Home Recording Software

[jeff300]

If there's a better place for this, someone move it.

It's been a few years now since I've done any home recording, and I've been updating my gear. Now that I got all my hardware updated, its time to look at software (for Windows).

I used to use Cakewalk Pro Audio. Now I see that product line doesn't even exist anymore but there are other offerings from Cakewalk I can look into.

What else is out there that is good and easy to use (for combining MIDI and digital audio)?

[Shotgun]

Re: Home Recording Software

I use Sonar 3.

Keith

[Mordor]

Re: Home Recording Software

N-Track is a good cheap and simple multitrack software,give it a try.

[Newc]

Re: Home Recording Software

N-Track doesn't have a MIDI-based sequencer, does it? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] I used that a few years ago, but settled on CoolEdit instead. I tried Cakewalk Home Studio 5 but didn't like the bugs in it.

Newc

[jeff300]

Re: Home Recording Software

Keith, how do you like Sonar?

Anybody still using Cubase?

[Mordor]

Re: Home Recording Software

I'm using Cubase SX atm,good software but I'll switch to a protools system in a couple of months.N-track has the midi sequencer,at least the last versions.Cubase SL should be cheap too..it has some limit tough.Imo the best thing to do is download the demo version and find the one you fit better.

[Shotgun]

Re: Home Recording Software

I like it, but it is all I've ever used: first Home Studio, then Sonar 2, then 2.2, now 3... Compared to 2, 3 is amazing.

But for all I know, Cubase and PT and Nuendo and DP and Logic did the same stuff better years ago... I dunno, I've never used them. And, for other reasons that I won't go into, I won't be using any of the Mac-only options.

RE: Sonar, it does what I want, fairly intuitively, and they are in Mass. I like that. Price is good, I thought, and there is an active Usenet group of non-snobbish folks who are glad to help (cakewalk.audio).

And the user's manual is a freaking tome: something like a bazillion pages. If you want them, they're there.

Keith

The author of this post receives no compensation from Cakewalk, or Twelve Tone, Inc., but if they ever offered it, he would take it, because come on, he isn’t a moron, and the chance that will ever happen is what, like a gazillion to one or something.

[Twisteramps]

Re: Home Recording Software

I use cool edit pro - not the best, but it works just fine. Before that I used some cakewalk guitar track thing that was decent also.

Pete

[jeff300]

Re: Home Recording Software

Thanks for the input. Since I'm basically satisfied with my old Cakewalk software, I'll look into Sonar 3.