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Re: Which brings me to MY answer part II

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Posted by JR#97 on January 25, 2000 at 14:28:54:

In Reply to: Re: Which brings me to MY question.... posted by tom on January 24, 2000 at 22:15:59:

My definitions:
Editor: This is where you can slice and dice and manipulate the actual wave form. It's usually a destructive process. Most editors are primarily stereo programs and do not have multi tracking capabilities. Sound Forge and WaveLab 2.x are good examples.

Multi-track: Let you have multiple wave forms open and allow you to mix multiple tracks. Most use "pointers" that point to the wave file but don't write to the actual wave file (non-destructive). You then need to mixdown or render your mix to a new wave file.

Sequencer: Deals with MIDI data only. Think of a piano roll on a player piano. MIDI contains no audio data, only performance data. You need some sort of device to produce the actual sounds and performance contained in the MIDI data; synth, sampler, sound card with on board synthesis, etc. Cakewalk, MOTU Performer, Cubase are examples. Most keyboards and drum machines have onboard sequencers.

Some programs are combined of each of the above. Cakewalk, Cubase, Audio Pro Logic, are examples that handles multi-tracking and MIDI sequencing. Samplitude and Cool Edit Pro combines multi-tracking with wave editing.

From what you've said, you could probably get by with something like a Dman 2044. That card has 4 ins/outs. No digital i/0. I use mine to dump my 4 track recordings to the PC. My dman didn't come with any programs, however. I also use it to track directly to the PC using my tascam 424mkII as the mixer. I suggest keeping a soundblaster or equivelant installed for system sounds, synthesis, and midi/game port. You shouldn't get any conflicts having 2 cards installed.



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