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I'm helping a piano/violin teacher set up a recording system. Her technical skills are somewhat limited, so I wanted to get some input about what DAW I should set her up with. She needs basic audio features, and I would like to set her up with some nicer MIDI features. Most of her recording will be MIDI. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

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EricIndecisive Thu, 02/10/2011 - 15:44

Fruity Loops is very powerful and pretty much built for MIDI. It's very easy to get started, but it has a lot of power for when you start learning more about it as well.

If you mean recording audio, it's a bit trickier to learn / figure out at first... but I do it all the time. If she wanted she could even record say a violin in audacity or something (free program) and then import that into fruity loops as well.

Michael Hodecker Thu, 02/10/2011 - 18:57

Mixcraft has some AWESOME midi capability. Especially the pro studio version. It's got some synth VSTi's that are just as good as what Owl City uses... if not better :) I think either mixcraft or reaper would be good... reaper's a little more complicated in terms of layout, but being a violinist and knowing violinists, her curiosity will probably be aroused and she'll want to explore some mixing technique whatever program she gets.