Multi-track recording software
Vince McKnight
Ms. Santa Claus has agreed to buy me multi-track recording software for
xmas. Which software is the most intuitive to use? Why? Any suggestions? I
was thinking about the Cakewalk program. I would like to test drive a
program first to get a feel for it.
Help - this is new plunge for me!
Thanks
Regards,
Vince McKnight
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jonas aras
Sonar XL does for a fraction of the price. You won't be disappointed.
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Henry Moon
If you are talking about a PC, then check out Cubase for Multi track.
Don't forget- you have to have a soundcard that will do multi track.
Sound Forge is my PC choice for 2 trk Mastering and editing.
Have fun!
Henry
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rhan...@comcast.net wrote on 12/7/03 9:38 AM:
> How about for MAC? I'm pretty sure Cake Walk is not MAC compatable.
>
> Russ
Cubase works great for Mac. If you don't need the big feature set, Cubasis
might be worth a look. There are also the various versions of ProTools, from
free to megabucks. MOTU's Digital Performer is used by a lot of pros, as is
Logic.
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Vince McKnight
set and then play a lead over that. It seems to me that I might need more
than just a software program, but I don't know. Indulge me for a moment. It
seems to me that it I put down a rhythm track and then played it back so
that I could play with it, the only way I could accomplish this would be to
plug the guitar directly into the computer - which takes the amp and the
tubes out of it. I could do separate tracks and merge them but that takes
away the interactive feel. I could use another source, say an mp3 player to
do the rythm and then tape the whole thing as I solo.
I just don't know what I need to do this right?
Can you explain how this works simply?
Regards
Vince
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Vince McKnight
Delta 44 or the Delta 66 advertised at the Sound Forge website?
If I am hearing you right, I need a multi-track software program and an
external multitrack soundcard. Please confirm and give me recommendations
for both. Thanks.
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florian schmidt
> Hey folks:
>
>
> Ms. Santa Claus has agreed to buy me multi-track recording software for
> xmas. Which software is the most intuitive to use? Why? Any suggestions? I
> was thinking about the Cakewalk program. I would like to test drive a
> program first to get a feel for it.
>
> Help - this is new plunge for me!
Concerning the comments about multi track cards. You will only need a
multitrack card, if you plan to record more than one stereo track at once.
If you just want to record one track after another, you will not need a
multi track card.
Flo
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Phil Howe
>
>
> Ms. Santa Claus has agreed to buy me multi-track recording software for
> xmas. Which software is the most intuitive to use? Why? Any suggestions? I
> was thinking about the Cakewalk program. I would like to test drive a
> program first to get a feel for it.
>
> Help - this is new plunge for me!
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards,
>
> Vince McKnight
I don't know what kind of a sound card you have now, but most of them
have the ability to do what you want to do. If yours is something like
the Soundblaster series or some clone thereof, you will have a line
input and a mic input at the back of your computer. Check the booklet
that came with your sound card, or look it up on the internet.
Schematics will be available. More than likely you will need a 1/8"
TRS (tip, ring, sleeve) stereo to plug in there. Forget about the mic
input; most of them are at too low a level to be useful. If you're
wanting to record electric guitar, you'll need to line out of your amp
into the soundcard at LINE LEVEL. This is important to get a good
signal to disk. Radio Shack will be your best friend in getting cords,
adaptors, and that sort of stuff to marry up the two systems. A line
out from your amp will not be stereo, so you'll need a cable with 1/4"
to plug into your amp's output, and 1/8" TS (tip, sleeve) mono input.
Your software will allow you to pan the signal to the centre of the
stereo channel.
If you want to mic acoustically, you'll need a mic (of course) and
something to boost the mic signal to line level. There are a million
types of mic preamps available or you can use a small mixer that has
preamps in it. A mixer will give you stereo output so you'll need a
cable that is 1/8" TRS for the sound card split to 2 1/4" TS (mono)
plugs which will plug into your mixer. A stereo signal will
automatically record on both channels of a stero track.
This setup will allow you to record a rhythm track, for instance. Then
you will need a monitor system to hear Track 1 while you are recording
Track 2 which might be vocal or lead guitar. If it's electric lead
guitar, you won't have any problem; just play track 1 through your
regular speakers while you play and record track 2. If it's acoustic
stuff through a mic, you'll need some way to feed the output of the
sound card to headphones instead of your computer speakers. Headphones
will be essential or you'll get track 1 bleeding into track 2, which
kind of defeats the purpose.. A small headphone amp will do the trick
nicely. For more tracks, repeat as needed.
I can second the use of Cakewalk's Home Studio 2004. It'll do what you
need and a whole lot more. If you can afford it, go with Adobe
Audition. This is the old CoolEdit program repackaged by Adobe. 249
bucks and it's so simple to use! A lot of radio production is done
with CoolEdit because it's so intuitive.
Be warned though; once you start this stuff it will never end...
-Phil
Brian D
recording on tascam portastudios (4track) or Sharp MD (stereo.) But I
know that the Digidesign Mbox package, at http://www.digidesign.com/
is designed as a basic home Protools setup, both hardware and
software. At school I got a chance to play around with Digital
Performer for Mac, and that was a very well done program as well.
Recording is a world unto itself and if you're not careful, the boxes
will suck you in, and you will probably neglect practicing your
scales! ;-)
Michael Edelman
using a Midiman PCI through two computers.. Still great. There's a lot
of great new USB audio interfaces around, too. Check out www.edirol.
com.
For software I like PG Music's Power Tracks. Really cheap, lots of
built in functionality, format conversions, real-time effects, etc.
Put the money you save into interface hardware.