What's half decent and cheap these days ? It's been a while since I've recorded and I used to use Tracktion years ago as the workflow was so much easier than Cubase etc. I've done a few tracks with Reaper too but it took a little while to work that out. I'm thinking of starting playing again, on my own now that I'm band-less, and want to record a few tracks of mixed audio and midi stuff with some VSTIs.
Should I just stick with Reaper, or.... what's out there that's pretty intuitive ? (I'm impatient and get pissed off if I can't work out how to do something fairly quickly.) I don't mind a quick check of a manual but if I'm having to do it constantly it becomes irritating.
Any suggestions ? Has anyone tried Tracktion 6 now that the original author has bought it back from Mackie ?
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I think the midi editing isn't too great (it's hard to do things that were easy in Cubase 20 years ago!).
The only thing I've ever found really difficult is trying to match beats/tempo with an audio sample. On the forums, I get the impression that other DAWs do this much easier and better. There's no fancy synth bundle either but you can pick those up easily enough.
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Reaper is the default and I have it, paid for but only use it to help others (if I can!)
I tried the Studio One demo and it crashed my system!
Google for "Samplitude Pro X Silver" free, and pretty intuitive I find. Only 8 tracks but for home recording that should be enough, can always mix a set down and carry on!
Dave.
Steinberg is now oned by Yamaha - Cubase has improved beyond all recognition and comes bundled with tons of stuff. Check out Cubase Elements for £73. You can download a fully working trial for 30 days.
http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/cubase/line_up/cubase_elements_8.html
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I still miss Sonar and may give it another go. There was a period when it was unstable on my system and that's what pushed me to Reaper. Reaper is way better value for money but it doesn't connect emotionally the way Sonar did. Daft innit?!
The free version has limited sounds and kits etc, there is no MP3 converter, if you google it there is a comparison chart. http://studioone.presonus.com/compare-versions
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I think once you are used to the workflow of a DAW, the differences between then and others starts to become insignificant.
I started off with Cubase in the mid 90s and then quickly moved to Cakewalk and have stuck with that since, and now use its lates incarnation Sonar Platinum, which is excellent and at last, stable.
Differences between the various versions of a particular DAW are in features- so you will likely get more FX, plugins with the more expensive versions.
Reaper, though I have only used it a little, is perfectly good enough. Another good free program to have is Audacity which is a cracker. I still use it for mastering as well as processing loops. Yes, all that can be done in my DAW, but Audacity is just so simple to use.It will also do conversion to MP3 should you need that.
Abelton is good, but I just could not be arsed learning another workflow.
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