Ive been looking at buying a mac for my DAW needs. For the past year ive been using Cakewalk Sonar 8 but ive found love for logic. I have narrowed it down to a Mac book Pro But have concerns with the screen size, at only 15" it seems a bit on the small size.

Being a student i cant afford the 17" and dont particually want to get a an iMAC.

Hey, I'm thinking of picking up a DAW controller to make mixing a little easier. Using sliders and knobs is way better then a mouse imo.

I have three PC DAW's, two on XP Pro, one on Vista Ultimate
Running Sequoia 11, Ableton Live 8 and Sonar 8.

History is... I'm going from Mac and Pro Tools to nice PC's and fine external gear.

I've been using dp5.13 for a couple years now. they just recently came out with dp7.

which got me thinking about upgrading either to the newer dp, or another software.

i like what i have, but i'm looking get something with a better mix bus, better audio quanitzing.

I am planning on installing Sonar LE on my primary C: drive which already has Cubase 4 installed and running on my PC XP Pro. C: is 500Gb and has plenty of free space (350Gb). I have all my audio wav data going onto a 250Gb D: drive (200Gb free). Everything in Cubase currently works solid, no glitches.

Hi everyone,

I am new this whole thing and I am in the process of setting up my home recording studio right now. The only thing I need now is a good DAW software... I have looked into two so far: MixCraft 4.2 and REAPER... In my opinion, REAPER sounds like more "bang for the buck" but I am just wondering; what would anybody recommend? Weather it be MixCraft, REAPER, or another.

Thanks!

Hello all,

I have been using Nuendo since day 1 but i have also taken hits for not using PT's! i like Nuendo a lot but i hear PT8 runs under Windows. True?

I could go to the PT Forum but i know i will get more of a balanced response on this forum.

hello all,

my old system was a TYAN S2885 with Opteron 246's SCSI based. i have started a newer system to replace it. i record multi-track sessions w/ 16-40 track count typical (no samples) for paying customers so stability and speed is key.

Looking for some experienced comments.
I would like to know anyone's likes/dislikes using control surfaces with Cubase as well as control of VST Plugins for a PC platform...
Any preference you have on Firewire or USB protocols.

Some of the units out there I've looked into.