The Next Step Up From Audacity?

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I have been using Audacity for a few years now and I want to move up in software and I'm not sure what software to buy. I record right from my keyboard, vocals and jams from a mic. Any suggestions? I consider myself somewhat of a newbie still so I don't want to get in over my head.

Thanks for the help.

Fuzz.
 
dont ask this question.

its personal preference. if you have buddies that record, give their DAW a shot.

otherwise, take a chance with something.

for instance, i use Pro Tools 7, because it came with my Digi002.

i found a version of Cubase SL cheap so i bought it. turns out i cant get it to work right, but i dont like it anyway.

looks like im stuck with PT, which is fine, i'm very comfortable with it now.

i've used Sonar, which i liked, more user friendly than PT is/was. but Sonar doesnt do mac.

so, in short, take a gamble here. depending on your hardware, your options are Cubase, Sonar, PT (if you have an maudio interface), i think those are the three most common. theres also Digital Performer (mega bucks..) Nuendo (also pretty expensive) and some others.

its hard to buy a main recording program because there typically not cheap and you dont know what you are getting into.
 
dont step up, step out

Audacity is handy no matter what else you own

I would reccomend REAPER of course :)
 
I highly recommend Magix Music Studio 11. Its a "budget" software around 80 bucks and i would pick it over Cubase anyday. I have used cubase and didnt like it at all. Magix has lots of features for audio and midi and lots of input/output routing options as well. Very compatible with alot of interfaces. I use a firebox with it and works great. Check it out :cool:
 
Reaper all the way.

It's cheap, user friendly, easy to use and easy to love.

The main attraction for me is that it uses VSTi (Virtual Studio Technology instruments) and VSTfx as well as DXi and DXfx and the proprietary Jesusonic set of very good plugins. There are many, many free examples of every one of the plugin formats listed above here.

They also offer a free 30-day trial period before you need to fork over your $40 shareware fee. Here's a link to the download site.


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I would also recommend that you take Reaper for a test drive.
 
REAPER is cheap,

Also I think Cakewalk Home Studio 4 is cheap but to be honest I haven't used it and don't know how it performs. Cubase SL3 is under $300 but that's not cheap really lol.
 
Download the demo of Tracktion v2 from mackie.com -- see if you like it. Lots of products provide demo versions of their software so you can try before you buy.
 
michaelst said:
I use N-Tracks Studio

It's powerful and inexpensive. Super easy to use.
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I'm making the switch from n-track to reaper. REAPER is half the price with just as much (if not more) functionality, plus way better CPU consumption and stability.
 
If you had gotten out to the bookstore in the last month, you could have found (and still might find) issue 102 of Computer Music magazine.

They gave away a $100 copy of SamplitudeV8SE (unlimited MIDI tracks / 48 audio tracks) with each issue's disc-of-the-month. VERY POWERFUL program. I'm in the middle of another project now so I won't switch yet, but I installed it and will try it out later.

I also have used N-Track Studio and CubaseSE, both very good programs.
CubaseSE has a stronger MIDI set of tools but both will do audio very very well.
 
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