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I'm looking for a PC based recording program. The last time I did any recording was about ten years ago with 1/2" reel to reel and also a Tascam portastudio. I want something easy. I tried Sony Acid and it was lame. Also played with some cakewalk a few years ago and seemed to complicated for some quick demos. Thanks.
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If you want to get your feet wet for free start with Audacity.
You will want to make sure you have a good interface as well. A regular sound card will probably give you problems in the long run.http://www.jacknapalm.com/Comment
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anyone use N-Track?I had a demo version a while ago that seemed decent. Looks like they have a full blown version available.
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Another +1 from me. I use Cakewalk, but that's only because I had the opportunity to be out of work for some time due to health reasons, so I had time to learn it! Audacity is pretty easy to learn and just what you need!Originally posted by Wylde06 View PostGear: Charvel Model 3, Marshall Reverb 30, Fender Squier Telecaster, Digitech GNX-1, GHS Boomers and a whole lot of Dunlop picks.... Oh, and a Hohner Harmonica - key of A
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I had N-Track...too buggy, even with a good soundcard, operating system, and fast hard drive.Originally posted by broken_fusion View Post
I use audacity now.
Simple, cheap, and it works.Comment
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Adobe Audition is quick and easy as well.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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For the cheapest: audacity
For the best mix of low price and quality: Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit)
For complete and total control, but pricey: Pro Tools (or Logic Pro / Cubase / Ableton Live)You took too much, man. Too much. Too much.Comment
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I use and like Mixcraft. It's kind of a PC equivalent of Garage Band on the mac.
Very easy to use interface.GTWGITS! - RacerXComment
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I 2nd that on the Cubase. A good cheap interface ($100) is the E-Mu 0404, and it comes bundled with Cubase LE, among other things... Everything you need for basic, quality home recording.Originally posted by GodOfRhythm View PostComment
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I do my recording on an Akai DSP not on computer. In the next year or so I will probably be getting new computer.
So do you guys then plug a guitar direct into an interface that goes into the computer?PLAY TILL U DIE !!!
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I have a Rolls RM203x Line Mixer. Plug my preamp stuff into that and run it into the Line In of my Soundblaster Audigy.
There are a whole range of interfaces, from USB to PCI (internal) cards, each with various amounts and types of connections (RCA, 1/4", 1/8", etc).
You could keep the Akai and use it as an interface for the PC - just run from the RCA Outputs into your soundcard's Line In, though I do recommend getting a card that is at least one step above the motherboard's built-in setup.
Of course that depends on your MOBO as well - some of the newer ones actually have decent sound (5 and 7.1 surround) compared to the older ones.
Your biggest issue with a soundcard is going to be latency - the time it takes sound to go from the Input, through the processor and recording app and written to the hard drive, and then back out to the speakers. Obviously lower numbers are better in this case. These are basically delay times, just like you'd have with a Delay effect or the Delay in a Chorus or Reverb effect, except you can do very little to adjust them in the PC's interface.
Some folks bag on anything Soundblaster, but in all honesty unless you're running a full-on pro-level studio where you need the absolute best and biggest PC interface (i.e. mulitple inputs going at once so you can track guitars, drums, vocals, synths, etc all at once), a Soundblaster card or Audigy system will do just fine for less than the cost of a MexiStrat.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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Originally posted by BenoA View Post
This sort of thing I strongly disagree with - charging extra for commercial use? So I can record my stuff all day long but if I want to burn it to a CD and sell it I gotta send them extra?
Or if I want to use it in a studio where I charge people to record their tracks I gotta pay extra? I don't think so.
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