OK , this for daughter who is not very techy at all. I already have a Yamaha AW1600 , pre amps , monitors , audio interfaces, etc etc.
I have tried her on the AW1600 and Ableton live on a PC , but she can't cope with it. At the moment she just uses my Jamman Solo and loops and then records it to her iphone....
I have used Audacity , but found it a bit "buggy" . She has talked about garageband , but we do not have any Apple stuff so have not tried it. I have seen ads for Garageband for PC... any use ? If I can find the right software that is dead simple to use ( i mean really simple) . I don't mind paying for it (not hundreds!) and have a laptop with windows 7 and a focusrite scarlett 2i2 some spare Fostex monitors , and some mikes (sm57 ., se2200 ) so can really set her up well just need to start her off on simple software . Once she has some confidence/Patience I can start showing how to develop further and I can help her mixing , etc. She just needs to get the tracks down while I am not around on concentrate on the song writing rather than the tech side. I can then help sort it later for her.
The idea behind all of this is she "creates" some basic songs which she can send to her producer in America , so he then develops them with his songwriter ready to record when she is back in the studio with him. Whilst she is very creative she is not technical.....
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Different folks find different DAWs easy or hard I have found.
I have Reaper, paid for, but rarely use it as I was "brought up" with MAGIX Samplitude. The Silver Cloud version of this is free and really quite basic but is a "proper" DAW. It also has an excellent MP3 encoder in it and an easy to use Cloud poster.
But I am a bit concerned that you find Audacity "buggy"? It is usually THE most innocuous of softwares! It might be worth downloading C cleaner and running a registry scan then just save and fix any crap it finds (and it WILL find some!)Just in case you got a corrupted copy, uninstall Audacity and get a fresh download. It SHOULD work! Also disable the computer's internal soundcard and possibly re install all audio stuff again.
Dave.
The "demo's " wıll be the bare bones of her songs usıng her voıce , guıtar and acoustıc pııano . She then gets together ın a team ın the studıo and ıt ıs fleshed out , then recorded.
Perhaps ı should try audıcıty agaın. All she needs to b able to do ıs record and buıld uo overdub tracks . I can do the rest. I wıll tell her to record dry for that reason.
Agaın thks the feedback, hopefully her advance wıll come through soon so she can get a mac as ı know that ıs what she wants
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
As @digitalscream has said, it's just a couple of clicks. I could literally have something recorded within one minute of deciding I want to pick up my guitar and record. Its simplicity is why I like it.