home recording

[seb]

i need a new home recording program.

i used to use cubasis and cakewalk but sadly lost them when i formatted my computer.

I found cakewalk a lot easier to use than cubasis but cubasis did give better results.

Does anyone have any recomendations for a good shareware/freeware program along these lines?

I record acoustic guitar and electric bass predominetly.

any help/links would be a great help! got some tracks to sort out ready for a gig in janurary!

 

[TwoSugars]

I hear Sound Forge v8 is pretty good. Not sure if its quite up to the standard of cakewalk etc. Try www.download.com or www.tucows.com for trial/demo stuff!

 

[seb]

cheers fella, i'll google it.

is it as simple as cakewalk or as baffling as cubasis ? lol

 

[TwoSugars]

I dont know mate, I've never used it. I just hear things from people at Uni

 

[seb]

ok! ta

 

[ant]

soundforge is just an editor not a sequencer.

try and find nuendo.......quality program - pro though so may
be a bit hard to get your head round.

 

[seb]

yeah just googled it ((soundforge) cheers anyway twosugars!) and found that out.

this nuendo a bit of a head f**k then?

 

[ant]

this nuendo a bit of a head f**k then?

yeah....its like cubase on steroids!!

more an audio bias than MIDI though so its what you want.

 

[seb]

fook, cubase on steroids!!! i'll check it uot i think! only need to to do a few tracks onto some already completed tunes so nothing major. i may just be able to suss it out.

you got it yourself?any sample tracks you done so i can see the quality?

 

[Rick]

Slightly off topic, but what mic do you use to record acoustic guitar?

 

[seb]

soms shure mic i bought bout 5 yrs ago.... lol

 

[ant]

i've released a few tunes in the past but its all sampled/sequenced stuff - no real instruments as such.

most of the audio quality depends on your soundcard more than the software you use.

 

[Rick]

Seb, You thought about investing in any recording hardware? I got a Korg D4 Digital 4 track for xmas and its bloody ace! It has a load of on board sound modelling so you can create whatever sound you want. Then it hooks up to the PC via USB. I've found the quality once tranferred to be spot on. Then it can be dropped into a sequencer of your choice. Might be worth looking into if you do a lot of guitar recording?

 

[seb]

yeah that sounds like a coolio idea.

what sequencer do you use rick?

 

[Rick]

I haven't got a sequencer on my machine at the moment. I really need to find a good bit of software for drum loops first. You don't know of any do you?

 

[seb]

nah sorry fella, my set up was literally cubasis and cakewalk and a few mics!
worked well though!

 

[Mole]

Not sure if this is any good, but I know of a few people that have used Propellerhead's Reason software.
Not sure if it falls into the catagory you want, check out their site...
http://www.propellerheads.se

Give me a shout if your interested in it, sure I can point you in the right direction to get hold of it

 

[casiodan]

Buy yourself one of these.

http://www.podcastingnews.com/items/Zoom/ZOMMRS802CD.htm

Ive had on about 4 years and it always handy if you come up with that killer melody.

Ive never had any problems, its got tons of drum sounds and a built in drum pad section.

mine cost me about 400 notes but you can get em cheaper than that.

I used to try and do stuff on my PC before that but unless your computer is set up and dedicated to just recording they arent worth the hassle.

**EDIT**
just noticed that one doesnt have the drum pad section but the mrs1044 does

 

[seb]

yeah coolio, i must admit i like cakewalk and i have managed to find the old version i used.

cakewalk guitar tracks 2 - well good simple program tbh.