Multitrack Audio Editting Softwares: Discuss!

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Cubase: Classic or Dud?
ableton 5 vs reason 3

jordan, why do you say the EQs are better?

but i learned in protools first. i like cubase though and have been using it since ver. 4 (OS 9!?). if protools were to make a free version for OSX i'd hit it.

real question is cubase sx vs. nuendo? they're so similar. i'd use nuendo if i could afford it

sure, the bundled protools stuff is probably better than any other onboard DAW EQ, but there are tons of amazing eq plug-ins out there at a fraction of the cost.

logic's onboard stuff is quite generic - ok for workhorse stuff but not a lot of flavour - love the interface and the audio/midi features though. so why go for all the bells and whistles when i can run Logic express 7.2 instead of the full version and spend the difference on some lovely plugs?

protools is fantastic if you're stuck for ideas about how to spend your trust fund. i wouldn't get suckered into that line of thinking - check the price!

i'm talking btw about PT ridiculous hardware prices not their free download DAW LE. screw waves also w/ their rip-off business practices.

like this!! http://www.focusrite.com/productdetails.asp?id=62&iRange=1

40 compressors, 20 eq's, 32 channels, onboard dsp via firewire under £500. mmmm eyes glaze over. must have...

hahahahahahah that's fucking insane

(x-post)i was dreaming of getting my hands on a liquid channel but knew i'd never ever be able to afford one. then i knew i'd be dreaming of having another one for the stereo bus and so on. now they made this.

it's like they read my freakin mind, made it 50x better and cut the cost by 2/3rds.

the thing about it is you can't use it in windows - linux and mac only. and it's kind of a bitch to get it to run VST plugins, but it can. the LADSPA plugins that it likes are cool but limited

"For the people," hmmmm. I was able to secure the last edition of Cool Edit Pro before it became Adobe Audition, Acid 4.0, CD Architect and a ton of loop libraries, most of which I'll never need, on eBay for around ninety dollars. Came with manual in a binder, too, apparently part of a corporate licensing that was being retired. That's virtually free, plus it runs on my platform. The idea behind Audacity is ambitious but ...

On the plus side it did introduce me to JackOSX though which seems like something that might come in handy for other audio apps I have, I'll have to play around with that.

Cheers

But I've used ProTools a lot and I like it. I can work quite efficiently in it. I like Sonar, too, but the ProTools setup I've used has way better plugins and what have you.

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TRACKTION

I've recently been mucking about with a mic and a cheap delay pedal. Good fun, although the pedal doesn't do quite a long enough delay for what I'm doing. Is there some sort of program that will let me do the same thing? I mean, is there something like Audacity which you can start recording and then set to loop back at some point while continuing to record?

Do you have a Mac? I think some of the audio units can do this

nah i have a crap pc.

TRACKTION

I use Reaper and find it quite good for this sort of thing - you can set loop points and start recording and when it gets to the end loop point, the recording starts as a take on the next track at the start loop point. Is that what you're trying to do?

I just got the Apogee Duet, and I'd just like to say, HALLELUJAH! After fuxing with the Konnekt24D that we had for a while, this is a godsend.

Also, so that N/A doesn't feel like it's another gear post, which it is. We've also written some new songs on the gear! And they're not bad! Or at least, they sound cool! Little Jim Keltner on the drumses!

i downloaded reaper yesterday and spent a chunk of the day experimenting with it but i feel like i might be too dumb for it. i can't get it to recognize my keyboard as a controller for soft synths. i put the instructions on my kindle though so i can slog through them.

Maybe your setup is different, but I use a MIDI keyboard with softsynths in Reaper like this:

1) Add a new track
2) Choose (my audio interface) MIDI as track input
3) Add softsynth to track FX
4) Turn on track input monitoring
5) Arm track for recording

thanks, i think i just need to slog through the instructions and muddle my way through. i thought it would be more intuitive than it is.