ATTN: All Software Users

Steel Side

ILLIEN
ill o.g.
Now I know this may seem like a general question, but what kind of software do each of you prefer for multitrack recording? I will be purchasing software soon and just want to get some ideas, pro's and con's of various software products. I'm interested in Sonar, but just don't know much about it. I will be researching, so I'm not askin for handouts, but any info you guys/gals can give me would be greatly appreciated. thanx. Out
 

Big Tone

You done fucked up
ill o.g.
adobe audition
 

djryval

ILLIEN
ill o.g.
i use audition and it's fine, i use it for recording scratches and sampling. we use garageband for vocals on my friend's mac and no problems there either.
 

that kid

Keep Diggin'
ill o.g.
Battle Points: 2
i like adobe audition 1.5 shit got every thing that you'll need and it ain't that much doe. also that softwares been around for a while used to be cool edit pro. i like it but it depends on you download demos and fuck wid every program then choose one that fits you thats how i did it. i also hear that ableton live 4 is good and also acid pro 5- that kid
 

JLF

Member
ill o.g.
Sonar 4 professional. it works miracles. its fuckin amazin. u can have unlimited audio tracks in the producer edition that i use and u can do fuckin music videos in that shit. i dont know if u read my post about what i use it for but when i create my tracks in reason, i rewire it over to sonar to add what ever plugins i want in it. U can also use the bounce to tracks to make multiple tracks in to one track. it saves your cpu like crazy. heres the actual list i got from off the website. Its alot but theres also more thats not listed(props to the cakewalk site)

Multi-format surround mixing and editing with over 30 configurations supported (5.1, 7.1, LCRS, etc.).

Intuitive surround panner: focus, width, angle, front/rear balance controls, LFE send; speaker muting & soloing; control surface/joystick support.

Lexicon® Pantheon™ Surround Reverb—get the pristine sound of classic Lexicon Reverbs—for the first time ever in multi-channel environments up to 5.1. Stereo version of Lexicon Pantheon also included.

Sonitus Surround Compressor—a professional, nine-channel compressor specifically designed for surround applications.

SurroundBridge™—use stereo plug-ins in multi-channel environments. Patches and links plug-ins across all channels on a surround bus allowing for control from a single UI. Unlink for different settings on different channels.

Sonitus:fx Suite—critically acclaimed automatable effects: Compressor, Delay, Gate, Modulator, Multiband Compressor, Parametric EQ, Phase, Reverb, Surround, Wah wah.

Video Thumbnail track—makes scoring to video even easier, perfectly align audio with on-screen action, auto-snap to frame, more.

POW-r Dithering—unique, patent pending algorithms for converting 20, 24, and 32 bit audio to CD standard 16-bit format, while retaining dynamic efficiency and very low noise, optimized for use with all sample rates.

Prosoniq MPEX time scaling—great for matching audio to video or for loop/sample authoring.

Dynamic Console with per-channel EQ and assignable FX controls—access effect and EQ setting directly from the Console view without opening plug-in windows.

Track Folders with the ability to edit the Track Folder Composite Clip
Loop record into layers or individual tracks
Enhanced comping and editing features: nudge, clip muting, partial-clip muting, auto-crop tool with cross-fade mode, audition selection, isolate
Group editing (simultaneous multi-clip): slip edits, loop-rolling, fade drawing
Loop construction enhancements: slice-based envelope control of gain, pitch, pan; slice preview; auto-loop
Freeze tracks, effects, and synths; edit, arrange, and convert frozen data into groove clips; unload samplers from memory
Scalable Navigator view to quickly navigate and size viewable area of projects
Configurable Pan law (six stereo panning laws supported)
Professional Metering (peak, RMS, peak and RMS, pre-fader, post-fader, and pre-fader post effects) with configurable ballistics
Key Binding enhancements: presets; templates to mimic keyboard assignments of other DAW programs
TTS-1 multitimbral, multi-out GM2 synthesizer with authentic Roland® sounds
Full control over file export parameters, now with useful and customizable presets
Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA), WMA9 Pro 5.1, and WMA9 lossless encoding and decoding
Open support for external command-line encoders: surround, LAME, Ogg Vorbis, Monkey's Audio, etc.
Supports QuickTime, Windows Media Video with 5.1 Surround Sound, and AVI with 5.1 Surround Sound
Busable Audio Metronome
Full-control over color settings
Optimized audio engine performance
Export buses and tracks into a composite mixdown, or as individual files

With Track Layers, you can now display overlapping clips in individual lanes. This makes it easy to see and edit each take individually without using separate tracks
Record takes with non-destructive Auto Punch Record Mode
Patch one instance of effects on multiple track layers, saving CPU
Audition selected content while comping parts
Build your composite using Clip Muting or Partial Clip Muting (time-based within a clip) to isolate takes or sections of takes
Seamlessly set the transition from one clip to the next in a single gesture with SONAR 4's Auto-crop tool with crossfade option
Simultaneous Clip Editing

Speed your editing sessions to completion by performing the following edits on multiple clips simultaneously: nudge, roll out groove clips, slip edit, and add/edit fades. In addition, clip data is now displayed while moving clips.

Nudge

Use this new clip/note editing enhancement to fine tune and time correct your music. You can now Nudge both vertically and horizontally within the Track and Piano Roll views. SONAR 4 offers extremely flexible nudge resolutions (musical time, seconds, milliseconds, frames, samples, ticks, follow snap settings) with a total of eight nudge commands that can be assigned to any key or MIDI event.


Version 4 extends SONAR's powerful loop editing and composition capabilities with slice-based control of gain, pitch, pan. First introduced in Cyclone DXi, this functionality has been incorporated into the Loop Construction view and enhanced by giving you envelope automation control over these parameters. Slice preview with auto-loop simplifies marker placement and adjustments during the loop construction process.

Now you can take any audio loop and make it your own, manipulating it to perfectly work harmonically and sonically with your projects.



Break through the limits of your effect and synth use with SONAR 4. SONAR 4's superior freeze implementation for tracks, effects, and synths allows you to optimize your system resources with a new level of flexibility.

Render your tracks to reduce CPU load in one easy step
SONAR will automatically unload plug-ins, releasing memory back to the system (especially helpful when using large sampler banks)
SONAR 4 efficiently freezes only when data is present, conserving disk space
Quick Unfreeze/Freeze retains frozen data when unfreezing, for quick toggling/auditioning of tracks. This allows you to experiment with settings of Frozen tracks, and you can revert back instantly if you decide not to make the change.

THERES AN ASS LOAD OF MORE ON THE WEBSITE
 

Steel Side

ILLIEN
ill o.g.
Tell me more about Reason. That seems to come up alot as well. It seems confusing. verytime I see Reason, I see propellerhead, or Recycle, or Rewire. Are all of these different proggies. Or are they all part of the Reason Suite??? Thanx. Out
 

stjoeben

ILLIEN
ill o.g.
I use the economic version of cubase (SE), $99 or as low as 50 in EBAY. 48 audio tracks though i never needed more than 24 or so. Its dope,cheap and the sequencer is nice, with Reason rewired. = TAK
 

Shonsteez

Gurpologist
ill o.g.
Battle Points: 33
Steel - Reason is a self contained virtual environment, or better known as a virtual rack that immitates a real rack that you would have in your studio...it contains everything u need to make really dope tracks as well as a very easy to use sequencer...this prgm however does not let u record a live signal in aside from midi data....so if u need to record vocals, thats when u break out a host prgm of yer choice of course and thats why i said i use Live....so when u open Live and open Reason at the same time they sync together with a dll. or basically a little prgm called ReWire,....what rewire does is basically complete the bridge between two seperate prgms....So for example Reason and Ableton Live in my case anyways....
 

Steel Side

ILLIEN
ill o.g.
Thanks Duece, but since I'm not using MIDI right now, I think I'll look elsewhere. I do like it's features though so I'll definetly keep it in mind. I downloaded the ACID Pro 5 demo and I kind of like it. But I think I'll wait to make my choice when I get my tascam fw-1884. Then I can use MIDI without springing for an expensive sound card.
Over

I'm also gonna try out the Ableton Live demo. Out
 

DJ Combz

Beatmaker
ill o.g.
Sonar Professional 4 rewired with Reason 2.5, fruityloops 5 and Project 5
 
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