Panterachat

I know a few of you put together some really good stuff on your home computers, I'd like to try this out but there is a ton of software out there and its fuckin expensive. What do you use and reccomend?

N-track Studio. Simple, does everything you'll need it to do & is very reasonably priced.

cubase

Windows Sound Recorder, no bullshit, you can do wonder with that thing if you know how to use it right.

Cool edit pro 2 not expensive at all. IF you got a good sound card then you pretty much can use anything and it will sound good.

Yeah, CEpro2 is good shit. I have the installer for it

i have cubase, a small cheap mixer, and a new soundcard. only cost me just over $200, and it works wonders.

Stop now and don't get involved with music recording. Once you get started, it's like a drug, you need newer and more expensive equipment to just make it sound that much better. I feel like a heroin junkie. ugh

It's all a matter of personal preference really. I use Steinberg Nuendo.

But either way, get a good audio interface, preferably PCI. Don't try to just use a consumer grade 24/96 Best Buy sound card.

The Doctor wrote:It's all a matter of personal preference really. I use Steinberg Nuendo.

But either way, get a good audio interface, preferably PCI. Don't try to just use a consumer grade 24/96 Best Buy sound card.

There is little difference in audible quality once you get above 48Khz sample rate and you will kill most computers with 16 tracks playing back at a 96k sample rate. You will however, want to record at 24bit depth. The difference between 16 and 24 bit with regards to audio quality is always incredible.

I have a M-Audio Delta 44 sound card and recording interface. If I bought a new card, I'd probably opt for something with built in preamps for each channel. Also you will want a decent preamp, compressor, and EQ. Not to mention microphones, Shure SM57, the standard for micing guitar cabinents. $$$ I told ya not to get involved.

But you asked about software. Propellerhead's Reason for drums, Adobe Audition 1.5 for tracking instruments/voice, sometimes Sony Sound Forge. You will also want to invest heavily in some quality VST plugins, Waves, etc. Software costs $1000+ for what I have. However you could probably pirate it all.

Recording guitars: save time, money and headache by getting a Line 6 Pod. Check out some of Scrotal_Tug's pod samples, you will agree that you can't get much better with traditional gear.

I agree with this... I record at 44100/96 and compression/EQ plugins can drag out the best of the sound qualities at that rate.

As for cards, I use an M Audio Delta 1010 LT, but I want to get something bigger soon.

studio time isn't that expensive

i use Cubase SX, DFH2 and also Other Drum Samples, Waves Platinum Bundle Plug-ins, Amplitube for Bass, JCM900 Guitar Plug-in for Guitars cos i have a shitty amp, and this is all coming out of an onboard soundcard.

i'm actually taking a class next semester called intro to multi track recording. don't need the class, just the credits, and it should be interesting.

Pro tools is very good, complicated at first, but when u learn it and how it works, u can never go wrong. Alot of badns use pro tools for pre-production

michaelrattlehead666 wrote:Alot of badns use pro tools for pre-production

ALOT of bands use pro tools for production, nevermind pre production.