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putting all money problems aside...what is the best recording program for a home studio. i have looked at cubase sx and cakewalk programs but i dont want to spend that much money if it isnt going to be as good as what i have already got. i have wavelab 4.0. thanx alot.
joe
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I use and love n-Track Studio. I'm also playing with the demo version of Multitrack Studio. Both are under $100.00 and work very well. I've been very impressed with Multitrack with the exception that it seems to be more prone to over driving and thus distorting the input. Everything else I've played with to this point leads me to believe I'll purchase it in the near future. Check 'em both out. ------------------ DakLander
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It all depends on what you're going to be doing. 2 programs that are very popular right now are Propellerhead's "Reason" and Cool edit Pro 2.0. Both are around $300. 128 tracks on cool edit and Direct X friendly. Not sure on Reason. If you don't need this many tracks, Cakewalk Guitar tracks is a nice 8 track program around $50.00 last time I looked. Very stable.
Good luck.
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Reason is not a recording program, it is strictly an electronic Sequencer that can do some very cool things.
Joe, it also depends heavily on what computer you're running and how well it's equiped. Are you Mac or PC? What OS are you running? What speed is your computer? How much RAM do you have? How big is your HardDrive? What kind of Audio Interface do you have? The last question is: What do you really wish to achieve from your home recordings?
Jody
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There are pure audio recording programs, there are pure sequencers that drive synths (rare these days), and there are programs that do both at once. Make sure you know which category you will need.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kris Karr:
... 2 programs that are very popular right now are Propellerhead's "Reason" and Cool edit Pro 2.0. </font> Cool Edit Pro is no longer available. It has been purchased by Adobe and is being marketed under the new name Adobe Audition. I like Cool Edit, and I have found it to be far superior to Cakewalk's Sonar in several respects.
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