Recommend some recording software

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Recommend some recording software

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At the school where I work the computers all have Cubase LE on them (because it came free with something). I frickin HATE it. Some of you may disagree, but I think it is the most poorly designed, unintuitive piece of crap program ever thought of.

I want to see if I can get the school to buy something that is a bit easier and logical to use. Ultimately, I'd like to get a set of Macs with Garageband or Logic, but I doubt that's going to happen.

What can you guys recommend? It must...

-Be a reasonable price and come in education packs.
-Support rewire (we have Reason).
- Have onboard effects.
-But above all, be easy to use :x

Midi is not essential since we have Reason.

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Re: Recommend some recording software

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Are there any good open source ones? Nothing piques the boss' interest like the word "free"...
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Re: Recommend some recording software

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wasn't there a thread almost identical to this about a month ago?
hamo wrote:Are there any good open source ones? Nothing piques the boss' interest like the word "free"...
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Re: Recommend some recording software

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+ 1 for audacity.
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rocklander wrote:wasn't there a thread almost identical to this about a month ago?
hamo wrote:Are there any good open source ones? Nothing piques the boss' interest like the word "free"...
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Doesn't support rewire.

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Basket Case wrote:
rocklander wrote:wasn't there a thread almost identical to this about a month ago?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Doesn't support rewire.
fair enough... no idea what rewire is :lol:
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Re: Recommend some recording software

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:lol: Rewire connects two or more programs (that support it) together so that they work in synch.

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Re: Recommend some recording software

Post by dayl »

Try Reaper good program for the price. Maybe an Maudio Protoolz pack?

Audacity is great for free.. excellent even... but the buck kinda stops with the 'free' part.

Logic good but a lil over hyped in my experience.

Try Cubase SX ... way better than LE but if you are looking for intuitive Abelton Live may be a go.

Just a personal opinion but I wouldn't get too fussy with Re wire capabilities espesh with Reason.

Hang out on KVR audio for a bit. there are open source apps from budding devs coming up all the time, I've grabbed heaps of never to be seen again gems from there.

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Post by Lawrence »

call me old fashioned but......

ProTools.

reliable, powerful, easy to learn, industry standard, flexable,....
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Re: Recommend some recording software

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I saw this trailer for a new product called Record from Propellerhead, I don't know about pricing but it might be something you'd be interested in looking at?

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Re: Recommend some recording software

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Audacity. Fuck rewire

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Re: Recommend some recording software

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It's all very well to say "fuck rewire" but we do a lot on Reason and since programs like Audacity don't do midi, it's pretty essential to have it.

Sty, yeah I've been looking at "Record." I might download the demo and have a play with it.

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Re: Recommend some recording software

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My opinion:
If you approach recording as a musician: Logic.
If you approach recording as an engineer: Pro Tools.

That said both applications are almost the same thing these days. It doesn't really matter what software you use, just pick one and get fast at it.

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Logic is Mac only.

Protools is way too expensive to set up on 20 machines!

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theres Ardour, but its only Linux and Mac
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