Which Recording program and Computer do you use?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:44 am

PT LE 002 R with AI-3 on a Mac G5 Dual 1.8. I was considering going to HD 1 but discovered 002R with G5 was much more capable than a basic HD-1 system because the raw processing power in the G5 surpasses the processors in the HD1 card. i.e I can run 5 waves IR 1 reverbs in a 48@24bit session and two in a 96Khz session all at 32 tracks while HD 1 needs an accel card to get to the same performance levels, especially at 96 khz. So instead of spending 16-20K I spent 1400 on a motu 24 I/O for remote recording work and then finish it in Protools.

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:44 am

Gotta love 64bit technology, however you are maxed out now... with the HD system more cards are available. I run ProTools HD3 on 867 Quicksilver G4. I must admit that I messed around a bunch with Sonar2 back in the day when it came out and was super impressed. I actually like some of the editing features on it better than ProTools. Which leads me to completely agree with BigTree that ProTools is not necessarily the best program out there, but when you have a studio there will always be ProTools snobs. (mainly musicians who have no clue about recording equipment, but heard from a friend that read in Mix that Maroon 5's roadies sister heard from some guy that ProTools is the best) So there is no other way to go in a commercial studio. Don't get me wrong I love working on ProTools.

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:59 am

We are considering a PT instructional forum here at RO ... by subscription ... We want a PT expert to mod it Hopefully one that worked as a product specialist for Digi or something like that ... would you guys be interested in subscribing to something like that?

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:59 pm

i use pro tools
logic when i am in a bad mode
reason
when i bord i use cubase sx

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:38 am

Another - other vote for Logic and Samp 8 here

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:10 pm

I use Digital Performer 4.5 and a MOTU 828 MK2.

powered by a Mac dual 1.8 G5

werd.

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:32 pm

I wanted a portable solution so I've got Cubase running on a P4 2.8 Dell laptop. In a 3 space rack I put an 828 MKII, an alesis AI-3 which gives me 18 inputs/outputs. I have the both of them wired to a patchbay for easy access.

The funny thing is, I've only recorded remotely once and I've had the rig for over a year.

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:57 am

I use DPerformer on a Mac.

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:50 am

2 x Soundscape 32 on a PC. I like the stability and editing functions. Played through my Apogee I/O896 the sound is great. GigaStudio3 for samples.

Fredrik Lidin

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:44 pm

Vegas 4 on Window XP Pro Pentium 4 2.0 GHz

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:32 am

Fredrik wrote:

2 x Soundscape 32 on a PC. I like the stability and editing functions. Played through my Apogee I/O896 the sound is great. GigaStudio3 for samples.

Fredrik Lidin

Wow, då tror jag vi är TVÅ! Very Happy

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:15 am

I'm using Cubase SL3 through a PC. No complaints from me, with the masses of free plugins available these days I pretty much have everything I need. Thumbs Up

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:11 am

I use a custom built DawBox (P4), with Sound Forge 7.0 for editing and two track recording, Sonar 4 and Samplitude 7.2 for multiple tracks. I like the sound of Samplitude and the ease of use, but both Sonar and Samplitude seem to crash when using plugins, while Sound Forge is almost always flawless. However, after Sony bought Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge, when you upgrade to a current build of that version, it knocks some of your plugins into demo mode forever. And support at Sony for Sound Forge sucks.
SG

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:07 pm

I'm just a hobbyist at this point, but I thought I'd post because I haven't seen anyone in here discussing the software I use. I have a 2.53 Ghz Celeron PC/256 Mgs RAM (stock), a SoundBlaster MP3+ external USB soundcard, and am using a free program called Kristal. If you haven't heard of it, its a 16 track recording environment...accepts any VST effects plugins( use a bunch of free ones, mainly Kjaerhus Audio Classic Series), integrated soft-mixer, asio compatible, imports and exports WAV files, etc. Pretty basic but functional, and FREE! I think it would be cool for some of the "Pro" guys who post here to check this software out and evaluate it here. I think most of you would be surprised how useful it is, especially for a "learner" like me. I think its a good first step into DAW recording. You can find the free download at kreatives.org/kristal

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:54 pm

New to the forum here. I currently track to a pair of ADAT HD24's through a pair of Tascam DM24's and various outboard mic pre's. From there I dump all the tracks into a Mac running Digital Performer for all editing and mixing.

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