Which software you use to make audio recording

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Which software you use to make audio recording

  • Pro Tools

    Votes: 295 13.2%

  • Samplitude 24/96

    Votes: 68 3.0%

  • Cubase VST/32

    Votes: 436 19.5%

  • Nuendo

    Votes: 135 6.0%

  • Cakewalk Pro Audio

    Votes: 222 9.9%

  • Cool Edit Pro

    Votes: 411 18.4%

  • Vegas Audio

    Votes: 97 4.3%

  • n-track

    Votes: 151 6.8%

  • Sonar 1.0

    Votes: 226 10.1%

  • Logic audio

    Votes: 191 8.6%
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wow, alot of n-Track users...

I use n-Track for tracking, actually I do some tracking to tape and transfer to n-Track for mixing, editing and overdubs. I've played with some other wave editors like SoundForge and Wavelab when I have needed some of their more advanced features...

For now n-Track suits me just fine. I mainly track live instruments, so I'm not too interested in midi, sequencing, or stuff like that. Its a little bit buggy, but I found a good build thats stable in my system and I'm sticking with it. Its not overly complicated and the learning curve isn't steep.
 
Digidesign Session 8 - mac

It is the same program I've been using since 1994, haven't upgraded, never needed to.
It runs on a Mac Quadra 840 at 40 mhz with 96 mb RAM, the software is so simple it came on 1 floppy disk.

Records and plays 8 tracks audio at a time at 44.1 and 48 khz.
But I always use the 44.1 setting.

There is no midi in Session 8 - but I saw it at a digidesign seminar in 1994 running with a very early version of Logic Audio on top of it, and they integrated very nicely.

It was a time when digidesign did not have the market share that they do now, and I believe they really went all out with the engineering of the nubus card and 8 i/o interface package and made a fine product that actually reproduces the exact sound that you throw into it.

I'm sure that their PCI card systems with Pro Tools sound just as good today, but just too much money for me to upgrade. Maybe in another 10 years, but right now I still have 500,000 hours left on my 2 gig scsi drive.

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no software. i'm old fashioned.

and im 16. i hate computer based recording.
 
Maybe a new post.. As this one is pretty old.. In fact maybe I will start one!
 
Kasey said:
no software. i'm old fashioned.
and im 16. i hate computer based recording.
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Thats interesting ^^ But why the hate part? Your music can hardly reach your audience today without passing some digital domains/Macs(PCs.
 
Pro Tools LE 5.1.1 on PC

Because my PCs are old and clunky,still running Win98SE. I picked up a DIGI001 for $300 and about a year before that an AMIII for ~ $150. It is stable software and it does exactly what I want it to do.

I actually got Pro Tools Free to kind of work on a Dell Latitude and may go back to using that to edit projects on my breaks at work.

I was using Cakewalk GT Pro and I really miss the simple intuitive layout of that software in a lot of ways. I hate the "you have no right to sell this software to anyone" mentality though.

I liked the idea of n-Track, but I had a hard time getting it to be consistently stable.

I love Audacity's simple layout and uncluttered color scheme. I could not get it to work with the multi input card I had at the time though.

They're all fun to play with. Sometimes I wish I still had a simple 4 track Portastudio again though......

bilco
 
re:which software you use to make audio recording

I used Cubase VST for the longest time. Then I bought a Mac G5 and Digital Performer. I was blown away by the difference. The user interface is super easy as well, which makes it even better.
 
Ntrack for me!

Ntrack's always done everything I've wanted it to, I record mostly through mic's ( guitar, banjo, voice, percussion mostly ) and I can get on with the musical side of things because the programme is so easy to use, I don't have to think too much - banjo players aren't too good at that!
 
Emusic said:
Thats interesting ^^ But why the hate part? Your music can hardly reach your audience today without passing some digital domains/Macs(PCs.
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Well, that's irrelevant. If a guy wants to record on tape, or play an acoustic instrument, or have a real live girlfriend, or walk in the park, or enjoy any aspects of our rapidly-forgotten natural human existence, he's entitled. So what if the music ends up on a cd later?

"Hate" is just a word used by children anyway and you have to cut them some slack on that.

My goal is to go to my grave without ever having to mouse through menus while I'm trying to play music. Mixing is maybe another story (which is why I'm here) and I sure don't care what the mastering guy does.
 
n-Track. Very easy to use! Works like those old cheap $-200 tape multi-track recorders.
 
Been working with sonar lately but I'ts time to go back to Cool Edit. It's just so simple.
 
I use Sonar most of the time for audio multitracking with Sound Forge 8 for track editing and sometimes mastering.

Been using both of those programs almost from their first versions, back when sonar was just Cakewalk.

I use Adobe Audition 1.5 for audio that I plan to incorporate into video because I use Premier Pro exclusively for video work and I like the integration between the two programs.
 
I am using Adobe Audition (AKA) Cool Edit. It was the first program I got my hands on and as it grows so does my understanding of digital recording, so we are well suited. I love the ease of use that Audition provide and I love that if you DO crash,which all software does one time or another,Audition allows for recovery when restarting the software, whoever designed that feature should be kissed by a really beautiful porn star, thanks whoever you are. I find working on a computer screen has it's disadvantages so if the software is easy to use you are more likely to have success with it.


I have tried Cube base, calkwalk, n'tracks, at the end of the day it is the one that feels right for you.


My vote is for Audition/cool edit Pro. BTW, Adobe has just released the 2.0 version and some of the added features are amazing....got lots of ram though.

Cold fusion
 
wavepad for recording and slicing since it's free and lightweight

then in it goes straight into fruityloops
 
Adobe Audition 1.5-used it wit my VS-1680 for syncing if i needed further mixing.

Cubase SX3-if i want to use it as an sequencer instead of the MPC.
 
cakewalk Home Studio 2002 - for recording full tracks and creating midi backingtracks.

Cool Edit for cleaning up audio.

Sony Acid Express for recording loops and creating backing tracks
 
Acid 4.0 is all I have used (in the 4-5 times I have tried tracking) :)

i do have Adobe Audition, Cool Edit Pro, SoundForge 6 and vegas that I can try but have not made the switch yet from Acid 4. Am I missing out?

I mainly record Acoustic guitar and vocals (through my SP B1 mic > Mixer > Card), and then Electric (witha sm57 micing the amp). I use my Alesis SR-16 for drums and thats about it (yea I know I need some bass someday but loops are ok for now hehe)
 
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