| Home recording and general music post from the archived Yabb Recording Website Message Board. Some of the info here may be outdated but many of the audio recording and home studio tips are still good. Note: The only tags I made and attempt to convert are italics, bold, center and underline. So if you see some gibberish surrounded by brackets, just ignore it.
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Subject: Best multitrack recording software.
by Gabriel_Sousa | 06/09/01 at 09:50:25
What is the best multitrack recording software, to record a rock band, dont need midi, i have windows 98 on a PC, and dont need VST instrumentes.
Do i use Pro Tools or Samplitude 24/96 or Cubase VST/32 5 or Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 or Nuendo or Cool Edit Pro 1.2a ?
Thanks
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Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by xigaa | 06/09/01 at 15:32:41
I don't record on my software, but from listening to other recording forums and discussions, this would be a list generated from other artists' opinions:
1. Pro Tools
2. Cubase
3. Vegas
4. Cakewalk
I don't know much about the others, but heard Cool Edit Pro is thin, which is bad, man, no good.
:-/
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by JR#97 | 06/09/01 at 16:31:22
[quote author=xigaa link=board=rec1&num=992101825&start=0#1 date=06/09/01 at 15:32:41]
I don't record on my software, but from listening to other recording forums and discussions, this would be a list generated from other artists' opinions:
1. Pro Tools
2. Cubase
3. Vegas
4. Cakewalk
I don't know much about the others, but heard Cool Edit Pro is thin, which is bad, man, no good.
No offense to xigaa, but I don't know how much stock I'd put into a list based on other people's opinions without any personal experience to back it up. I'm not saying there isn't any value there and who's to say my opinions have any value either..... :P ;)
Gabriel, without knowing your recording experience and PC specs, it's kind of hard to tell you which would be best for you. From my experience and usage here's I how I rate the programs you've listed:
1. Cool Edit Pro - Very easy to work with and can do just about everything you need an audio program to do. Plus the price is right. This is the Swiss Army Knife of audio programs.
2. Samplitude - A lot less intuitive than CEP. But once you learn the program, it is very powerful. You need some serious PC power under the hood to take full advantage.
3. Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0 - A very good program. But if you don't use MIDI, you could get by with something else.
4. Cubase VST - Another very good program. But again, if you're not using MIDI or VST instruments, you can get by with something else. Cubase has a pretty steep learning curve.
5. Pro Tools - Pro Tools is good, but for the money, you can get a lot more other stuff. Personally, I think Pro Tools gets high ranks mainly because of image and the fact that they were one of the first high quality DAW programs. To get the full benefit of Pro Tools, you need a Mac and the Pro Tools hardware. Pro Tools on the PC is still relatively new and I think you can do better elsewhere on the PC platform.
6. Nuendo - You could call this the Steinberg version of Pro Tools. It is very powerful and very pricey. For what you're doing, it's probably overkill. It is by far the most powerful PC based audio program there is.
xigaa listed Vegas, which is one my personal favorites. My mostly used setup consists of Vegas Video 2.0 for tracking/mixing/editing and CEP as the audio editor. You can get fully functional time limited demos of most of the audio programs. Form your own opinions.
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by Gabriel_Sousa | 06/09/01 at 21:50:10
[quote author=JR#97 link=board=rec1&num=992101825&start=0#2 date=06/09/01 at 16:31:22]
No offense to xi.... ....Form your own opinions.
Thanks a lot for or helpa and info JR#97
:D
Subject: REASON
by jo record | 06/13/01 at 09:08:59
Get Reason
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by Gabriel_Sousa | 06/14/01 at 06:41:18
jo record where i can get REASON a demo version ?
:D
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by Gabriel_Sousa | 06/18/01 at 06:18:13
Hei ppl, i am on other forums, here is the voting results.
:P
26 votes - Cubase VST/32 5
24 votes - Pro Tools
18 votes - Cakewalk Pro Audio 9
17 votes - Cool Edit Pro 1.2a
17 votes - n-track
15 votes - Samplitude 24/96
15 votes - Sonar 1.0
11 votes - Nuendo
11 votes - Logic audio
08 votes - Vegas Audio
04 votes - SoundForge
01 vote - SawStudio
01 vote - T-racks
01 vote - Magix Audio Studio deluxe
what you think about it ??
Thanks
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by Jim | 06/18/01 at 19:32:12
Hey-JR97, I appreciate your knowledge on these software packages! Reading your many replies in various posts I am considering getting CEP, here is my question to you on that...
Will it master and record .cda? I have a friend that uses Wavelab, that seems pretty good but I have heard I can get better bang for the buck. Someone suggested Pyro, but I don't know anything about that. I am hesitant about downloading too many demos due to registry issues that could develop and I am not ready to risk rebuilding my computer just yet.
Gabriel - lists are subjective. Since many hardware products come bundled with Cubase or ProTools LE, I would venture that these would top every list on every forum. I use ProTools Free and I would be tempted to use ProTools LE because I am used to how it works. Same thing with recommendations... I could not say that ProTools is the best since, unlike JR97, I have not really worked with other packages.
You get down to the 3rd choices on down and you start getting into things people actually pay for and that is where you find a true barometer of what maybe "best" other peoples CHOICES and PREFERENCES and not what someone got with their soundcard and have never worked with anything else.
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by JR#97 | 06/20/01 at 08:29:39
[quote author=Jim link=board=rec1&num=992101825&start=0#7 date=06/18/01 at 19:32:12]
Hey-JR97, I appreciate your knowledge on these software packages! Reading your many replies in various posts I am considering getting CEP, here is my question to you on that...
Will it master and record .cda? I have a friend that uses Wavelab, that seems pretty good but I have heard I can get better bang for the buck. Someone suggested Pyro, but I don't know anything about that. I am hesitant about downloading too many demos due to registry issues that could develop and I am not ready to risk rebuilding my computer just yet.
CEP can be used for mastering. It's what Silent Bob uses. I prefer to master in either Wavelab or T-Racks, or just plain old fashioned hardware. CEP doesn't have CD burning capabilities, but you can use it in conjuction with other CD burning software, albeit your CD burning capabilities will depend on your CD software.
Wavelab is great because it can do most everything that CEP does PLUS it has real time effects AND CD burning capabilities.... similar to Sonic Foundry's CD Architect (no longer supported). TimZ is more of the Wavelab expert. Wavelab 3.0 offers multitracking as well. I'm starting to become more and more of a Wavelab fan these days.
Sound Forge is another popular program for mastering and it now features CD burning as well, however, it's capabilities aren't quite as robust as the old CD Architect. Sound Forge 5.0 is a resource hog and a bit slower than Wavelab or CEP.
Subject: Re: Best multitrack recording software.
by Slider | 06/20/01 at 09:41:52
I am a huge protools fan because of the fact that it is pretty user-friendly. They make it pretty straighforward to use and it's editing capabilities are amazing. On top of that, You can get it from Bayview Pro Audio for $729. That is a damn good price. I have heard great things about Cool Edit Pro also, although I know for a fact that cubase is a hard program to learn. I dont recommend it. Just my opinion. Good luck, and if you decide to go with protools, I would be more than happy to answer any questions you have about it.