Which program for recording and mixing - pro tools, cubase etc?

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I've been doing computer recording for a few years now on a laptop, running all audio through a mixer and then into the pc's line-in. Specs are:
1135 mhz Pentium 3
256 mb RAM
30 gig HD

I've been using Cool Edit Pro 2 but am about to start mixing a studio recording of my band and a friend recommended I upgrade to a better program for this project. He suggested Logic but I found its interface very confusing and I dont have time to learn how use a program like that quickly. I've looked at Cubase and Pro Tools and they seem a lot more straight forward to use.
For my system which would be the best. Price is no object at the moment.
 
i have sonic foundry, ntrack, CEP, samplitude.

i record and mix and do everything with ntrack. it's simple, easy to do everything with. if it comes to something that i CANT do with it (which is rare), i can always import into another program. but, why mess with what is easiest?

of course, if price is no option, you might as well get some new hardware...digi002? haha. that'd be tite, and it comes with protools.

holla
 
i enjoy CubaseVST/32 quite much. haven't played with Cubase SX yet, but i like Cubase a lot. i HATED the cakewalk programs (too weird for me), and I enjoyed N-Track quite a bit, but I'd have to choose CubaseVST as my pick right now.
 
I haven't used this program, but I use Soundforge now and again, and i really like it, very easy to use. so I'd suggest demo'ing Vegas.
 
Strat Man said:
I've been doing computer recording for a few years now on a laptop, running all audio through a mixer and then into the pc's line-in. Specs are:
1135 mhz Pentium 3
256 mb RAM
30 gig HD

I've been using Cool Edit Pro 2 but am about to start mixing a studio recording of my band and a friend recommended I upgrade to a better program for this project. He suggested Logic but I found its interface very confusing and I dont have time to learn how use a program like that quickly. I've looked at Cubase and Pro Tools and they seem a lot more straight forward to use.
For my system which would be the best. Price is no object at the moment.
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I've found Sonar far easier to use than Cubase or Logic. I was able to actually record a track without ever needing to refer to a manual or helpfile. Can't say the same for the other two.

Your laptop config does sound kind of anemic for any kind of serious multitracking work (especially if you're going to be using lots of realtime FX processing). I'm guessing the HD probably isn't even a 5400rpm drive - probably 4200rpm. I'd say at the very least, you should have 512Mb of RAM and a 5400rpm HD.
 
yeah, if you want more "pro" than ntrack, vegas would be my next choice. I use vegas video for my video editing - and occationally for audio too. it rocks.
 
sonar

Sonar is very userfriendly indeed. It works great under XP. I use it on my laptop too. Brzillian is right about RAM and HD. RAM is cheap. You can get an external HD via firewire which is cheaper than to get a notebook harddrive and way faster data transfer too. Sonar 2.2 can share projects with logic and protools systems as omf files.
 
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