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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 Wed, 02/09/2005 - 23:44

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 audiokid 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.

pr0gr4m Mon, 02/14/2005 - 15:32

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.

anonymous Wed, 02/23/2005 - 01:11

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

drumist69 Sun, 02/27/2005 - 20:07

my "system", as such...

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

kingfrog Mon, 03/07/2005 - 09:30

First of all I noticed although 38% of the results were "other" only the "pro" SW for the most part is listed. It would seem more informative to have some of the other SW packages listed as well....such as SONAR......Cakewalk is huge and I was dissapointed not to see it as a selection. I realize pro tools is the king but I feel that is only because they were the FIRST to offer computer recording and the expensive software package now has extremily competant competition. Much like Fairlight with their early samplers.

The first of anythinig is usually the standard to which others are compared but that does not make them the best through all time. (See Ford and Toyota LOL)

They cannot reasonably collect the same fees for what they have and the results are not decernable whether Pro Tools or Sonar or Cool Edit was used. MOst Studios started with it and not it is a standard like ADAT was.

In any case I use Cakewalk and have since version 1 when it was only sequencing. Then I could not afford any computer platform for recording. I have tried Cubase, and also have Nuendo..but I still prefer Sonar..and ther is the reason one may stick with a product familiarity....rather than ease of use or other reasons.

anonymous Tue, 03/15/2005 - 20:15

i was running Sonar 3 on a 1.8GHZ P3 with 1GB, Sample Tank 2 XL, Novation V Station and Waves Diamond...

Just switching over to MAC G5 Dual 1.8GHZ 2GB, DP 4.5, Mach Five, UAD, Sample Tank 2 XL...

My PC just felt like it was sluggy along... I was able to run 5 waves on master bus, 27 tracks audio with about 2 waves on each track but, the feeling of instability and problems external from Sonar made me want to switch to MAC...

anonymous Fri, 04/08/2005 - 10:38

I still use Sound Designer II and Digital Performer on an old Mac 8100, but I'm just doing editing/mastering. I use SDII for my final 2-mix and DP just for some of the "formant editing" (still prefer Performer 4.2 for MIDI.)
I have PT Free around here somewhere, if I could just find the hard drive to go with it.

anonymous Mon, 04/25/2005 - 04:29

logic on mac... and wouldn't change it for anything, unless something comes out which tops it up...

have used plenty other stuff as well over the years, PT / DP / Cubase / etc.../ PCs (if i can avoid PC's then i do!!, they keep me away from concentrating on making, recording, editing, etc. MUSIC, to much trouble with them damn things.... :twisted: )

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