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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OK, I have what is probably a very stupid question and therefore must ask everyone's forgiveness in advance. I am new to this board and currently do not have a computer and therefore do not record on one (obviously). However I am hoping, sometime in the not so distant future, to purchase one for the purpose of recording. My stupid question is this, how do you back up your work? What I mean is you record to your hard drive, that much I understand, but a some point down the road you are going to run out of room on your hard drive and therefore will need to make room for the next and future projects. So do you just save what you have already recorded to a 3.5" disk or a zip disk or what? Again please accept my apologies for such a stupid question but after reading the last 4 pages (very helful I might add) I figured this would be the right place to get this question answered. Thanks!
 
LittlePill, If I were you, I'd repost your question as a new thread, or fewer will notice it.

I use my CD-RW drive and put projects on a data CD. I have a utility that breaks files into pieces that can be re-assembled if I have projects that are bigger than the capacitity of a CD, which is rare for me except with video projects.
 
I go with Sawpro/Saw Studio. These software packages are "the" best thing out there for audio recording. Very powerfull software using assembly code that virtually bypasses your WIndows operating system. What you get is harware style performance on a standard PC. Very nice.

Safarisound
 
I use Fruity Loops for da beats,
Cubase to track,
and Sound Forge to edit.


I have a PC and it seems to run smoothly w/ Cubase, although you do need a fairly responsive PC, or so I've heard



Laj
 
digital performer

I'm currently looking for a digital audio sequencer, have a Mac G4, and have read thru almost all this forum without seeing any references to digital performer. Can anyone give me any opinions about DP - does it suck?
 
Re: digital performer

medhead said:
I'm currently looking for a digital audio sequencer, have a Mac G4, and have read thru almost all this forum without seeing any references to digital performer. Can anyone give me any opinions about DP - does it suck?
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Not at all! DP is a great midi sequencer. Besides the fact that it's easy to use, DP allows you to edit midi msgs on a level some other programs like ProTools don't. For example, DP lets you edit sysex msgs, unlike PT. I highly recommend it!
 
I use N-track cause it is cheap, I am poor, the customer service has been stellar, I don't have any money, and to me it works better than anything I have ever used. (Which isn't much cause I don't have any dough)

Ian
 
Digital Performer

luvndnb:

Thanx for the thumbs up on DP. It looks good to me too, but I'm definitely a rookie here - trying to research each step to recording nirvana carefully, 'cause my two ex's have first crack at most of my disposable income. I've noticed many people on this forum have had some bad luck with their first choices of recording software. Also, it is apparent that the majority of folks on this site are PC users, is there another site somewhere for us outcast mac users?

imacgreg:

keep your chin up. If you had any money at all somebody would just figure out a way to get at it. Have fun with what you have, at least you're making music!

Greg, too.
 
I've been using Cool Edit for more than 2 years now...although it can act up from time to time it has worked fine. I have spent a lot of time with Pro Tools...expensive and just OK! SAWS...if you have all day to for a 30 second spot...go for it.

Saludos

lavoz
 
heh

fruityloops -- create loops (drums and peripherals)

acid pro -- creating rythym tracks from loops

n-track -- traking all live instr. (guitar, bass, keys, vocals, mandolin, etc) and mixing down

sound forge -- editing, mastering, etc.


I love n-track. I have tried all of the other big proggies, cakewalk pro, Vegas, Logic, Cubase, and the ease of use combined with the quality and capability make n-track number 1 as far as I'm concerned.

Go Flavio, go.
 
Logic Gold 4.8/EXS24

I went with Logic for the simple reason that they offered an entry level program (Micrologic $79, 16 tracks of audio). I'm on a mac, using the Metric Halo Mobile I/O.

I would've loved to try Digital Performer, but I didn't want to spend $500 right out of the gate. I also didn't want to get locked into the ProTools Harware/Software gulag.

Micrologic was easy enough to use, so when Emagic put out Gold with the sampler for $300, I upgraded. Now, yes, I do have to learn these environment things. But I was recording audio, midi, and virtual synths 20 minutes after install. I'm strictly amatuer, so I don't see a need to upgrade anytime soon. Like my brain, I'm probably only using about 5% of Logic.
 
im kinda new here but ive worked with pro tools; sound forge; cooledit; acid and variouse other and still pro tool was the best and most simpile to use and it suports midi so it gets my vote but i do belive its a pain in the a$% to get working on pc
 
I use Multiquence, the shareware program put together by the guy who makes goldwave. I really like it. It was $65 when I registered it, and the next bunch of updates should be free for me now.

Matty_boy
 
I just finished setting up a songwriting studio using the Digi001 and agree that though it is easy to use, it was a pain to get it working on the computer. The software I use is:

Protools LE (Tracking and midi)
WaveLab (tweaking the mix)
Finale (for printing sheet music)

I do not like the bounce to disk feature in Protools as it does not create the sound I want. So I mix down to an Alesis Masterlink.

Other outboard gear is a Lexicon MPX500 and a Behringer xr2000 Gate/Expander (primarily a noise gate.) For headphones, I use the Furman HDS-6.

The MPX500 is linked to the Digi001 using S/PDIF. Hooking this up and getting it working is a pain also. If you ever try to do this and need some help let me know, cause I think I have made all the mistakes possible in doing it. I am thinking of switching back to using the Aux S/R on my mixer for the MPX500 and giving up on the S/PDIF.
 
Logic Platinum...

Steep learning curve but the software kicks ass. In addition eMagic plays nice with competitors - which is why I didn't opt for protools.
 
Digital Performer

I am using Digital Performer. I think it is great. It not only does all the midi but it does all the audio as well. I am fairly new to the whole DAW scene. I had done quite a bit of professional recording about fifteen years ago then took a sabatical from the music scene. Didn't return for fifteen years. When I did, everything had changed.I first got a Roland VS 890 8 Track self contained recorder. I decided I wanted more of a professional set up. I considered Pro Tools however, I would have wanted the full Pro Tools and did not think I wanted to spend 10k. I got a Mac, 733 256 Ram with I believe 30 gig hard drive and an additional glyph 30 gig hard drive, MOTU 2408 MKII, and Midi Timepiece AV. All of this is runing through, with around into and out of Digital Performer. At first, I found the whole thing impossible to fathom. Now, after working with the system, I cannot imagine what else anyone might want. It does everything and anything you could want with relative ease. Tracks are virtualy limitless both midi and audio. Track assignments give you many options. Editing options are vast and easy to access. I think this is a great program. The reason you may not see much of it on Home Recording is becuase of the relative cost. PC's tend to be cheaper than Macs etc. I have I think six PC's at my business, they are great for word processing. For my sound applications, I have a Mac with the 17" flat panel and it blows away the PC's in stability, picture, and it is as fast as anything. DP is great, I am extremely happy with the MAC. The only reason I would ever change would be to have a more fully intergrated system. Pro Tools has its own mixing console. DP does not have such a system, but, there are other things you can get. I think some of the digital mixers can handle the parameters of DP. I have analogue mixer and I am considering a control surface like the Radikal SC2 or something like that.

Run on writing, must be boring reading my meandering text as I congratulate myself on being smart enough to purchase and use Digital Performer and lucky enough to afford a fancy mac computer to run it on. The point is, DP is great and should be on this site. The lack of such a great and often used program takes a littel wind out of the sails of this site.

But, MY VOE IS FOR DIGITAL PERFORMER.
 
audio recording software

For what it's worth, I'm running Cubase on a 633 MHZ Celeron with no problems with audio or midi recording. There are a couple of bugs in the score section however.
 
Reason for drums and sampler stuff, and Cakewalk Guitar Tracks for audio. Got Fruityloops too, but have been using Reason more instead.

Ideally I'd like Logic 5 (with rewire 2) integrated with Reason, but can't afford to upgrade from Micrologic yet, and I probably won't bother until I get an ASIO soundcard, instead of my current SBlive with experimental ASIO drivers!
 
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