result coming back in to the computer from the outboard mixer and save to .WAV format.
Mouse triggering or MIDI key triggering are both fine but I also want to be able to stop them playing as well.
I'm thinking it might just be easier to place everything onto CD, string a couple of players into the mixer and buy a hardware recorder to mix everything down onto? I'm beginning to go off DAW editing and wonder if I would be more at home using hardware and software combined to suit my style?
Edit: I'm about to try my old laptop as a recorder, with the idea audio quality and latency issues shouldnt pop up if all I'm feeding it is a summed output from my desktop machine. Any thoughts?
Thanks for reading
Dr. V
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