Recording Software

[allends]

Quote:...I see alot of threads talking about Pro Tools and I have friends that swear by Pro Tools because of its use throughout the recording industry but I started with cakewalk products years back and I just can't seem to find software that compares to it as far as audio and midi capabilities.I started recording with Cakewalk in the 1980s. I didn't upgrade from Pro Audio to Sonar until last year and it was a big learning curve for me but well worth it. I do sympathize with my fellow Cakeheads who feel self doubt over not going with Pro Tools. I sense a lot of pressure to conform out there.-Allen

[aubreyz]

Well... I eat, live and breathe Pro Tools... but...If I had it all to do over again, and was using my own money I would buy the baddest Mac I could afford and go with Logic Pro. IMHO it's the best bang for the buck out there. For $1,000 bucks, you can't match the features and tools, and for midi it's pretty much king of the hill.

[mazz]

I think for a solo songwriter and composer Pro Tools is optional, IMO. If there comes a time that you are transferring sessions to and/or from outside studios then it may become an issue. But as I said before, I've never had a problem bringing tracks from a Pro Tools session to or from my studio. As long as the tracks are all contiguous from time zero, everything lines up. For the most part, I've overdubbed tracks using a stereo mix sent to me from a Pro Tools session and then sent my tracks back set up as I mentioned previously. There were no timing issues whatsoever. At one time I considered getting an M-box so I would have Pro Tools available just in case but I just couldn't justify the time and expense considering it really hasn't mattered so far.So, long story short, Pro Tools is industry standard for recording studios but many composers and songwriters use many other DAWs to record and compose their music.MazzPS: When you're through with your wax cylinders, you can chew them or burn them when the power goes out.

[sgs4u]

Quote:Well... I eat, live and breathe Pro Tools... but...If I had it all to do over again, and was using my own money I would buy the baddest Mac I could afford and go with Logic Pro. IMHO it's the best bang for the buck out there. For $1,000 bucks, you can't match the features and tools, and for midi it's pretty much king of the hill. Yes, I use Logic. It is a beautiful piece of work. Apparently difficult for many people. I have learned maybe 1/10 of it's awesome power. But my pedestal is cracked and my tower is leaning like pizza.Mr Apple, who bought the nice logic program and all their staff from it's makers(emagic), seems to have decided that Logic shall be outmoded soon, to be replaced by what - no one knows. Don't ya just love big corporations? So I'd love to recommend Logic, but I have no idea what is going to happen with it in the next few years. Logic users are pretty fanatical, tho. They'll keep it around for a while yet. As Aub said, Logic is fabulous for midi-minded nerds like myself. I haven't learned any other programs since I dumped my Atari with Edit tracks or whatever it was called. In fact I still have my little JL Cooper box that connected my Atari to a 4 track cassette, then a 1/2" 8 track and all the way to my 16 track(which now lies abandoned in another buddies flooded basement). So if there is anything worth learning, it's ProTools. There are so many studios around the world that it's used in. Kinda like Taxi. Or Windows I guess. There is no real reason to use a different product when almost everyone with credibility uses ProTools. I hear lots of great stuff about Sonar. But just not as many people use it, or transfer files with it from studio to studio. Some day I'll have to learn ProTools as well... steve

[jafo37]

Thanks alot everyone for the info this forum rocks! I feel much better knowing that there are other Cakeheads out there.

[jeffe]

Quote:Quote:Wax Cylinder!I went with Sonar because Wax Cylinder doesn't handle midi very well. Yeah but I heard that Johnny was upgrading to the XL 6 version.That's got sharper needles than before and has a VU meter with a real light bulb in it.

[jeffe]

Quote:I've been out of circulation for a while but the Wax Cylinder thing? That was a joke right?A joke?Johnny is also reportedly in possession of 700 light bulbs that don't work too.

[edteja]

JD, Faraday has discontinued the flux capacitor. You have to use needles these days.

[johnnydean1]

Quote:JD, Faraday has discontinued the flux capacitor. You have to use needles these days.Thanx Ed but I'm ahead of you.I just got a new system.It's by a company called HMV.It's got a great bit metal thing on the end,a bit like the end of a Tuba and a dongle.you've never seen a dongle like it.It's massive.You have to keep turning it till it won't turn no more and then you flick a switch and Viola or is it voila the music starts.You will know if you have the right make because it's got a picture of a little doggie listening to the music.I know the doggie's not listening to jeffes music because he doesn't have his paws over his ears!

[jeffe]

WOOF!!!That's one of those new fangled Grammarfone's isn't it?