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KurtFoster 1 August 2004

audiokid and I have been having a private discussion in regards to this topic.

We are curious as to which way RO members are leaning. Are you on PT with a Mac? PT with a PC? Nuendo / Cubase, Reason, Cakewalk, Cool Edit, etc or a stand alone system with an analog or digital console? Please share your thoughts with us so we can tailor the forum to be of the most help to all of you.. .

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anonymous Fri, 12/30/2005 - 10:51

SeniorFedup wrote: Honestly IMHO... l believe this thread should be redone. a new one with a better choice of daw listings would help us better to see what every one uses.... the other choice has 7 percent more than the leading daw option. thats alot

I agree completely, not enough choices in the poll. With so many combinations, it's not fair to only include a few choices (notice all the "others").

BTW, I run Logic Pro 7.1 on a Quicksilver G4 with 2 GB RAM and OSX.

anonymous Sat, 12/31/2005 - 10:21

well i'm not like one of those people that does alot of recording, and i don't know alot, but i've been using(well ... atempting to use)adobe audition to record my band (didn't really work out for me) so were gonna be going to a studio unless i can figure something out. the problem i'm having is bleeding ... and i think i might be my sound card(sound blaster) .... but i was wondering what a good program (that won't burn a huge hole in my pocket) would be

anonymous Sun, 01/01/2006 - 04:28

I've been using "CoolEdit Pro" and "SoundForge 6.0" for about 3 or 4 years now. The type of production that is required for radio doesn't call for much more that these two programs.

I'll use "SoundForge" for the recording/sampling of individual tracks and also do the effects processing there as well. The plug-ins and effects processors have are more adjustable range than CoolEdit. With the grunt work done in SF, I'll then move over each production element to it's own track in "CoolEdit" for timing adjustments, layering, level adjustments, final mixdown and compression when needed. This I will say about "CoolEdit Pro": the compression sounds better to my ear than what is available in "SoundForge 6.0".

As for my rig:

Well..... I think my machine was the 2nd or 3rd ANUS built. It has been upgraded though:

WinXP Pro
Asus P4P800
2x512 Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR
P4-2.8Ghz 800FSB (O/c'd to 3.1Ghz) 512-L2 Hyper-Threading (Northwood Core)
North/South Bridge are both Intel
Seagate 40Gig O/S drive
WD-80Gig Backup Drive
WD-160Gig Data Drive
Audigy-II ZS Soundcard w/digital ins

Hope this info helps

alfonso Sun, 04/16/2006 - 15:59

I use Cubase as a mere tracking and MIDI sequencer, but all the work of sound generation, processing, mixing and, loading a specifical project, mastering, is done on a Creamware Scope system. I have 2 Scope Pro and a Pulsar1 in my main machine, that's enough dsp power to run all I need in real time. Considering what I can have, the astounding quality of the synths and of many FX running on this platform, I find spending much more for a PT system a nonsense. Well, if you have a studio for customers it's a necessary nonsense. maybe, but If you want a really professional situation for your musical project and for open minded customers, Scope is the way to go...

Should I vote "Cubase on PC", or maybe better "Other"? The fact is that I use the 10% of Cubase, don't even open it's awful mixer, avoid it's crappy fx's and vsti's ,go out through separate buses and sum in Scope....

ecc83 Sun, 04/30/2006 - 17:51

Ref pc's and platforms...I run (for my son) main pc, pent4 wxpro 3.2G main program Magix studio6 STOP it! But I have tried many demos, Ableton live,Acid pro6, FL studio6, I tried a demo of Cubase SX but it screwed the registry and I don't like the idea of dongles. This pc has magix on it as well but also does the "office" work, it is only 600mhz but it is useful because we can store stuff in it and bounce it back on spdiff.
Ihad a demo of Sonar 5 producers edition and it was great but I can't afford it.

anonymous Thu, 02/22/2007 - 20:24

REAPER 1.808 on an iMAC 2.0GHz -2Gb RAM-BootCamp-XP SP2 Optimized.

I tried every daw possible in the last year, Reaper blew me away with it's speed and stability, simple on the surface but deeeep underneath, fully customizable and the best routing scheme bar none. It's developing so fast I have no doubt it'll be leading the way in another year, I could use it as is and I'd be happy, but the constant updates mean it's always exciting over at our forum. Cheers.

http://reaper.fm/download.php

RemyRAD Thu, 02/22/2007 - 20:47

I have one laptop and 2 workstations along with a third Internet machine all Pentium 4's and dual Centrinos. I most often work in Adobe Audition 1.5, sometimes 2.0. I also like Sony Vegas 6.0. I recently purchased an M-Audio Transit, so I can run ProTools MPowered which I have as yet to procure, a full working version. I just hate crippled trial software. It's rude and you really can't function like that. A 30-day timeout of a full functioning program would be better.

I don't currently own this unit but work regularly on the Alesis HD 24, standard version. It has decent converters and the ability to dump the hard disk drive into your computer for mixing in the box, or to export through a multitrack output, like my MOTU2408mkII, back into the Neve analog console and back into a 2 track digital input. Besides, I like dedicated single function recorders. And not necessarily a prone to failure PC or other computer on location.

Always listening
Ms. Remy Ann David

Kent L T Tue, 02/27/2007 - 14:30

I currently have logic 4.8 gold but since I purchased a new pc I am now searching for a software that runs on xp. I have tried several programs and really liked samplitude but the cost is a little more than I can handle at the moment. I am strongly leaning towards Sonar 6. It was the second most intuitive program to me. I see by this list there are a few programs I didn't know about that I will be checking out.

amd x2 3800+ aus m2n-e 1gig ram

Just bit the bullet and bought Cubase 4 the other day. Now the learning process begins :S

bwmac Fri, 03/16/2007 - 12:18

I guess it starts with a room for recording

Well I use two PC systems networked together.
the smaller older Intel 2.6 hyper-threading 3 gig M-Audio 24/96 set up has Sonar 5 and 6, Cu Base SE, Live lite 4, 5 and 6, Acid pro 3,4 and 5, Reason and Fruity-loops. T-racks, Vegas 7, Sound forged 8.
this machine also has Internet, a small 80 C drive for fast searching and a 200 for program and VST storage.

VST's and programs transport by [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.fx-max.c…"]fx-teleport[/]="http://www.fx-max.c…"]fx-teleport[/] to the main working PC by the network but the common ones are also stored on it.
No Internet on it
AMD 2 by duel x64 3800 at 2Hz, 3. gig ram AMD Live!™ motherboard
160 C: Drive Sonar 6, Vegas 7, sound forge 8, T-Racks.
you guys will hate this but
Audigy 4 pro, 64 bit, optic out.
RP-DJ1200 phones
sure and apex mics, A Gnx-4 (lots of fx) a digitech Vocalist Vocal Harmony Processor reverb unit
Right now I use a Lite-on DVD with light scribe to make a hard copy of tracks and demos and to test the per final burn in the car.
The car stereo never lies about how your mix/master sounds

lots of pics on the web if you google BWMAC

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