what to use? im going crazzzzzzzzy!

[mckayormacky]

hello, recently my band mates had to go to college. i pretty much made all the music and lyrics though. i kept trying to get other bands with friends together but they always break up after a couple months. so iv decided i dont want to be in a band, and i think i never wanted to be in one in the first place lol. i just want to be able to record music myself.

-so the last couple days i have been looking around for what to do and i started downloading programs off the web. i got cakewalk sonar 4,guitar tracks, kinetic, cubase 3. i dont really know what im doing. i just want the best program to record. in order to get better advice i guess ill tell you what i want to do.

i play guitar and i am into punk/harcore music. i cannot play drums but i used to come up with the drums in my head and relay that to my drummers. so i need a set-up where i can just play my riffs. but make the drum track with a program or drum machine.

i have 2 identicle three month old computers with-
Sound blaster audigy 2 Zs.
Amd 3.5
1g ram
nvidia 6800 gt

so i really need advice on what kinda set up would be best for a guitar player making 4 instrument type music. i dont want a program to make a drum tracks for me. basically i just want the drum sounds and to be able to mixx them and lay them out how i want.

someone help me im going crazzzzzzzzzzzzy.

 

[trippinants13]

you won't get much help here when you say your a pirate

 

[mckayormacky]

okies took it out heh. sorry college student no other option really.

 

[aaroncomp]

You "took out" what? - the software from your computer?

 

[mckayormacky]

yes the software.

sorry did you see my post count? i just got here. sorry i did not know that certain things make you angry. i just need help im sorry.

 

[kq300325]

i use Cubase SX for recording the guitars, bass and vocals and reason to create the drum tracks

 

[mckayormacky]

whats is the difference between reason and FL?

 

[Cloneboy Studio]

whats is the difference between reason and FL?

Reason is a combined drum/syth/sampler sequencing program and Fruity Loops is a hybrid of looping/wave editing/audio arranging software.

While you can make and mix music with FL, you can't with Reason.

 

[Neeps]

Seeing you have two powerful computers at some point you might want them both working together. Cubase sx has its VST System Link thing that I've never used and I don't know much about... here's the blurb from Steinberg

"not only does VST System Link harness the full CPU and disk power of several computers simultaneously regardless of platform, it will let you take your audio projects to new levels of complexity, and offers unbelievable flexibility in your working environment."

It might be a little bit of overkill though.

and it's not an endorsment just a thought...

In fact thinking about it, sell the second pc and buy something else... what do you need 2 pc's for anyway!

By the way... naughty boy with the downloading... nobody does that on here didn't you know...

 

[regebro]

so i really need advice on what kinda set up would be best for a guitar player making 4 instrument type music. i dont want a program to make a drum tracks for me. basically i just want the drum sounds and to be able to mixx them and lay them out how i want.

Take a look at Ableton Live. And whatever program you decide to go for, pay for it.

 

[mckayormacky]

one computer is my wifes. we play eq2.

 

[Rokket]

one computer is my wifes. we play eq2.

A pc set up for gaming won't do you much good for recording audio. Your soundcard is great for gaming. You need one made for recording. Start there. Look at MAudio on the web. It should come with software (maybe Sonar?), so you won't need to pirate anyone to get it. If you don't need to record live drums, MAudio makes an interface with only 2 inputs and midi capable.

Get that, then read up on this site.

 

[mckayormacky]

what do i do with the sound card in my computers? will it take 2 sound cards?

 

[uncle_j73]

pc recording

Gamers and recording engineers use a lot of the same tricks to get the most out of their CPU. If you're a serious pc gamer, you probably know what I mean. And if you want to do just some simple one-man band stuff I would think that just keeping the games and the audio on (at least) two separate physical hard drives will be fine. (I'm probaly going to be shunned for saying that )
And as long as you have PCI slots to spare, you can have as many sound cards as you want. Check out M-Audio, E-Mu, and Terratec. I'll try to redeem myself by saying please don't record through a sound blaster